“Life for Gaza 2”. Donations will be directed toward:
Water supply enhancement projects
Maintenance of water wells
Implementation of water desalination initiatives
Management of waste collection and disposal systems
Reconstruction of roads demolished during war
Implementation of sewage water pumping and treatment schemes
Execution of pest control and rodent eradication programs
“One Step Closer”. The Artificial Limbs and Polio Center is one of the most essential facilities under the management of Gaza Municipality, responsible for its administration and providing essential resources, equipment, and supplies to enable the center to serve citizens for nearly 50 years. Established in 1976, this is the only facility currently operating in Gaza City, offering prosthetic services to the injured. It also provides therapeutic and medical care for children with disabilities, the elderly, stroke patients, and physical therapy services.
Donations will be directed toward operational expenses to ensure the continuity of essential services for citizens, sustain the Artificial Limbs and Polio Center, and provide the critical medical care that has become even more urgent due to ongoing aggression. Including:
Manufacturing and fitting prosthetics for all levels of upper and lower limb amputations.
Offering psychological support and rehabilitation to help patients cope with the mental challenges of limb loss and develop coping strategies that foster self-confidence and social integration.
Maintaining and repairing prosthetics to ensure their ongoing effectiveness.
Designing and supplying orthopedic devices for various levels of amputation and spinal support.
Providing custom-made medical footwear.
Training individuals with disabilities to use their devices effectively, focusing on empowering them to engage in society and rely on their self-capabilities.
Supplying polio patients with essential assistive devices to support their needs.
19-year-old Khalil Al Habil's liver and kidneys are failing. Shrapnel damage from the bombardment that killed his baby brother Omar has gone mostly untreated due to a lack of funds and resources. The ill effects of this damage have progressed to the point that the organs are losing their ability to function. Khalil urgently needs 3 rounds of treatment to combat the effects of his deteriorating liver and kidneys.
We've paid off the first round of treatments but Khalil has two treatments that he still needs. The second costs about $1,250 usd, but we haven’t made much progress in more than a month and his condition is getting progressively worse. We need to meet this second goal ASAP!!!
Current: $9,829 out of $10,407 usd (3 May)
Need to raise: $578 usd
Hello, my name is Khalil, I'm 19 years old, from Gaza.
Vetting information linked in the last reblog of this post, courtesy of murderbot
Khalil is suffering in silence, and his weakened body can't endure any more. Every day that passes without treatment means more suffering and puts his life at risk.
Thanks to your kind hearts, we've reached $11,036 of $12,781, leaving only $1,745 needed.
🥺 Imagine that Khalil's hope of continuing treatment now rests on this small amount compared to what we've already raised. We're so close, but we still need your help.
❤️ A small donation could ease his pain and give him a new chance at life. And if you can't donate, sharing this post could reach the person who can save him.
Don't leave Khalil alone in this fight. Every minute counts, and every act of kindness could make a miracle. 🙏💔
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said both sides had declared an immediate and permanent end of all military operations.
All sides have said the memorandum of understanding on an end to the war will be signed in Switzerland on Friday. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the memorandum would then be published.
Iran and the U.S. have both said the Strait of Hormuz would start to reopen and the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports start to lift as soon as the memorandum is signed.
Both sides have said negotiations on more difficult further areas of dispute - notably Iran's nuclear issue and U.S. sanctions on Iran - will be conducted over the following 60 days.
STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND BLOCKADE OF IRANIAN PORTS
U.S. President Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened on Friday and he had ordered a lifting of the blockade on Iranian ports.
A senior Iranian official said the strait would be reopened "to all commercial vessels" once the memorandum was signed.
Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported that under the memorandum, marine traffic through the strait would be regulated by Iran in coordination with Oman.
IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME
Both sides have said that Iran agrees that it will neither produce nor acquire nuclear weapons - a promise Tehran has been making repeatedly for decades.
The senior Iranian official said pending a final agreement Iran would freeze its nuclear activity, refraining from further uranium enrichment or the expansion of nuclear facilities.
The senior Iranian official said the U.S. had agreed that Iran could dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium inside Iran under a future comprehensive agreement.
Trump said on Saturday there was no urgency to extract Iran's stockpile of nuclear material, and that the U.S. would retrieve it "when all is calm".
Trump said there would be a strong inspections regime for Iran under any deal, but he did not give specifics.
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said any final deal on Iran's nuclear programme would have to be reviewed and approved by Congress.
SANCTIONS AND FINANCIAL IMPACT
The senior Iranian official said the U.S. had agreed not to impose any new sanctions on Iran until a final deal was reached.
They added the U.S. would waive oil sanctions on Iran for a specified period and that after the final agreement all U.S. and U.N. sanctions would be lifted to an agreed timetable.
The senior Iranian official said the U.S. had agreed to release $25 billion of Iran's frozen assets, including via direct cash transfers, cooperation among regional countries, and financial credit lines.
