Marwa had an opportunity to leave Afghanistan with her husband and after months in a refugee camp, she reached Europe. But her father is still in Kabul and has received threats.
Raha chose to stay behind with her family. But the situation in the country kept worsening. In January 2023, with the assistance of Reporters sans frontières (RSF), Raha fled with her husband. She is now trying to help her family out.
Caroline Gillet has been recording documentaries for French national radio for the last 15 years. She started exchanging voice notes with Raha and Marwa in the days after the takeover of Kabul by Taliban. From podcast the project became an animation film.
Denis Walgenwitz is co-director of the animation film. He has previously worked on many productions with directors such as Ari Folman, or Marjane Satrapi.
Raha has arrived in France on April 25th ! We are very relieved and the donations through Sharedoc helped finance flight tickets and basic needs in her first days here. Thank you SO MUCH to all those who sent small or larger sums <3
After a few days in Paris, Raha and her husband travelled to the city of Strasbourg where they are living with a host family. Their little baby boy was born in a local hospital in June. The money gathered this summer has enabled them to ensure a minimum funding for the first months when they were not allowed to work yet (whilst they wait for refugee status) and did not have any social help. Money has also helped Marwa this summer, she has a grant from university, but this grant stops in the summer.
This Monday August 21st, Raha and her small family have been granted asylum in France ! It's amazing news and she will now be able to look for work and be given some small social help every month.
We are continuing the work on procedures to help Raha's family and Marwa's dad out of Afghanistan where the threats to their lives continue. Both families have been involved in journalistic or political work that is putting them at risk. Money gathered now will help with the visas and flight tickets once we make progress with the procedure.
- Apr 15, 2023, 4:52:46 AM
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