Help Shokria with her treatment cost

Goal: $60,000 will cover the treatment cost of Shokria

On August 15th, 2018 a massive suicide bomb in western Kabul targeted nearly 400 young male and female students preparing to pass the Kankor examination for university entrance in an educational center. The terrorist attack resulted in 59 being killed and more than 90 students injured. This fundraiser aims to raise money for a young female student who was injured during this attack at Mawood educational center.

Shokria Qurbani is a young Hazara girl from Afghanistan, who was injured by this terrorist attack. Sadly, Shokria got severe injuries in the spinal cord, arm, and neck. In September 2018 she got the chance to travel to India for her medical treatment and underwent two surgeries at Medanta Hospital. After the two surgries the wounds on her arm and back got healed, unfortunately, Shokria lost the ability to stand on her feet and walk. Over the coming years, the Beijing Puhua hospital in China assured to help her, but due to the Coronavirus pandemic, this did not occur.

And recently the Heidelberg hospital in Germany agreed to take the responsibility for her treatments with the cost of 56,000£ (approximately 60,000$) for the entire treatment. Since Shokria’s illness must be considered urgent, the current situation in Afghanistan makes it much harder for Shokria and her family to provide a huge amount of money, the Heidelberg hospital in Germany is ready to do the surgery as soon as Shokria can travel and provide the required amount of money. International Orphan Care Organization received $12150 from Shokria which was donated by previous donors for her treatment cost when she was planning to go to China.

Shokria is determined to pursue her further education and become a doctor to be able to contribute to vulnerable people and the community. After the surgery, she will be able to begin a new life and stand on her feet again.

Your generous support will allow our organization to provide financial assistance for Shokria’s treatment and ease her pain.

Is My Donation Tax-Deductible?

Yes, this is a GoFundMe charity fundraiser meaning that if you're in the U.S. you'll be receiving 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 full amount of donations raised via GoFundMe to the Heidelberg Hospital bank account.

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 doing work in Afghanistan.

Please check out their website at https://orphanproject.org

What are the chances that Shokria will get to Germany?

The Heidelberg Hospital agreed to do the surgery and the International Orphan Care Organization will work with them to finish all the paperwork.