Hey guys, I've added the google doc where me and Nairuz have been compiling the vetted fundraisers all on one list that can be easily updated and seen by everyone. I think it's faster than the system I had going before.
Go check it out, I've added 13 links in the past hour.
laurae, a small Native farmer who built up her farm over the last five years, was served a 90-day eviction notice despite being promised by the landowner that she would be given a purchase agreement and the farm would never be sold to another person. Everything she has is in this farm - she’s put thousands of hours of work into it, built her cabin by hand, and invested every penny she’s made back into it. we are fighting to help her get the money to purchase her land before someone else buys it and kicks her - and us, her tenants who had no access to land without her help - off.
she ships her jams & honey, which you can buy here
you can also donate directly to the gofundme here
I know we’re all hurting right now and the world is fucked. but I love laurae and she’s done so much for all the people in her life. She has nowhere to go, no other options for a home, and no means to start over. she is a veteran, a survivor of multiple cancers, and close to fifty. all she wants is to live out her days on her farm till she hands it off to the next generation of farmers and I don’t want to see that simple thing taken away from her.
As Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza continues unabated, the Israeli economy is facing a catastrophe. The physical destruction in Israel f
The economic indicators speak of nothing less than an economic catastrophe. Over 46,000 businesses have gone bankrupt, tourism has stopped, Israel’s credit rating was lowered, Israeli bonds are sold at the prices of almost “junk bonds” levels, and the foreign investments that have already dropped by 60% in the first quarter of 2023 (as a result of the policies of Israel’s far-right government before October 7) show no prospects of recovery. The majority of the money invested in Israeli investment funds was diverted to investments abroad because Israelis do not want their own pension funds and insurance funds or their own savings to be tied to the fate of the State of Israel. This has caused a surprising stability in the Israeli stock market because funds invested in foreign stocks and bonds generated profit in foreign currency, which was multiplied by the rise in the exchange rate between foreign currencies and the Israeli Shekel. But then Intel scuttled a $25 billion investment plan in Israel, the biggest BDS victory ever.
These are all financial indicators. But the crisis strikes deeper at the means of production of the Israeli economy. Israel’s power grid, which has largely switched to natural gas, still depends on coal to supply demand. The biggest supplier of coal to Israel is Colombia, which announced that it would suspend coal shipments to Israel as long as the genocide was ongoing. After Colombia, the next two biggest suppliers are South Africa and Russia. Without reliable and continuous electricity, Israel will no longer be able to pretend to be a developed economy. Server farms do not work without 24-hour power, and no one knows how many blackouts the Israeli high-tech sector could potentially survive. International tech companies have already started closing their branches in Israel.
Israel’s reputation as a “startup nation” depends on its tech sector, which in turn depends on highly educated employees. Israeli academics report that joint research with universities abroad has declined sharply thanks to the efforts of student encampments. Israeli newspapers are full of articles about the exodus of educated Israelis. Prof. Dan Ben David, a famous economist, argued that the Israeli economy is held together by 300,000 people (the senior staff in universities, tech companies, and hospitals). Once a significant portion of these people leaves, he says, “We won’t become a third world country, we just won’t be anymore.”
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Another fundraiser I'd like to bring more attention to is that of Munna and her family.
Munna has 3 children, Rima, who is a teenager, Salah, an 11 year old, and Lina, who is only 5 years old. Their family has been forced to evacuate and they've been living in a small tent for the last 9 months of this ongoing genocide. They've faced countless dangers, from the threat of Israeli artillery to the famine and shortage of clean water.
Below you can see a video of young Lina, speaking about her family's situation
This family is saving up the funds currently to evacuate to Egypt, where they will be safe and the children will be able to continue their education and receive proper nutrition and healthcare.
This fundraiser is extremely low on funds, having not even reached £1000 of their end goal of £30,000. Every donation will go towards helping this family and every share spreads young Lina's message further.
A Family's Heartbreaking Struggle
The Munna Tashmali fami… Asma Zubairi needs your support for Help the Munna Tashmali Family Rebuild Th
In its eighth month, Gaza appears defeated, trapped between walls of destruction and the cries of children. It is enveloped in deep sorrow, gripped by constant fear, and its walls speak a language of muffled screams. War is harsh. 😢
How can I protect my mother and siblings from this hell? How can I get them out of the horrors of war and bring them back to safety? My heart bleeds with indescribable pain, and my eyes see the scenes of suffering my people endure in this shattered land. 💔
My mother is the light that guides me through the darkest nights. How can war extinguish this light? How can my heart be at peace when it fears for the safety of those I love? I want them to be well, I want them to be safe, but war takes without mercy and destroys without pity. 😔
I want to get them out of this hell. I want to see them well. Please help me save my mother, my father, and my siblings. 🙏
Imagine this is your mother. How would you feel? 😭
Hello everyone
My name is Ahmed I'm from Gaza, i am engineer I created… Alaa Al khateeb needs your support for Help Ahmed family to trav
This is his blog, but he does not speak english (but translating apps should work if you want to ask him stuff). He is in contact with a friend of mine, her handle here is @drschnauzer and she has done much of the vetting and helped Ibrahim move to tumblr aswell. If you can, thank you, if you can't, that's ok too.
