Thank you! We have reached our goal! The family will start their journey next week! Thank you for your generosity, goodwill, and activist spirit! As a community, we have done the impossible!
UpSet Press is raising funds to assist an Afghan family in immediate medical danger in a very volatile situation. The family has been granted asylum in Europe where they will receive urgently needed medical care for family elders. The roadblock is that we fell short of funds that they need to get visas to Pakistan and safe passage that accommodates two wheelchairs and small children.
If you have been following their story since august 2021 — your contributions have been transformative in getting this extended family of poets and human rights defenders passports and assistance preparing proper paperwork. Last month, three of the family members were also able to reach Europe safely and were granted asylum. We are almost there in getting to safety the entirety of this incredible literary and activist family. Please help get them to safety before the holidays start and offices close for winter break.
We need to raise a final amount of $1500 to get the family out!
Your donation is a form of necessary and direct advocacy for Afghan families exploited and abused since August 2021. Thank you to everyone who has donated to our previous small fundraisers. We deeply appreciate your activist spirit and your good will.
You can submit donations to UpSet Press in the following ways:
PayPal via UpSet Press, we can prepare a taxable letter for you upon request:
Paypal @robertbooras1 (this is our UpSet Press Inc Paypal account)
Venmo @Zohra-Saed [4272 last four digits of phone number] or @upsetpress
Please use our Paypal Donation page:
Photo: Mazar I Sharif photo by Alex Reynolds