Washington, in coordination with its regional allies, would prepare a reconstruction and development plan for Iran, to be negotiated and agreed with Tehran within 60 days, they added.
Trump said Iran would not be provided with cash but that sanctions could potentially be lifted.
LEBANON
Sharif said the immediate and permanent end of all military operations would include Lebanon.
The Secretariat of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said military operations would stop permanently on Monday night including in Lebanon.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said there must be a complete halt to Israeli attacks against Lebanon and the U.S. bears responsibility for implementing the framework deal.
Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said the Israeli military would remain in security zones it has captured in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had made this clear to Trump.
Before the memorandum was announced, Trump said he would bring peace to the region, including Lebanon. He said there should be no more Israeli attacks on Lebanon and no more attacks by the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah on Israel.
In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and
We aim to create a safe, fully-equipped workspace with reliable electricity and fast internet, offering students and freelancers in Gaza the environment they need to continue their journey despite the hardships.
💡 What will your contribution achieve?
✅ Free access for students to study in a safe and supportive environment.
✅ Affordable workspace for freelancers to sustain themselves and support their families.
✅ A better-equipped space with more chairs and proper lighting.
✅ Uninterrupted electricity through generators that require costly fuel.
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LATEST UPDATE
Sat, Apr 04
Spark Space is now hosting courses for students & nurses - help bring them hope
Thanks to your generous help, good things are happening and we are progressing, with new students and new teams coming to the space. But in addition to the groups benefiting from the space in a humanitarian way, some new developments have emerged. We are now also accommodating several work teams to work together at Spark, and, at the request of some students and nurses, we have been organizing courses in several fields: economics, first aid, and programming. We are now about to launch several courses in various fields.
Your support is essential to our work. The project's biggest challenge is the cost of energy, currently 25 NIS/kWh (about $8, or £6). (For comparison, in the UK, it's around 15–20p/kWh!) This is one of our essential costs, excluding labor, kitchen, rent, and other expenses.
Thank you for your ongoing support. For us, these challenges fade away when we see our community thriving and able to survive—not just survive, but to work together to rebuild and reconstruct our nation. This work means building people and cultivating conscious and ambitious youth. We are certain that the outcome of this work will be immense, and that the seeds will one day sprout and bear fruit.
I lost more than an account… I lost my small world, people I loved, and the only place where my voice was heard while surviving war and illness in Gaza.
Palestinians are facing unimaginable hardship. Gaza's health system has been systematically dismantled by the Israeli military, and thousands of people have been forcibly displaced and pushed towards starvation.
The world is forgetting us while we are still fighting to survive.
I am not writing this for attention.
I am writing because my family is still trapped in a nightmare that has not ended.
Every day is a struggle to find food, clean water, and the most basic necessities. Every day we wonder how we will make it through the next one.
The world may have stopped talking about us, but our suffering did not stop.
If you see this post, please do not pass by. Reblog, share, and support us if you can.
Your kindness can help a family survive another day.
We are exhausted, but we have not given up hope. ❤️
Hello everyone, my name is Sahar! I am organizing this fundraiser on behalf of a dear friend of mine in Gaza and his family. I have been tal
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and
How it works:
You give to this common pool (and click "weekly" to join 280+ others offering dependable support each week!)
Every week, we divide funds equally and transfer directly to the families by bank transfer
We record all incoming donations (anonymously) and outgoing transfers here: tinyurl.com/HGC-Accountability
You are welcome to instead give to an individual campaign - all are linked on our Chuffed Page
30 May - Our most important update: Hunger, death, displacement
"In light of the catastrophic humanitarian conditions that our people are experiencing in the Gaza Strip, and the continued suffering of thousands of poor and displaced families who depend mainly on food aid provided by humanitarian institutions, we were surprised by the decision of the World Central Kitchen administration to stop supplying food to the areas east of Salah al-Din Street...This unjust decision comes at an extremely difficult time, in light of the continuing aggression and the worsening economic and humanitarian crisis, which will lead to depriving thousands of families of the meals they depend on on a daily basis as a main source of food." (Statement by leaders and civil society organizations in Bureij refugee camp, 18 May)
"The number of trucks arriving into the Gaza Strip today, Friday, through the Kerem Shalom crossing reached 6 aid trucks." (Gaza Crossings and Borders Authority, 29 May)
"The head of the Fishermen's Syndicate confirmed that what the fishing sector and fishermen are being exposed to represents a "comprehensive and systematic process of destruction" led by occupation authorities aiming to end this historic profession." (Quds Press, 29 May)
"Since the ceasefire agreement took effect 227 days ago, Israeli forces have committed 3,005 violations, according to the Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip, including bombardments, direct attacks on civilians, repeated live fire, and incursions into residential areas." (QNN, 27 May)
"We warn of the escalation of a systematic pattern of occupation in Gaza, which is based on the forced evacuation of homes, then bombing and destroying them." (Gaza Center for Human Rights, 24 May)
