Names: Sadeq Mohammadi and his wife Hawa Ahmadi. 

Profile: Sadeq is a Hazara refugee from Afghanistan, living in Indonesia , his wife Hawa is living in Pakistan .

Advantages: UN-certified, excellent English and Bahasa Indonesia skills, experienced chef, constructor and flower designer FULLY FUNDED.

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

Canadian contact: Stephen Watt

Knowing that the Taliban were after his life, Sadeq had to leave Afghanistan immediately to save his life. So, he fled to Indonesia by boat in 2014.

Since then, he has been living without his basic human rights. While living in the state of limbo, he started learning English and Bahasa Indonesia. He is now a flower designer and he hopes to find a group of Canadian friends who can sponsor him to Canada where he can work, live with freedom contribute to society and reunite with his wife .

His Story

Sadeq Mohammadi was born on January 01, 1992, in Malistan district of the Ghazni province in Afghanistan. He used to work as a farmer to support his family. In 2010, he married a Hazara girl named Hawa. .

The Hazara people of the region have long been targets of persecution and massacres because of their culture, religion, and love for education. Sadeq had a car, and one day in 2014, one of his villagers was sick and needed to visit the doctor in Ghazni. Sadeq was asked to take him to Ghazni, and he was happy to help. On the way, he met three people who asked Sadeq if he could drop them to Ghazni too. Since the car had enough space, Sadeq let them get in the car. When they arrived at the place called Dasht-e-Qarabagh, they saw the Taliban had been checking all the cars there. The three strangers told Sadeq not to stop the car because they were soldiers, and they would be killed if members of the Taliban caught them.

“They also told me that I would be killed too since I was the car owner and the driver. It was the moment I was quavering with fear.”

Sadeq did not stop the car and members of the Taliban opened fire on them. Consequently, their car’s tires got shots and crashed after a few minutes. When some local people found them wounded, they took them to the hospital.

Leaving Home

He was in the hospital when his uncle came there and told him that the Taliban intelligence had been searching for him in the village. Since the Taliban knew that Sadeq was the driver at that moment, he was at risk of being caught and killed if he stayed in the country. 

“My uncle told me that members of the Taliban tortured our family just to find me.”

Sadeq had no way but to leave the country immediately. He went to Kabul where he arranged for a people smuggler and stayed hidden. In August 2014, he flew to New Delhi, India. From there, he went to Malaysia by plane and then on to Medan, Indonesia by boat in September 2014.

Life in Indonesia

After arriving in Jakarta, he registered himself with the UNHCR in September 2014 and started living in Jakarta. As a refugee, Sadeq cannot get proper education, work, drive and travel to another city. Despite facing many challenges, he started learning English and Bahasa Indonesia at Roshan Learning Centre. He also worked at a flower shop without being paid to learn more about flower designing skills. 

There is a Way!

Sadeq has been very worried for his wife Hawa who fled to Pakistan in October 2021. As a Hazara woman, she is not safe in Afghanistan. On the other hand, she has been living in Pakistan without having a legal status, so she is at risk of being deported to Afghanistan. It is time for Sadeq to reunite with his wife in a safe country.

Sadeq says:

“My dream is to live with freedom and far from discrimination and fear of being killed.”

He hopes to be able to work and help his family and other vulnerable people one day. There is a way for him to fulfill his dreams,  continue helping the world and reunite with his wife Hawa .

Since he is officially certified as a refugee by the UNHCR – unlike the vast majority of the world’s refugees – he and his wife qualify for Canada’s private sponsorship program.

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 Sadeq Mohammadi directly on Facebook – or through WhatsApp: +62 878-7032-5822.

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

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