Oh wow! He's absolutely over the moon with your good wishes!
So very kind of all of you. He actually had tears in his eyes when I read out your posts!! He loved the song Monique (merci mille fois!) and Mrrzy's lovely greeting, both being in French. And he thanks keberoxu for the thread too.
He had a very nice birthday. He chose two 'posh' shirts online, plus he had some trainers bought a few months ago (to add to his dozens and dozens of pairs!)
Because it's Ramadan, we decided to give Zakat (a charitable gift) by sending quite a large sum of money to a friend in Abidjan called Sie. (pronounced, see-ay) He's very thin (I worry about TB) and got married a few months ago. Ibrahima contacted him and told him the Western Union code etc. He nearly exploded with amazement. He'll be collecting the transfer this morning (WU branches are open over there) Honestly, knowing their terrible poverty, I get more pleasure than the recipients feeling I've helped a tiny bit.
Big hugs all round from Ib and myself xx