Support for Sakina and Zahra
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I have two patients who are in a very difficult situation and I’m trying to raise money to help them. It’s a long message but please take the time to read if you can .
These patients have been seeing me since they arrived to Australia in August 2017. They are afghani refugees. Their names are Sakina , 27 year old woman and her mother Zahra. They both have a lot of physical illnesses that aren’t getting better mainly because of serious mental illness related to trauma and depression , and their current situation .
Zahras mental illness has almost paralysed her legs , and she is now in a wheelchair. Sakina’s sister (Zahra’s daughter) is stuck in Pakistan with no real way of leaving as she is not registered as a refugee. She has a young boy who was kidnapped a few months ago by the Taliban and sounds like he was raped…And the mum (sakina’s sister) needs surgery on her leg to remove shrapnel from a bullet wound that happened in the past, or else apprarently she will lose the ability to walk independently..but then she cant get surgery as nobody is able to look after the kids…I think the father is dead..
Zahra tried to commit suicide 3 weeks ago when she found out whats happening with her daughter in Pakistan, because sakina hasn’t been telling her. Since then Sakina has quit school, quit English classes and put her future on hold so she can be with her mum 24/7…and the NDIS government services still haven’t approved getting extra help for her at home..after 10 months of waiting!
I’m running out of hope for them, and the only thing that I reckon will really help is if we get them to Pakistan (aiming to stay for 2 months if possible), so the sister can get the surgery, then mum and Sakina may snap out of their hopelessness, and mum wants to see the sister one more time before it's too late.
I feel that it’s the only thing left that may help. I don’t really know what else to do for them .
We’re hoping to raise $8000 to pay for everything to make this trip happen…visas..tickets..bills
My Hope is that then they can truely escape the mouth of the shark, return to this beautiful country and actually start a life here, for real.
So, if there is anything at all that you can do to help, would be so good..very good.
I would like to thank you for your support form the bottom of my heart.
Cheers !
These patients have been seeing me since they arrived to Australia in August 2017. They are afghani refugees. Their names are Sakina , 27 year old woman and her mother Zahra. They both have a lot of physical illnesses that aren’t getting better mainly because of serious mental illness related to trauma and depression , and their current situation .
Zahras mental illness has almost paralysed her legs , and she is now in a wheelchair. Sakina’s sister (Zahra’s daughter) is stuck in Pakistan with no real way of leaving as she is not registered as a refugee. She has a young boy who was kidnapped a few months ago by the Taliban and sounds like he was raped…And the mum (sakina’s sister) needs surgery on her leg to remove shrapnel from a bullet wound that happened in the past, or else apprarently she will lose the ability to walk independently..but then she cant get surgery as nobody is able to look after the kids…I think the father is dead..
Zahra tried to commit suicide 3 weeks ago when she found out whats happening with her daughter in Pakistan, because sakina hasn’t been telling her. Since then Sakina has quit school, quit English classes and put her future on hold so she can be with her mum 24/7…and the NDIS government services still haven’t approved getting extra help for her at home..after 10 months of waiting!
I’m running out of hope for them, and the only thing that I reckon will really help is if we get them to Pakistan (aiming to stay for 2 months if possible), so the sister can get the surgery, then mum and Sakina may snap out of their hopelessness, and mum wants to see the sister one more time before it's too late.
I feel that it’s the only thing left that may help. I don’t really know what else to do for them .
We’re hoping to raise $8000 to pay for everything to make this trip happen…visas..tickets..bills
My Hope is that then they can truely escape the mouth of the shark, return to this beautiful country and actually start a life here, for real.
So, if there is anything at all that you can do to help, would be so good..very good.
I would like to thank you for your support form the bottom of my heart.
Cheers !
Organizer
Fadi Hosn
Organizer
East Geelong VIC