Please help me fight for the right to see and speak with my children again by contributing to legal funds!
Taranaki
Thank you for reading my story.
My children, Raheel and Aleeya, are the most precious and amazing children a parent could ask for! They are kind, sweet, loving, caring, creative, helpful, hilarious and perfect in every way. This Christmas will mark 1 year since the last time I saw or spoke to them.
I am an NZ citizen born in New Plymouth. I lived in Malaysia and married a Malaysian in 2012.
Aften 7 years, I fled this relationship and returned with my children to New Zealand in 2018.
With no support from authorities and little to no provisions for victims of domestic abuse in the local religious system, I believed that the legal system in my own country would protect us.
Despite our experiences, evidence and witnesses, my children were sent back to Malaysia by the courts. I believe that religion and culture took precedence.
Once they set foot out of NZ, I lost contact with them completely.
NZ courts have no power to do anything to restore contact with my children and I, as outside of NZ, they have no jurisdiction.
My only chance is to challenge my ex-husband in Malaysian Shariah courts.
I dream about my children everyday, and I think about them constantly. My life shattered when I watched them walk away for the last time, knowing that he would never let me contact them again or vice versa.
I am worried for them. I do not know if they are safe from Covid-19, if they are schooling, where they are schooling, where they live and with who, their quality of life... I know that they miss me as much as I do, but they are too young to be able to contact me independently (they are only 8 and 6).
Please help me find a way to continue fighting to be a part of their life!!
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this and for every donation. You will never know how much it means to me.
If you would like updates on our case and any information, please contact me at englishforlifehr@gmail.com.
These funds will go towards paying for legal fees in Malaysia. I have contacted a lawyer and been given this estimate, and I am raising money to pay this amount to open my case.
Thank you for your support!! 31 January 2021
Hello to everyone who has been kind enough to support me and my beautiful children. I've reduced my target amount by 1'000NZD because I received a private donation for that amount, and so I wanted to reflect it on this page. I would also like to let you know that I've been contacted by the local media group "Stuff NZ" and have done an interview with them about this page and my story. Of course so many details had to be left out, but fingers crossed it gives this cause the last boost of support that it needs to get the case opened!! Once it comes out in the news, I will post the link on my page. Every day without them is so hard, but with each little bit of support I receive, I don't feel so alone, and I get back a little more of my humanity. Thank you very much.
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