if you've been following the current war in the middle east while wondering how you can help, here are a list of charities you can donate to! they are mostly focused on lebanon and palestine but if anyone has recommendations for other trusted organizations doing aid work in the middle east, please feel free to add to this post!
Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres - donate
Palestinian Children's Relief Fund- donate
Disasters Emergency Committee - donate
Support Displaced Families in Lebanon UNRWA - donate
the following campaigns are hosted by GlobalGiving, which has a 4/4 rating on Charity Navigator. GlobalGiving includes vetting details in each of their campaigns.
Lebanon Emergency Response
Urgent Support for Families from South Lebanon
As Families Flee, Lebanon's Pets Are Left Behind
Relief through art and laughter in Lebanon
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the thing that has driven me most insane about the past week of charlie kirk news is how even relatively critical people have not really challenged the framing of him as a "debater" or "speaker", which is a gross exaggeration. the guy was at best a debate-themed influencer. his whole shtick was he'd pretend to be interested in "debating" as a way to get random stoned 19 year olds on college campuses to engage with him, at which point he'd say something stupid and inflammatory along the lines of "the bible says homosexuality is a sin" or "black people have low IQs" or even just an ad hominem about how his opponent was a blue haired antifa commie or what have you in the hopes that his opponent would, realizing they had been lured into a sham debate in bad faith and there was not in fact any point to trying to 'change his mind', give up and just call him a bigot or tell him to go fuck himself and he could then take that clip and edit it into a youtube short entitled something like "DERANGED LIB gets DESTROYED by FACTS and LOGIC" with a thumbnail of them scowling with some spittle leaving their mouth which would go on to do numbers feeding the lowest common denominator conservative content mills. he was transparently uninterested in being right or "winning debates", or more to the point to him one could win a debate even by proffering the far worse arguments so long as in the process of doing so you produced a soundbite or clip where it looked like the other guy was getting Owned. this shallow anti-intellectual obsession with looking like you were Owning your opponent in the moment, even if it was because you said something so stupid and inflammatory that your opponent was at a loss for words as to how to respond to it, happened to be basically the exact approach trump himself took to presidential and political 'debates' and kirk ended up being very well suited to the trump era for that reason, a propagandist whose cheap schlock dovetailed nicely with the regime's taste for cheap schlock, and probably the only respect in which you have to hand it to him is that he was either savvy or very lucky in that respect
I hope you are all well. I am grateful for your support of me and my kids and for standing by me, but there is very bad news Unfortunately, GoFundMe has closed the fundraiser for me and my kids. After freezing it for several months, approximately four months, and after submitting the information required for the review process, GoFundMe closed the fundraising today. After it reached $117,000, it gained 39,000 and lost approximately $73,000.
It will never be easy to reach this mileage. It took me a lot of time, effort, and effort to be able to save money for me, my children, and my family. If you receive a refund, please re-donate through the Chuffed.org link or the PayPal link. I need your support, standing by my side again, and all hope and trust in you
I am Fidaa from Gaza. I am 29 years old. I stand before you as a person trying to preserve his family. I am married and a mother of two chil
Go to paypal.me/fidaafunds and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
Thank you to all the supporters. I am happy for your generous support. I hope we continue like this until we reach the goal with all the love and respect that you have given us. Thank you. I am happy to know you all, my kind friends.🌙🌹♥️🫂
Hey everyone, my name is Abdelmajed. I don’t usually talk much about myself, but today, I want to share a little piece of my story.
I was born and raised in Gaza, a place that has always been my home 🏡. I grew up surrounded by my family, my friends, and the streets that I knew like the back of my hand. Life wasn’t always easy, but we had love, laughter, and dreams. I used to think that no matter what happened, home would always be here. But life has a way of changing things in ways we never expect.
Over the past months, everything I once knew has disappeared. The streets that were once filled with children playing are now silent. The houses that held so many memories are now just rubble. And the people I loved—some of them are gone forever. 💔
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My name is Abdelmajed, and I am a survivor of the war in Gaza. Everything I once knew has been taken away—my home, my safety, and the people
A merciless cold, and a tent that cannot withstand!
Like many other countries, this year’s winter is unbearably rains, fierce winds, and extreme cold that we haven't experienced in many years.
But the difference is that we are not in a home that shields our shivering bodies; we are in a torn tent that neither blocks the cold nor stops the rain.
Yesterday, the roof of our tent was ripped off, and water seeped into our few blankets. We shivered from the cold until we felt it seep into our bones. It was a brutal night as I held my child in my arms, searching for warmth I did not have. 💔
But the hardest part is that the world thinks our suffering has ended. We are still without a home, without an income, and prices are soaring. Yet, donations have dwindled as if the pain has ceased! But it has not… We are still here, struggling to survive each day.
Please, if you are reading this, do not leave us alone. Your donation could be the difference between another night of torment or a moment of warmth that we so desperately need. 🙏
I am an American, Greg Lewin in Minneapolis, who made contact with a… Gregory Lewin needs your support for Donate to Save Hanan Al-Salou
I would love for you to meet Lana and Ahmed , my daughter and son . They had a happy and safe life in them family home in north Gaza, just like any other child. Unfortunately, due to the Gaza war, we had to leave north Gaza and our home and now lives in south Gaza in a hot, run-down plastic tent.