This post is a bit of a different situation than the others, but from what I can tell this is legitimate. Here is the link contained in the ask, as a hyperlink:
(Disclaimer: This post is written by a third party as Ibrahim cannot speak English and can only communicate with the writer and current mana
I will say that this fundraiser has not been verified by anyone (as far as I could tell) except for the person who sent the ask and the account that was tagged, but this could easily be explained by the fact that it seems to be very obscure. Either way, I encourage you to exercise caution.
top two photos: taken from safaa's profile @safaabed8
bottom photo: taken from safaa's husband's (abed) profile: @abedalazeiz
(please follow them both for the latest updates involving their family!)
safaa first introduced herself to me here on tumblr through a dm asking for help. when we met, she was incredibly new to the platform- so along w/ sharing her story with all of you- i tried my best to connect her with other palestinian-based accounts so she could gain more visibility. thanks to everyone who has kindly supported her since, her fundraiser has been able to steadily grow day by day!
every message i get from her/her family fills me with a mixture of relief and immense worry. obtaining a strong enough signal to even be able to communicate is already hard enough (most need to travel far distances to charge phones, text, etc) + every news story i read online from journalists/other families i keep up with only grow more dire with each passing day.
there is no way any of us can truly comprehend the level of suffering they all experience on a daily basis-- what is known to us (or should be) is that no one should ever have to live through these inhumane conditions.
the photos i've provided above show safaa's life from before. her pride- her joy- precious memories that any mother would cherish. unfortunately, none of them convey her life now.
safaa no longer shares fun, beautiful memories- she documents the harsh/cruel reality she now faces: writing her kids' names on their arms in order to prepare for the worst, walking through unpaved roads dirtied with debris/sewage, her kids needing to help tend to a fire instead of playing as kids should.
my heart breaks for all of them- and i want nothing more than to see her family be able to get a chance to have more beautiful memories. i don't have much- but i'd be grateful to anyone who is willing to match my donation to safaa's gfm (€5- proof of donation below)
safaa- may you and your family continue to stay safe during these hard times. i hope my words will bring other kind souls your way 🖤
for anyone looking for safaa's verification links:
90-ghost
northgazaupdates
note: safaa + her family has had to make multiple accounts- they have all either been suppressed/terminated (this is also why the verification/reblogs from ibtisams/heba-20 no longer have working links)
as for me: i myself do not vet/verify any gfm campaigns bc i don't have that savvy to do so (not fluent in arabic // not a part of any grassroot orgs that do have that experience // etc). i simply share campaigns after they've been vouched for by other reliable sources 🖤
tagging for reach: @ascindio @aria-ashryver @mydemonsdrivealimo @peroviney @malcriada
Hi This is Yusuf 8 years old child, have a kidney failure
If my father and mother had money, I could continue living. It just feels like such an unnecessary death, at the age of 8.
It is true that my parents can't afford such a large sum of money for treatments, but they are a good, loving, and supporting parents.
Do they deserve to lose their child because they have no money?
Lots of questions, helplessness, so much anger at the world, excruciating pain, paralyzing fear from the approaching death...
Please, If you see this post, give me a chance. I also deserve to live, my parents also deserve their child to live.
Please.
Help us finance the treatment, I still have hope.
Yusuf, a mere 8-year-old boy from the Gaza Strip, is fighting… ahmed abubaker needs your support for Urgent Appeal: Save Little Yusuf and Hi
On the Same Planet but in Different Worlds: Gazans are Humans Too!
Allow me to point out some of the blessings that people, unlike those in the strange scary world of Gaza, are inclined to take for granted and rarely do they reflect on:
Plenty of food, vegetables, and fruits.
Electricity 24/7.
Drinkable water 24/7.
No horrifying sounds of explosions, no head-splitting buzzing of Israeli drones in their sky, and no scary shaking of their houses because of the continuous bombardment.
No fear of ending up buried under the rubble of their cozy beautiful houses.
No scary thoughts about getting killed in an airstrike before drifting off at night.
Access to quality education for them and their children.
A plea from one family to another: kindly help me get my family to a safe place before I lose them forever. The situation in Gaza only moves from bad to worse. My family is stranded in the most hellish conditions ever, so I am dedicating to helping them evacuate to Egypt as soon as possible.
Join me in securing a dignified safe life for my family and a prosperous future for the children who have been deprived of education for a year.
Even worse, it seems they won't receive any education for another year at least as the ravaging cruel war continues and most Schools have been viciously and devilishly destroyed. Your support is a lifeline for my family and a chance for a better future for them. It is just too early for them to depart to heaven!
Please donate, reblog, and share.
Note: Vetted by:
1. @el-shab-hussein and @nabulsi # 151 on the spreadsheet of Vetted Gaza Fundraisers List]
2. @fallahifag here # 4 on the list.
3. @riding-with-the-wild-hunt Here #5.
