Get Bushra back home from Iran

Bushra is a New Zealand citizen. She came to New Zealand from Iran as a refugee in 2003. She has two daughters Sahra and Nada. In early February 2020 she and Nada who is 15, went to visit a sick relative in Qom, Iran. Qom is now the epicentre of Covid 19 infections in Iran. After a few weeks Bushra and Nada went to the city of Isafhan and were then trapped by the nationwide lockdown. They have friends there but the friends cannot help with money or accomodation. They have rented an apartment but have no bank account or internet access. Bushra and Nada want to come back to New Zealand before flights cease operating. They had return tickets to NZ with Emirates who now are not flying out of Tehran. Bushra will get around $1,000 refund from them but we do not know when. (This refund is included in our calculations)

Bushra works part time as the cleaner for St Hilda's Anglican Church in Island Bay where I am a leader. We are working with a group of people including Hamed Taghadosi who is an Iranian working for TVNZ in Auckland. He heard Bushra's story on TVNZ News. Hamed is now working with friends in Iran to help Bushra. His friends in Isafhan are organising a taxi to take Bushra and Nada to Tehran airport to connect with a Qatar flight back to Wellington. Flights from Tehran will cease soon.

Bushra has no funds and no access to funds.