Help at-risk Afghan Family to resettle in Italy

Goal: $20,000 raised will allow the Amani family (seven members) to get resettled to Europe via Italy’s Humanitarian Corridor for Afghan refugees.

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Hi, I am Jawid. I'm 19 years old. I am an Afghan refugee in Italy. After the Taliban takeover, I fled to Pakistan immediately because I was not safe there anymore. My family is Hazara. We are an ethnic minority that the Taliban always attack.

I worked as human rights advocate voluntarily. And I was leading the Change Makers organization.

I survived two terrorist attacks by the Taliban in my educational courses in 2020 and 2018. Taliban killed many of my friends. And I still have nightmares every night. The Taliban killed my uncle, and my family knows this deep pain. But I needed to be vital for my siblings and their future. I did not give up.

Although I was facing many problems in Pakistan, I was trying to find a way to get out of there. I got accepted to a US university, but the Embassy rejected my visa serval times.

After months of sleepless nights and reaching out to hundreds of refugee advocates, an Italian organization agreed to grant me a humanitarian visa. I found some connections who hosted me in their home for a while in Italy.

Afghanistan is unsafe for my family because of my past activities against the Taliban and because we are Hazara ethnic minority. I feel that I still need the love of my family. Although I am in Italy, I am still super concerned about my family. Instead of looking for my future and dreams like European youth, saving my family from the Taliban has become my priority. Even in Europe, I can no longer raise my voice against the Taliban terrorist group and Afghanistan’s situation because the risk of death in my family will increase.

My underage sibling, Nooria, wants to be a doctor. Zulfa wants to be a politician. Fatima wants to be a teacher. Jamshid and & Elyas wish to be police officers. But these dreams can never come true in Afghanistan. I worked hard to convince the organization that helped me come to Italy so that we could submit a visa application to the Italian government for my family without prior funding.

We worked hard for several months on their application. Finally, two weeks ago, we were able to secure seven visa spots for my family. Still, we have a big challenge. We must collect and provide the total funds for my family’s expenses in Italy for five months. We need to raise $20,000, and the time is too short.

As a solution, we have launched a GoFundMe campaign. Your help can change the lives of the generations of my family coming. Please help me to be possible to continue my activities without any limitations or fear. Please help us to make eight dreams come true at once.

Yours,

Jawid Amani

Is My Donation Tax Deductible?

Yes, this is a GoFundMe charity fundraiser meaning that if you’re in the U.S., you’ll receive a tax-deductible receipt from GoFundMe’s charity partner, Paypal Giving Fund.

Where will my donation go to?

Your donation will go directly to International Orphan Care(a registered 501c3 non-profit org in the U.S.) which has agreed to send the total amount of donation raised via GoFundMe to the Amani family regularly.

Who is International Orphan Care?

International Orphan Care is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the U.S. with many years of experience working in Afghanistan.

How can I trust this campaign?

Please watch the informational video above about the Amani family by Jawid Amani, a member of this family. Mr. Amani is a peace and human rights activist from Afghanistan with more than 29,000 followers on social networks. Also, to gain trust, you can ask about this family and campaign from IOC (a registered 501c3 non-profit organization in the U.S.) and Change Makers Organization.

Why can’t our family can’t stay in Afghanistan?

Our family is Hazara Shia, an ethnic and religious minority with a long history of being persecuted by the Taliban in Afghanistan. They will be in grave danger if they stay more in their home country. Please see HERE.

What are the chances they will be able to resettle in Europe?

The seven members of this family already have secured seven spots in Italy’s Humanitarian Corridor Program for Afghans, enabling the resettlement of vulnerable Afghan refugees at risk. We worked for many months to ensure these seven spots. The Italian organization and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are ready to process our application as soon as we have some funds.

What are the funds for?

Italy’s resettlement program requires that the family’s sponsorship agreement holder organization has total funds for at least five months of living expenses. This budget will be spent on the family's travel and stay expenses in the neighboring country for their visa application and living expenses for five months in Italy.

International Orphan Care has agreed to send the total funds raised for the Amani family to them regularly. The family will spend some of the expenses because of their travel expenses and stay in a neighboring country for their visa application until they arrive in Italy, when the rest of the funds will be distributed during the five months of resettlement in Italy for living expenses.