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For a long time now, Samah and her family have not been able to enjoy living in a house. They are from Jabalia, and their home has been destroyed by Israeli warplanes.

I've been talking to Samah ( @samah-h ) who is verified by Bilal ( @bilal-salah0 ). I'm going to be blunt: she needs to raise another $5,000 to help with her 2 year old daughter. Right now, the Rafah crossing is closed—but that doesn't mean that our donations don't make a difference. If we need money in our every day, how much more so must people surviving a genocide? As Samah has written on Tumblr, the cost of living and basic survival needs is high. Her daughter (and Samah and the rest of her family!) needs warm clothes and basic healthcare. Samah also has a newborn, who requires infant formula and diapers.

Not only does Samah have children of her own, but her husband is now responsible for three of his siblings. One of those siblings has a child of their own. They have been displaced multiple times, and are still in constant danger. Bombings, airstrikes, and snipers make life extremely perilous for Samah and her family.

Not only that, but as I said before, their home was destroyed!!! They live in tents now, and winter is fast approaching. It will be the rainy season in Palestine soon, and while most of us can listen to the rain from the comfort of our homes, Samah is forced to endure these conditions in a tent. Fall, winter, summer, fall, and soon winter again. They've been exposed to immense heat and immense cold, with no insulation but a tarp.

Disease is also rampant in Gaza due to the unsanitary conditions created by the genocide. Not only that, Samah was forced to give birth without anesthesia in deplorable conditions!!! Keep in mind that Samah has three young children, and children are often sick at the best of times. Donation money can also go towards healthcare.

Our donations can help provide basic living materials that Samah desperately needs. And when the Rafah crossing reopens, they will need money in order to leave for Egypt.

As of now, 39 people have recently donated to her campaign—let's raise that number!!

Hi, my name is Camille Testa from Saint Paul and I'm fundraising t… Camille Testa needs your support for Emergency Evacuation Needed to Save

$5,816 / $10,000

samah-h

A Confession from the Heart of Suffering: An Unbearable Reality

I hope you read my confession, and thank you. This is the reality of all the people of Gaza.

Whenever I think of the life we used to have before the genocide, I have to struggle to hold my tears so I don't cause my children more pain than what they already feel. Our life, then, was neither easy nor perfect but it was full of warmth and the simple joy of being together under one roof .

We have never felt completely free because we have always been under a siege that has only gotten worse during this war but at least we felt somewhat safe and we had quite a decent life with the means that we were allowed.What kept us going was our belief that the future might be brighter one day.

Unfortunately, there seems to be no better tomorrow for us anymore. Nothing remains of our previous lives but rubble and memories, and the future is so bleak and full of uncertainties.It's not just the walls of our house that were turned into ruins, it's our hopes and dreams that were reduced to ashes. Now, we only dream of things that might seem so trivial to other people around the world like being able to sleep in and wake up in a comfortable bed or having a meal without standing for it in line for hours.

We dream of having enough clean drinking water so we don't have to worry about dying of thirst. We dream of the days we had a home with a regular kitchen and stove, the days we could celebrate special occasions with family in peace. Above all, we dream of not losing the people we love in a split second and of living safely and with dignity.

Instead, we have been wrongfully sentenced to a life of fear, displacement, and humiliation beyond belief. It is a living nightmare here now. Everything needed to ensure the bare minimum of decency and normalcy is denied to us. As you well know, there is no safe place in Gaza anymore and We are deprived of simple rights like having having a roof over our heads or enjoying some peace of mind for even one single day. The airstrikes and the buzzing of drones almost never stop. We live with a very real sense of impending doom day and night.

The water and food scarcity are only getting worse with time. Even regular chores like cooking or doing the laundry have become true challenges. I cannot propely bathe my children because the little water we get is polluted and their sensitive baby skin keeps getting irritated.

Before the war, my nine- year-old daughter was so picky about which outfits to wear; it made me laugh that she acted that way at her age but now we don't even have enough warm clothes for the winter. It kills me each time she says she doesn't need fancy clothes anymore and only wants to feel warm and go back to school. What makes it worse is our tent has recently been flooded by rain.

The whole camp turned into a swamp overnight. The children woke up soaked, shivering and terrified. It was almost impossible to calm them down as the rain kept pouring. We are doing our best but even if we succeed in finding the treatment, it's going to cost almost a fortune. This is why we need your support even more now.

All we do now is fight for survival every day. I never imagined,even in my darkest nightmares, that I would be searching high and low to put food in my children's mouths and keep them warm or that I would be begging the world to literally save their lives but I have no other choice now.

Despite the unbearable suffering we're daily going through, I still believe in humanity. please keep us in your prayers and help us anyway you can. Donate if you're able to,reblog and share our story as widely as you can.We are grateful to each and every one of you

Vetted by @bilal-salah0

7,464$ / 10,000$