Saving 2-year-old Aamina

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You probably know why we're raising money if you saw the Youtube link. Moral obligation drives righteous causes. Heart of an Ace and Project Exodus from the Moral Compass Federation have teamed up to assist the Sharifi family, Rafi (Dad) and Aamina (daughter), with shelter, food, transportation, legal fees, rent,and quality of life.

This letter requests your urgent intervention to assist Afghan toddler Aamina Sharifi, a 2-year-old

victim-survivor of the horrific attack on a maternity ward outside Kabul in 2020. Aamina was shot in the leg as an infant. We moved her to Pakistan to see specialist medical assistance, which is not accessible under Taliban rule. This is due to the limited number of specialist doctors remaining in Afghanistan, and the impossibility of Amena’s father transporting her to medical appointments and hospital procedures, given the Taliban are targeting him for his former work as a high-ranking member of the Afghan military.

On 12 May 2020, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported maternity ward in Dashte-e-Barchi of Kabul was attacked by gunmen.1 The attackers deliberately and systematically killed newly delivered mothers in their beds. It was reported that the attack killed 24 people, including 16 mothers and two newborns and injured dozens. The three gunmen had deliberately attacked the maternity ward, walking past several controls closer to the hospital entrance. Then-Vice President Amrullah Saleh declared that the Taliban were responsible for the attack.4 The Taliban initially claimed responsibility for the attack but denied their involvement after a public outcry. 5 A report conducted by MSF in 2021 found that the attack was most likely committed by members of the IS-KP6 group, a terrorist organization formed by the Taliban.7

Amena Sharifi was one of the newborns on the morning of 12 May 2020 in Dashte-e-Barchi’s maternity ward when the attack occurred. Only two hours after her birth, the Taliban shooters stormed the hospital, killing her mother and shooting Amena three times to kill her. But instead, the bullets hit her leg and thankfully, she survived.

The sheer publicity of Amena’s story also risks the family’s safety in Afghanistan, so we've relocated them to Pakistan, where they now need funding for an entirely new life. In 2020, during Amena’s 24-day stay in the hospital, many media organizations reached out to her father for interviews and wrote about her and how barbaric the Taliban’s act was.19 Her image is now linked with the violence of that day and is widely accessible on the internet.

Heart of an Ace and Project Exodus from the Moral Compass Federation need more funds to assist the Sharifi family, Rafi (Dad) and Aamina (daughter), with shelter, food, transportation, legal fees, rent,and quality of life. Aamina deserves so much more and has already suffered enough in her young life.