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Emily, 30s, She/her, white cis woman. communist. I have anxiety and post about it sometimes. No minors please. Terfs/swerfs and zionists fuck off.

[schoolhater]

answering a couple questions i got on this post since i realized ppl genuinely wanna know:

tl;dr:

israel lets very, very little aid get into gaza. even the UN can't get in as much as they want to. funding individual families, gazan led initiatives, and mutual aid collectives operating out of gaza ensures gazans can provide for themselves and pay for the extremely expensive aid that is available.

with all the civil infrastructure destroyed by israel, the situation on the ground has devolved into unrestricted capitalism, driving up the price of aid (that should be free!). this makes it more urgent for people to have funding for daily survival.

the post linked above has examples of how donating to individual families can help a lot. if you want to help more than one family at a time, there are many gazan-led initiatives focusing on rebuilding their infrastructure and distributing aid fairly that are worth donating to instead of large charities that already get the majority of donations.

as i mentioned in the last post: @/careforgaza on twitter is a nonprofit started by gazans, it's been endorsed by multiple palestinian journalists.

the sameer project is a collective organized by diaspora palestinians offering emergency shelter to gazans.

ele elna elak is a project aiming to bring water, food, shelter, etc. to gazans and has been promoted by bisan owda.

and the municipality of gaza itself is fundraising to rebuild water infrastructure.

all of these organizations are active inside gaza right now and are being run by gazans. if anyone knows of other gazan-led mutual aid projects, nonprofits or charities feel free to link them in the notes! hope this helped!

long answers under the cut!

if you wanna donate to a charity that's absolutely fine, but the thing is most charities (and even the UN!) are unable to make it into gaza in the first place, leaving aid rotting at the egyptian side of the border or subject to israeli settler attacks

not to mention, charities and nonprofits also maintain a paternalistic colonial relationship with the indigenous people they are trying to help, determining what aid they need for them instead of returning power to them and letting them make their own choices

i'm not here to say that one option is better than the other, just that they achieve different things and are equally legitimate. there's an attitude among people who question the legitimacy of these gofundme campaigns that somehow the people promoting them are telling them not to donate to charities. nobody is stopping you from donating to charities. we are just asking that you do not dehumanize the very real gazans in your inbox just because their method of asking for aid is more direct and risky.

unfortunately that's exactly what has happened. because israel destroyed all of gaza's more formalized infrastructure, it seems that organized crime and rampant inflation has taken its place. aid is supposed to be free, but in order to save for evacuation or the cost of living, people have started selling them at an inflated price. and aid that is truly free attracts intense, large crowds that are dangerous to navigate.

this was posted on abc a few days ago

it's pure, unrestrained capitalism. i've had multiple palestinians describe this situation to me confidence. that's why everything's so expensive now. why people have to rent out tiny plots of land for their tents to sit on, why my friend @siraj2024 still has to buy tarps to cover the broken windows of the overpriced bombed out apartment he rented, and why a bag of flour can cost a thousand bucks in the north.

even before israel closed and then bombed the rafah crossing, the egyptian hala travel agency was only allowing people to cross the border if they paid a hefty $5000 USD per adult / $2500 USD per child bribe. it denies doing this, but the hundreds of stories from palestinians say otherwise.

with regard to the economy, here in america we saw something similar happen in the wake of hurricane helene and milton. the podcaster margaret killjoy describes how she saw dual economies rise after asheville was fully cut off from the rest of the country - some people offered each other supplies for free in a sort of mutual aid honor system, and some people required payment when they lent supplies because they themselves needed to buy stuff for their families. these dual economies exist in gaza too. and this means they all still need money to survive.

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

plugging gaza soup kitchen for those with the means to donate! it's another gazan-led initiative currently providing food, water, classes for children, and medical care across the north and south. you can donate through their website or their gofundme, or follow them on instagram for news about their projects

[snubbull-galar]

please also consider taking a look at dahnoun mutual aid (instagram link), another ghazzawi-run initiative doing great work using very little funds! they're currently distributing winter clothes for young children, as well as food and water, infant formula, tents, and cash. they've also got a chuffed

[winchysteria]

the only true ally

[exeggcute]

I need a polite and effective way to say "hey your heart is truly in the right place and your anger is often righteous but I think sometimes you’re getting recreationally mad about things that are frankly not worth the amount of energy you’re spending on them, and every time you do this you're driving yourself slightly more insane with nothing to show for it," and then I need a way to broadcast that message through a loudspeaker to roughly 30,000 people at once, and THEN I need a time machine to send that message to my past self lol. and maybe a second time machine in case past me tries to be clever and sabotage the version of me who comes through the first time machine

[galmaster47]

Help a struggling trans girl out!

Uh, hi. Local annoying girl here, a lot of bills have come due in this past month and stretched my finances a lot thinner than I'm able to really handle. And, thanks to a bunch of recent doctor's appointments thanks to an ongoing saga of "thanks to my cat, there is currently a piece of glass stuck in my foot in a way that makes it hard to extract and we're still trying to get it out", uh. I'm pretty sure a lot more are going to crop up and require addressing.

That, and since the prices of my meds have skyrocketed this year thanks to my work's insurance changing the policy to one with an absolutely absurd deductible (and I think becoming less trans friendly), I'm stretched way thinner than I ever was last year, and won't be able to afford all of my upcoming bills and do other things like feed myself and take care of my cat through the month of April.

If I could raise $1000, I'd probably be able to weather all of this stuff coming through at once and have enough breathing room to deal with a few other ongoing problems in my life like my computer starting to overheat itself to death.