"The ceasefire in Gaza did not achieve any progress in terms of providing aid and the safety of the population. The hope that the ceasefire would put an end to the suffering and provide emergency relief has faded." (Representative of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza, 22 May)
"We warn against the return of famine and the exacerbation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid escalating Israeli violations." (Palestinian Cabinet, 19 May)
"The headline sounds simple: yesterday, 22 trucks carrying fruits and vegetables entered Gaza. But once you examine what those trucks actually contained, the scale of the disaster becomes painfully clear. Take cucumbers as an example — just one-tenth of a truck, amounting to roughly 1.5 tons. At an average of 20 cucumbers per kilogram, that's 30,000 cucumbers for the entire population. Now imagine the reality behind that number: Gaza would need the same quantity to enter every single day for more than two months just for each human being to eat one cucumber over the span of two months. And this is not an exception. The same pattern applies to most of the food products entering Gaza. The Israeli occupation relies on images, headlines, and statistics to convince the world that aid is flowing into the Strip, while on the ground it is enforcing an unprecedented system of engineered starvation and siege against an entire population." (Asem Alnabih, 7 May)
Against this backdrop, virtually every family in the Giving Circle has faced nearby airstrikes in the last five days, as the occupation's bombardment is escalating every hour; Friday night alone saw one bombing every 1 hour and 20 minutes. Some of our friends narrowly missed these airstrikes by metres—multiple times. They are losing their friends and neighbors, describing an environment of extreme fear. Forced displacement looms as the occupation occupies 60% of Gaza, constantly shelling the eastern areas of Gaza, advancing the "yellow line," bombing tents and food stores, and issuing displacement orders before detonating residential blocks in the heart of neighborhoods. The occupation is also implementing a policy of deep psychological terror, threatening this week to occupy 70% of Gaza and resume the full-scale aggression.
Latest impact and urgent next needs remain the same: Food, medical care, rent, food, diapers. Costs for food and other essential supplies are devastatingly high as the blockade continues and escalates.
Giving update: We are catastrophically losing the backbone of the giving circle - recurring donations. We've gone from 78% to 72% of our weekly goal covered by recurring donations, most of that loss in the last three weeks. The best way to give is still by clicking "weekly" or "monthly" on something small. 292 members of the giving circle ensure help each week.
Other ways to support: Give on behalf of a loved one here. For greeting cards, art, and more, check out our "shop," Kurkar. Spread the word for free with our freshly updated toolkit of premade materials for printing, posting, and emailing.
We keep going. We stay focused. We find solutions.
Maryam, my family, and I forgive everyone who saw our posts or received our appeals and was unable to help us. Life is full of responsibilities, commitments, and circumstances that may prevent someone from offering help, even when they genuinely wish to do so.
Our faith, like Christianity and the universal values that unite humanity, calls upon us to practice forgiveness, show compassion, extend understanding, and support one another in times of need.
Maryam once ran through the streets of Gaza, full of light and laughter. Then war took her home, her family, and her health. Now, if an innocent child like her is not worthy of help, then who is?
Provides humanitarian assistance and sustainable development to advance the well-being of refugees and other vulnerable communities in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan.
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Helllooooo and welcome to another Mines Monday, your friendly local Sifo-Dyas creative community prompt! If you're joining us for the first time, be welcome! Anyone can use this week's prompt or one from our big list for any kind of creative endeavor, big or small! The only rule is that it feature our underappreciated typo of a blorbo, the walking embodiment of doomed by the narrative: Sifo-Dyas! ✨✨
This week's prompt comes our darling friend @purple-ant:
🍓strawberry 🍓
Now isn't that a sweet prompt?!
Here's the part of the post where @bolithesenate and I rattle our empty coffers for more prompts from our community!!! The Mines run on your input, that's YOU reading this right now, so if you haven't sent in a prompt or a dozen in a while, here's your reminder! :D :D
In the meantime, I love y'all very much, be well, take care of each other out there, and we'll see you next week!!!
Gaza Emergency
After 2 years of brutal attacks on Gaza, MECA team and partners are still providing emergency assistance to children and
The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) is a nonprofit humanitarian aid organization based in Berkeley, California. We support children and families in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon through:
Direct aid including food, medicine, medical supplies, and clothes as well as books, toys and school supplies. Since 1988, we have sent more than $54 million in aid to children in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon
Financial support and professional assistance to community organizations in the West Bank and Gaza that help meet Palestinian children’s needs, including clinics, kindergartens, counseling centers, libraries; accessible parks and playgrounds; sports teams, and dance, music and art programs
University scholarships for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Educational and cultural programs in the US and internationally to increase understanding about the lives of children in the Middle East and the impact of US foreign policy on people in the region
Mohammed Abu Alwan is raising three young children alone after the killing of his wife in an IDF strike.
There is a continual need for funds to buy food, water, and medicine, but Israel's destruction of infrastructure in Gaza means that jobs are nearly nonexistence.
You can help this family stay alive through genocide by donating via:
