Name: Rohullah Mohammadi

Profile: Hazara refugee from Afghanistan, living in Indonesia.

Advantages: UN-certified, good English skills, skilled constructor and cook, FULLY FUNDED.

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

Canadian contact: Stephen Watt

Ali Hussaini, a Hazara refugee from Afghanistan, faced persecution and threats from powerful individuals in his village, leading to his journey to England through multiple countries by land in 2005. Deported back to Afghanistan in 2010, he found his family threatened by the Taliban. Fleeing again, he settled in Quetta, Pakistan, and later Indonesia, where he registered as a refugee with the UNHCR.

Tragically, his eldest son was killed by the Taliban in 2015. Now, unable to work or support himself in Indonesia, Ali seeks reunification with his wife Kamila and his two sons Sameem and Naweed, fearing for their safety in Pakistan. He is now looking for a group of five Canadian friends who can help him and his family start a new life in Canada.

Names: Ali Hussaini, his wife Kamila and their sons Sameem (12), and Naweed (11).

Profile: Ali Hussaini is a Hazara refugee from Afghanistan, living in Indonesia and his family is living in Quetta, Pakistan.

Advantages: Ali Hussaini is UN-certified, has good English skills, experienced tile installer and constructor, FULLY FUNDED.

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

Canadian contact: Stephen Watt

Early Life

Ali Hussaini was born in January 1981, in the Jaghori district in Ghazni 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. Ali Hussaini’s father was a commander in the Hizb-e-Wahdat party. In the year 2002, Ali Hussaini’s father was captured and killed by the Taliban. Since his father left his lands for farming, Ali Hussaini started working as a farmer to support his family.

Persecution and Flight

There were two powerful men in the village named Misbah and Haji Bostan. They both wanted to take over Ali Hussaini’s lands. Despite threatening Ali Hussaini and his family, they could not get the papers of the lands from Ali Hussaini. Whenever Misbah and Haji Bostan along with their group of large men came to Ali Hussaini’s home to capture him and get those papers from him, Ali Hussaini used to hide somewhere. Eventually, they told Ali Hussaini’s family that if they found him, they would kill him right away.

“Knowing that I would be killed by Misbah and Haji Bostan’s group, I planned to leave the country and seek a safe place.”

Ali Hussaini fled to England illegally in late 2005 but was deported back to Afghanistan around five years later, in late 2010. Upon his return to the village, he discovered that Misbah and Haji Bostan had seized control of his lands and home. Also, they both had threatened his family members not to be seen near those lands or they would be killed. Ali Hussaini then found his family in another village in the Jaghori district, where they were working as farmers on leased lands. He also started living with his family in that village.

Peril in Afghanistan

The villagers in Jaghori are surrounded by Pashtuns and the Taliban. In the year 2010, the Taliban started forcing Hazara young men to join them in fighting with the government. Ali Hussaini, unwilling to join the conflict, left home and hid in the mountains for a month. The Taliban members visited Ali Hussaini’s house multiple times in search of him. Failing to locate him, they resorted to beating and torturing his family members.

One day in the year 2010, Ali Hussaini was on a mountain near the village when he saw two Pashtun shepherds who had brought their livestock on the farming lands that Ali Hussaini’s family was taking care of. He witnessed his younger brother Hussain attempting to drive away the livestock from the land, but those two shepherds started beating his brother. Seeing his brother being beaten, Ali Hussaini came down and began trying to defend his brother. In that fight, one of the shepherds’ head and nose were broken. The shepherds went back to their village, and after a few hours, Ali Hussaini saw 7 armed members of the Taliban approaching him. He knew that the shepherds had sent them for him and he started running towards the mountain.

“One of the members of the Taliban called me by my name and said that they knew everything about me and they would capture and kill me soon. Hearing this, I began running faster”

The members of the Taliban opened fire on Ali Hussaini. Fortunately, he was not hit and he escaped to a neighboring village named Pato where his father’s maternal uncle was living. He hid at the house of his father’s uncle. On the other hand, his family searched for him for 3 whole days and finally, they found him in the Pato village. Ali Hussaini learned from his family that the shepherd who got injured was a Taliban commander’s son, and the Taliban members had tortured and beaten Ali Hussaini’s family members multiple times. They also threatened his family to hand Ali Hussaini over to the Taliban or they would kill the whole family.

Seeking Safety in Pakistan

Knowing that he would be killed by the Taliban, he fled to Quetta, Pakistan, and started living in Hazara Town. Later on in 2010, his family also came to Quetta, Pakistan. Ali Hussaini used to work as a constructor to support his family. Since the number of target killings and bomb blasts increased on the Hazara innocents in Quetta, Pakistan, Ali Hussaini decided to move to a safe country.

Journey to Indonesia

After arranging for a people smuggler, Ali Hussaini went to Islamabad from where he flew to Oman in April 2013. From there, he went to Malaysia by plane and then on to Indonesia by boat in May 2013.

Tragic Loss and Struggle

After arriving in Jakarta, he registered himself with the UNHCR in May 2013 and started living in Bogor. Due to not having the right to work or a way to support himself in the new country, he went to Pekanbaru Immigration Centre to ask for assistance in early 2016.

Since Ali Hussaini was in Indonesia and no one could financially support his family in Pakistan, his family moved back to another village in the Jaghori district in Afghanistan in the year 2014.

While having a school holiday in 2015, Ali Hussaini’s eldest son Hamidullah, who was only 13 years old, decided to go to Pakistan for a few months. Unfortunately, on the way from Jaghori to Quetta, Pakistan, he and 7 other Hazara passengers were captured by the Taliban. After being tortured for about 20 days, the Taliban killed Ali Hussaini’s eldest son and the other Hazara prisoners.

“Hearing about the murder of my son broke me from inside. Since that tragedy, I have been eating medicines for depression.”

In 2016, Ali Hussaini was transferred to a detention centre in Pekanbaru. After spending about two years, he was freed and transferred to a community house in Pekanbaru. Since then, he has been living there.

Hope For a Reunion in Canada

As a refugee, Ali Hussaini cannot work, drive and even open a bank account. On the other hand, he has been very worried for his family who fled to Quetta, Pakistan after Afghanistan was taken over by the Taliban in 2021. He says:

“My family has been living in Pakistan without having legal documents. They are at risk of being arrested and deported to Afghanistan where they would be captured and killed by the Taliban just like my eldest son was killed there.”

It has been more than a decade since Ali Hussaini has been away from his wife Kamila and his two sons Samim and Naweed. There is a way for Ali Hussaini to reunite with his family in a safe country where they can live with freedom.

How You Can Help!

Since Hussaini is officially certified as a refugee by the UNHCR – unlike the vast majority of the world’s refugees – he and his family qualify for Canada’s private sponsorship program. Another good thing about this family is that they are FULLY FUNDED.

If you would like to sponsor them – or if you’re just interested in helping to bring them here – please contact their friend Stephen Watt on Facebook.

You can reach out to Ali Hussaini directly on Facebook – or through WhatsApp: +62 821-1385-8092.

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