Link to my venmo below

$20/$1000

Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Downloa

[galmaster47]

...

When it rains, it pours. The building management where I live want to up my rent by $150 come June 1st and I. I don't have any way to cover that kind of increase. Not now. Not any time soon. I barely manage to get by month to month as it is, amd there's just... nothing left to cut back on anymore to cover it.

I... if I could raise enough money to move out to somewhere cheaper, I could get myself into a better position, but... I really need the help even more now. Please.

$70/$1000

[galmaster47]

yeah so im flooded with medical bills and still kinda need a lot of money to cover them all... so gonna keep this going :(

Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Downloa

$120/$1000

[galmaster47]

Got fired. Still have medical bills. Everything is way more of a fucking problem right now. I... really need this help way more now.

$290/$1500

[galmaster47]

Pay Alex Hiller using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/ashiller1894 and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

Adding my PayPal link

$290/$1500

[heartpeacenquiet]

[attemptedsaint]

[patronsaintofweepingmothers]

"peaches close up" (2008), zechariah judy

[closet-keys]

Israel has deliberately and systematically destroyed the means for people in Gaza to sustain their physical health. 94% of hospitals are destroyed, and none can operate at full capacity. Life sustaining medications are blocked from entering and stocks are running out.

[closet-keys]

My friend Fadel has been hospitalized on and off for months now. The hospitals were already unable to remove shrapnel from him two years ago when Israelis bombed his house while he was inside. At this point in the genocide, he has experienced power outages from nearby bombings while being hospitalized for severe anemia and malnutrition.

[closet-keys]

Fadel (@fadell-aldany) relies on medication to treat his blood disorder. He has been unable to afford it consistently, and the result is constant dizziness, nausea, pain, and fainting. His family is terrified every time they find him collapsed unconscious that he has died. Now he also suffers from side effects from medications at the hospital that do not work as well. Please help him afford his healthcare and survive this.

[fadell-aldany]

I watch myself wither away in front of the mirror while my surgery is delayed and support remains elusive. Every moment of neglect weakens me, and I'm losing consciousness because of what I'm going through. Please help me today, stand by me before I become a mere memory; your kindness might ease my pain and give me another chance at life. I hope you won't forget me.

[fadel-dani]

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[abdulrahman-family2l]

My little nephew is dying; I feel like he's taking his last breaths. I will never forgive anyone who ignores this.

[abdulrahman-family2l]

Please, we urgently need €850 for emergency surgery for my nephew. His health has deteriorated significantly; he is now in a coma and unconscious, suffering greatly. Time is running out, and every moment is crucial for him.

[abdulrahman-family2l]

My nephew is his parents' only child. He lost his father in this genocide in the Gaza Strip and suffered multiple traumas during this war. He has already had one operation and now needs another. Please don't leave him alone. Donate towards his operation. I don't want to lose him like I lost my mother and brother. Please donate, donate!

Donate here - PayPal - Vetted#642

[abdulrahman-family2l]

Guys, my main account has been blocked to silence me. We still need 600 euros now. Please, please, we haven't been able to get my nephew's surgery because we still need 600 euros. Please, please, my nephew is very tired and in a lot of pain. The surgery was supposed to happen yesterday, but it was postponed until today. Please, please donate, donate! 😭😭💔

[abdulrahman-family2l]

Only 10 hours left until the operation. Please, please don't let us down. Donate, donate so we can perform it today. Donate! 😭😭💔

[herdsystem]

Please help my friend Abdulrahman, this is the third blog he's had in a month, and for the "crime" of being Palestinian and asking for help for his family. Please, donate so his nephew can have a chance at life!

[abdulrahman-family2l]

There are almost 8 hours left and we still need 570 euros. Please save us! Don't let us down! Don't let my nephew miss his appointment! Donate! Donate! Prove to me that the world is with me and by my side! Please, I don't want to lose my nephew! Donate! Donate! 😭💔

[abdulrahman-family2l]

Oh my God, oh my God, only 6 hours and I can't sleep, I can't because I'm so worried. We still need 550 euros. Please save us so we can get my nephew the operation. Please save us, donate, donate! 😭💔

[thingsfromthedirt]

[molabuddy]

3 hours of sleep = i hate people who laugh

0 ours of sleep = waouw 🌼🌼🌼🌼🐎

[molabuddy]

we all need to take better care of our selfs or we might Pass away

[miamaimania]

"two whitetail fawns" (2016) ⍋ William Harper — color photograph

[em-iliart]

how this week has felt

[jareckiworld]

Lucia Dovičáková — Dreaming About Death on Pink Sofa (oil, canvas, 2022)

[gondwana]

[perriaeyjeve]

[el-shab-hussein]

Hey all,

In my absence, Eman's village's situation has been getting worse, far far worse. As the fabric of Sudan's medical and other social infrastructures have been destroyed by war and genocide, displaced people are seeing a high risk of disease outbreaks amongst them. This is what Eman's village is currently going through, and her family has been one of many affected by dengue fever.

Eman is scared, alone, and feels like her family's situation is invisible. Please show her that she isn't alone, and that her and her family and her village aren't invisible. Please if you can spare anything, help Eman @emiiii980 out.

Donate to Help Eman rebuild her destroyed home and get to a safe place, organized by Simran K

Hi, Gofundme family, I am Simran and this campaign is create… Simran K needs your support for Help Eman rebuild her destroyed home and g

[el-shab-hussein]

Eman's family still needs help. Their village is in crisis.