People say: "Family always comes First," and to that, I say: "Amen!".… Mahmoud Khalaf needs your support for Death chases my family in Gaza;
please help Mahmoud save his family!
Mahmoud is trying with all his might to get his 8 family members to safety while he is in Ireland.
time is of the essence! every passing day, his family are exposed to terrible dangers and at risk of death. this is why it's so important to keep any momentum with fundraisers moving.
so far, €14,756 / €30,000 have been reached. only €244 left to reach the halfway mark. please give what you can.
please help Mahmoud reunite with his family, let's help him so he may see them again soon, safe and sound.
my very dear friend pochi had to leave one of their cats behind to escape and get to their partner, and marmalady here is now in danger and likely neglected. pochi needs to raise funds to fly back to florida and get her cat back before something bad happens.
right now, gir and pochi need 400 more to afford the plane tickets to save lady. please help if you can, i love pochi dearly and she deserves to have lady back
My girlfriend's cat, Marmalady, is currently in a relative's house in Florida.
T… Cody Littlefield needs your support for Save Marmalady fr
5 VERIFIED PALESTINIAN FUNDRAISERS EXTREMELY LOW ON FUNDS (BELOW 5%)
I would like to bring attention to the fundraisers that are struggling to get any donations. These are all verified by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi and you can find all of them, and many others, in this list.
Hello,,
"I am Youssef,From Belgium writing on behalf of my b… Yousef j s Alanqar needs your support for Help Mohammed and His Family Escape
Hi all,
My name is Rawda, based in Montreal, Canada, and I a… Rawda Harb needs your support for Please help Majdi and Amira Al Shamaly &
القصة مترجمة.أسفل
Dreams have been postponed indefinitely!
Have you … Nada Abed needs your support for HELP ! FOR EVERYONE HAS an O
Dear Friends and Supporters,
Hello, my name is Samira, I ‘am facing an unthinkable c… Samira Akkila needs your support for Help us to su
Hello
Hello my name is Mahmoud Halas and I am a Palestinian living in Ga… Mahmoud Helles a besoin de votre soutien pour Helping my famil
My family and I are facing very difficult circumstances due to the war, and we urgently need help to save them.
I am seeking funding for our campaign, and your assistance whether through sharing our story or donating can make a significant difference. Simple actions like reposting this message or contributing can be a lifeline for my family.
Please, help us in any way possible.
Your support will give us hope and strength during these challenging times.
My children need your donations.🙏
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 🙏❤️
With utmost gratitude,
This fundraiser is verified by several sources and is VERY CLOSE to its goal.
Hello,,
I'm Ahmed Alanqar, 34 years old, married to Dina Alanq… Abdallah Alanqar needs your support for Helping Ahmed's Family: Escaping
calling every gnc cis person you see an "egg waiting to crack" even as a joke is not cool or funny at all actually it is extremely invasive and weird and you are just reinventing gender roles but making it "progressive"
last time i made a post abt this i got fucking eviscerated lmao but that’s prob bc i had the audacity to mention how this intersects with race and ethnicity, how y’all LOVE to forcibly feminize east asian and jewish men then ignore centuries of harmful stereotypes you’re playing into.
Its absolutely a weird and invasive thing to say. Especially because non-binary people can choose to present in mixed ways instead of androgynously. Especially because everyone should be allowed to choose scents, colors, products, patterns, and clothing that they LIKE, without it having to be based on gender. Because masculine people should be allowed to smell like flowers or wear pretty things if they just fucking want to.
This is something I noticed a TON on Twitter and fucking hated it.
As soon as a man is the LEAST bit feminine, or what white western society perceives as feminine, he will be called a trans girl. And I obviously don't have anything against trans girls or recognizing yourself in others and shit, but like
You fucking can't destroy gender roles by rigorously enforcing them.
Stop calling every cis man who likes "girly" stuff a woman. Y'all know this is also homophobic as shit, right? Y'aal know that's also MISGENDERING, RIGHT??
Let people like what they like. A guy who likes skirts and nail polish? Cool. Unless HE HIMSELF says otherwise, he's a guy. Stop this shit.
Real people are not your blorbos to project your experiences onto. If you relate to something that a cis person does, that just means that a cis person is relatable to you, which is not, in fact, a bad thing.
And yeah, the gender discussion is the main thrust here, but also where's that post about how fucked up it is to treat fictional characters like real people and real people like fictional characters
for disability pride month i want YOU 🫵 to donate to a disabled gazan child. choose one from this list i put together and donate whatever you can to them. next time you have money to spare, do the same
This is Taim and Tia, two young children living in Gaza with their sibling, mother, aunts, and grandparents (both of whom need medical attention).
A relative of theirs, Ramadan, is based in Belgium and is desperately raising funds for them so they and their family can survive and evacuate. They really need funds- even a donation as small as 5 euros helps!
I am reaching out to you with a heavy heart and an urgent plea for a… Ramadan Alhaw needs your support for Help Us Safely Evacuate
Please donate if you can and share to help this family! This fundraiser is from @/el-shab-hussein's list of vetted fundraisers.