An Afghan Girl’s Story and How You can Help

An Afghan Girl’s Story………… Imagine being away from your family for more than three years just for a better future. It’s not just that; on the other side of the world your family is living a different life. your sisters can’t go to school just because they are women. They can’t go outside the house without a man, just because they were born female. Or going out with fear just because you are an ethnic minority and treated differently. The father lost his job because of the country’s situation. And all this is not enough, there is also the water crises , Women are not allowed to use the public bath houses. And the father can’t afford to provide all this for the family. This is the life story of a young Afghan lady staying with me since 2021. She cannot meet her family because of the situation in Afghanistan, and they cannot go to a second country because of poverty, and she is not just trying to build her future but see every day how her sisters’ futures are falling apart, and she can’t do anything about it. But today we have a chance to help them. We can be a means of good for this family and bring them together. All they want is a peaceful life where the women of the family can go out of the house like normal people. By joining our community sponsorship group, we can bring the family together and give them a new life. We are all humans and we all have feelings, you might feel it even if you didn’t experience it. And I hope no one separates’ from their family for any reason.

Support Our Community Sponsorship Effort Since February 2022, a young Afghan student has been living with me in Wicklow Town, integrating well into Irish society through school and college. This year, the Irish Government’s IRPP will issue 50 visas under the Humanitarian Admissions Programme (HAP25), administered by the Open Community. We’ve formed a Community Sponsorship Group to help bring this family to Ireland but we need community support to make this happen. For more info, visit: https://theopencommunity.ie/community-sponsorship/. Your support can make a real difference. You can leave your details with the Parish Office to support this situation and this Afghan’s girl’s  family.