Name: Abbas Nader Ali

Profile: Hazara refugee from Afghanistan, living in Indonesia since 2014.

Advantages: UN-certified, good English skills, YouTube Award Winner for 100K Subscribers, Experienced Crypto and forex trader, FULLY FUNDED.

Risk: At risk of being tortured and killed by the Taliban if returned home.

Canadian contact: Stephen Watt

Abbas was a child when his father was killed by some Pashtun and members of the Taliban. When he grew up, he was also caught and tortured by them, but he managed to flee from there to Indonesia by boat in 2014.

Despite being a teenager, he was kept in a detention centre in Indonesia, and now he has been using his talents in content creating on his YouTube channel. He is also awarded a silver button as a YouTube Creator Award.

He dreams of learning more and getting education in a peaceful environment and he needs a group of friends who can bring him to Canada through the sponsorship program.

His Early Life

Abbas was born on June 23, 1998 a village of the Khas Uruzgan district in Uruzgan province in Afghanistan.

The Hazara people of the region have long been targets of persecution and massacres because of their culture, religion, and love for education.

Abbas was a child when his father was killed in June 2004, and he did not know who had killed his father.

His Father’s Farmland

His father had farmland that was located in the Pashtun area Khas Uruzgan, where most of the population are members of the Taliban. At his age of 16, Abbas decided to work as a farmer on his father’s land. The land was about 3 hours away by car from his home.

Abbas asked his father’s friend Mohammad Ali, to guide him to his father’s land, and after reaching near Khas Uruzgan, Mohamad Ali gave him the instructions about the land and he went to the marketplace to fuel his car.

According to the instructions given by Mohammad Ali, Abbas found the farmland but he was surprised after seeing the land cultivated. He also saw a few people farming on the land, and he asked them who had been cultivating the land.

“They asked me my father’s name and I told them, but then they took me with them by force and the tragic days of my life began. They were the people who had killed my father to take over his land.”

Escaping from there

Abbas was beaten and tortured continuously by them. Abbas knew that he would be killed by his father’s murderers any time, and he was thinking about running away from there.

However, At the time of dusk, he succeeded to escape from there and he directly ran to Mohammad Ali’s relative’s home where they both had had lunch. Luckily, Abbas found his father’s friend (Mohammad Ali) there.

“I was very exhausted and afraid. After I told Mohammad Ali everything, he got worried and drove me to my home immediately.”

Mohammad Ali told Abbas’ mother what had happened, and his mother who had lost her husband a long time ago, could not bear losing his son as well. So, she decided to send Abbas to a safe country. Mohammad Ali also agreed with Abbas’ mother since he knew that Abbas was identified to those invaders and he was in real danger.

His Journey to Indonesia

After his mother arranged for a people smuggler, Abbas went to Kabul and from there, he flew to New Delhi, India on April 21, 2014. He stayed in India for about 7 days, then he flew to Malaysia and then on to Indonesia by boat on May 1, 2014.

Life in the Detention Centre

On May 5, 2014, he registered himself at the UNHCR office. Due to not having the right to work, or any supporter, Abbas went to Pekanbaru Immigration Centre to ask for assistance, and he was transferred to a detention centre in Pekanbaru on November 7, 2014.

“I was underage when I entered the detention centre. Criminals were being kept among us, and I was not provided a room to sleep at night. It was very difficult to sleep in that situation.”

Three months later, Abbas got a small shared room with two other refugees.

On November 26, 2014, he was interviewed by the UNHCR and on March 30, 2015, he got his official refugee status recognition.

Abbas was transferred to a shelter in Yogyakarta on October 1, 2015 where he faced a security issue and was attacked by Indonesian locals. Consequently, he was transferred to another detention centre in Samarang. On January 1, 2016, he received his freedom from the detention centre and was transferred to a community house in Makassar.

His Talent

While living in limbo, Abbas struggled hard to become a Content Creator YouTuber. He achieved 400 000 followers on Instagram in 2020 and succeeded in having 130K subscribers for his YouTube Channel.

Unending Problems

Abbas’ younger brother Bismillah, is missing after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021.

“I still have no idea whether he is alive or not. On the other hand, my mother who has been suffering from heart disease has been displaced with the rest of my family.”

Abbas’ problems are very worrying, and you can help!

As a UNHCR refugee, Abbas is eligible for Canada’s private sponsorship program. He needs a group of five Canadian friends to support him.

To help support Abbas as a sponsor, please contact Stephen Watt on Facebook.

You can also reach out to Abbas directly on Facebook.

Reach out and discover how wonderful it is to privately sponsor a good person to start a new life – with your help – in Canada!

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