I am reaching out to ask for help for them and for my family to leave Gaza and move to Egypt, where they can have a safe and happy life, just like children all over the world. Also to can be help my mom for doing surgery to stop the bleeding in her eye. Also help my old dad , Also help all my family including my brother and his wife and his daughter, also to can be save my new baby that’s she born on this war and hope can give her new life ,
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I'm Heba, I have three children, Lulu, Ismail, and Celine, my youngest daughter Please give me a minute of your time to tell you what is happening to this innocent 3-year-old girl and how she suffers and is unable to bear all this pain and suffering under bad circumstances. One day I woke up to the sound of my little Celine moaning, who was suffering from a high temperature, heart pain, and abnormal hallucinations.
We called the ambulance. The bombing was continuing, and there was also no transportation. It came after waiting half an hour of anxiety and we quickly went to Al-Aqsa Hospital. I was hoping to receive the appropriate treatment, but the war destroyed everything and destroyed the health system. We thought she had died The doctor immediately conducted some quick tests to discover that her blood had fallen to a dangerous level, with only a small portion of blood remaining in her veins. She was given an immediate blood transfusion.
But the real disaster was when they tried to conduct analyzes to find out the reason behind this sudden decline. We learned that all laboratory equipment was destroyed due to the war and is not available under these circumstances and must be transferred abroad to carry out the necessary analyzes and medical procedures.😭
I only ask you to donate and stand by us to save my little Celine from this suffering and receive appropriate treatment immediately and before it is too late.🙏🏻😭💔
Hi, my name is Nicole from Phoenix and I'm fundraising to evacuate my friend Y… Nicole E needs your support for Help Yasmin's Family Find Sa
Imagine waking up to the deafening roar of explosions, your tent shaking violently as the earth trembles beneath you. In an instant, everything is chaos—your children scream in terror, clutching onto you as you scramble to escape. The sky is filled with smoke and falling debris, the air thick with dust and panic. There is no time to think, no time to gather what little you have left. You run—barefoot, desperate, carrying your baby in your arms—praying that you will make it out alive.
Images: Hossam sent us images of what his family's tent looks like today after violent airstrikes in Gaza last night (03/17/2025).
Video: to further prove the validity of Hossam's story, we have included an Al Jazeera news report that Hossam sent to us, in which he briefly appears (at the 0:48 mark)
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Story written by @rumiandroses
For Hossam Al-Qazzaz and his family, this nightmare became reality LAST NIGHT (03/17/2025) when an airstrike obliterated their tent—their last refuge after losing their home, a casualty of the war in Gaza. With no shelter, no safety, and nowhere left to run, they are once again plunged into unimaginable uncertainty as the ceasefire in Gaza collapses and war reignites around them.
Hossam, a dedicated father of four, has already lost his home, his job, and his peace of mind due to the relentless bombardments in Gaza in the 15 months preceding the now,-collapsed ceasefire. Now, with nothing but debris around them, he, his wife Hanan, and their four children—Bashar (9), Hani (8), Diana (4), and 5-month-old Habiba—are now struggling to survive with no roof over their heads.
The suffering extends beyond Hossam, his wife, and his children. Hossam is also the sole caretaker of his elderly parents, aged 75 and 72, both in fragile health. His father is suffering from severe burns and urgently needs medical care, while his mother battles high blood pressure and requires constant attention. But with no home, no stable source of income, and skyrocketing prices for essentials like rice and cooking gas—driven by the border closures and the ban on goods entering Gaza—Hossam is trapped in an incredibly difficult and stressful situation.
Despite these unbearable challenges, Hossam is not asking for much—only the money needed to survive, and to be able to evacuate to safety when the border crossing opens again.
"All we want is to live in dignity," Hossam pleads.
This is where you can make a difference. Every small donation—no matter how modest—can help provide food, clothing, and medical care for Hossam, Hanan, their children, and elderly parents. It can help ensure that Habiba gets the milk and diapers she desperately needs and that his family is not left out in the open with nowhere to turn.
Please, if you can, donate or share Hossam’s story today. Your support can be the difference between survival and despair.
Please consider donating to the Al-Qazzaz family’s original fundraiser to help them buy food and essentials and rebuild their tent:
Dear reader,
I am Hussam Al-Qazzaz from Gaza, and I am wr… nouraldin alqazzaz needs your support for Support Hossam’s afflicted family t
Our founder, Bethany-Grace ( @rumiandroses ) is also sponsoring a fundraising campaign to help Hossam, Hanan and their entire family evacuate to safety. If everyone donates a little, we might be able to get them to safety the moment the border crossing opens again:
My name is Bethany-Grace, and I am the founder of The Gaza Giving Tree, a volunteer initiative dedicated to amplifying the voices of civilia
Together, we can ensure that Hossam's family does not just survive—but begins to rebuild a life of safety, stability, and hope.
Hossam’s campaign has been vetted by @gazavetters, and (#287) on their list of verified campaigns.
It seems that I will enter a severe depression, because I even lost the tent that sheltered me and my family, and my only consolation is that my family and I got out from under the rubble without any harm, but my body is still trembling and fear controls me when I hear a sound Planes please my friends don't leave us stand by us please for the sake of my little children
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