Nisar is twelve years old and has been living in the Kapisa orphanage for a year and a half now. His father died 9 years ago. Then, 2 years ago, due to a serious illness, he also lost his mother. The older sister, aged 20, got married and moved to Iran.
When their mother died, Nisar and his 13-year-old sister Behista moved in with their uncle, their only remaining relative.
Nisar's uncle earns a living by selling vegetables on the streets with the help of a cart, which he drags from one neighborhood to another. He earns an average of one euro a day, which is not even enough to buy food for his family.
Since his finances could never have allowed both Behista and Nisar to survive, he was forced to send Nisar to an orphanage.
“I really miss my father and mother, and I would really like to be able to live with my sister Behista, but the economic situation doesn't allow it.
Due to the restrictions that prevent girls from leaving the house, Behista can never come to visit me, and it is also very difficult for my uncle to find the money to take the bus and come with her to the orphanage to visit me.
This situation makes me so sad. I also miss Mastora a lot, I can almost never talk to her on the phone and I can't see her, she can't go back to Afghanistan."
His face, however, relaxes and smiles when he talks about his new life in the orphanage:
“When my uncle enrolled me in the orphanage I was nervous and worried: I had just lost my mother and I was scared of the idea of leaving my family andgoing to a place alone, without friends, acquaintances . But now I'm happy, I've made many friends and I no longer feel the worry I had at home about never having enough to eat or not being able to go to school because I had to help my uncle at work.
I really hope that I can stay here at the orphanage for many more years, so that I can continue studying.
What I dream of in life is to find a good job with which I can support my family and finally return to live with them. I would like to become a doctor when I grow up, to be able to help people who suffer."