…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment
likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post
the last time I reblogged this post right before I got a great job, in a permanent work-from-home position, with benefits, retirement, and a salary literally 3x what I was making before, doing something I really like.
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
even $5 makes a difference! and if you are unable to donate, please do share the post so that it can reach more people who are able to help.
this was made a month ago but i got scared to post it here cuz idk if im too proud of it😭✌🏽
i got a decent amount of support with it from my tiktok though which im real thankful for! (it's under the same usermame if you'd like to check it out!)
critically stagnant spotlight campaigns for today (3/19.)
all campaigns are vetted by the organizers of gaza funds. this site has been vouched for by palestinian bloggers. for full transparency, a list of campaigns is available to view on their site. additionally, if you look at my list of individual campaigns, you will see that i personally trust these campaigns and have donated to them many times.
yasmin's family: 11 days since last donation
karem al-kahlout: 11 days since last donation
ghada and abdulrahman: 10 days since last donation
ghazi mekawi: 7 days since last donation
campaigns in danger of becoming critically stagnant:
hassan abdullah: 6 days since last donation
ibrahim abu raida: 6 days since last donation
mohammed ahmed: 4 days since last donation
rania alneder: 4 days since last donation
nada muhaisen: 4 days since last donation
this list comprises the majority of my active gaza funds spotlight campaigns. i am actively spotlighting 15 campaigns. four are critically stagnant, and five more are in danger of becoming critically stagnant.
individual posts for these campaigns are generally ignored, which is why i've moved to using this pinned post instead. it simply takes me too long to queue up a bunch of posts people will just scroll past. please don’t ignore this, you have the opportunity to throw someone a lifeline and do some real good. even if you don’t have any money, a reblog is free and can help get more eyes on these campaigns. none of them are on tumblr, to my knowledge. nobody sees these campaigns unless people reblog posts about them or make their own posts.
thank you in advance for your consideration.
tags for reach under the cut (you can always let me know if you'd rather not be on this list, or if you want to be added to the list!)
My friend Abdu does what I do as a peer mutual aid advocate in more danger for much less stability.
He has treked from his home in Uganda, and fleed Kenya to South Sudan as a refugee among other queer survivors. The work he does for them invaluable and his patience and courage is immeasurable, truly.
Do you care about us? Or do you only care about us if we are white, cis passing or otherwise assimilated into western culture?
You have the opportunity to help someone in a foreign land, today, everyday. These refugees deserve this help and safett not because they are like us, but because they are human.
His campaign is below.
Hi I'm Judas (internet name NervesNebula) and I'm an American fundraising for my friend … Nerves Nebula needs your support for Help LGBTQ Re
I find myself overwhelmed. Often paraphrasing and stealth reblogging causes I am unsure of how to speak on. Abdu calls ME friend and it ìs an honor to help his great, impossible work.
It may seem an entire camp of people need more than an individual can give but them they must be fortunate then that we are a community, a village, a collective of kin willing to help however we can!
Sudan is a nuts place atm, crazy dangerous for everyone, it is an insane privilege to hear from anyone like us currently there. Please keep them alive and such a privilege in tact. Every life saved and mouth fed is a divine blessing and the greatest work an individual can ensure!
A frustrating update is below. Do not look away.
0/1200
Their plea is my own. On their behalf, I thank you!
Spotlight for the Revive Gaza's Agriculture Program
DISCLAIMER IF YOU ARE MESSAGING ME ABOUT A CAMPAIGN:
I receive too many messages every day to personally respond to. I will reblog and queue your post as I receive your message, but I am unlikely to message back. This is not personal; it's just the only manageable way for me to deal with the volume of messages. Thank you for understanding.
The original version of this post was a rotating list of links for both Sudan and Gaza. I was unable to keep up with actually rotating out the links, and so I thought it might be for the best if I just focus all my energy onto one mutual aid campaign. I'll link the original masterpost at the end of this one.
If you've followed me for any amount of time, you probably know that agriculture is one of my passions. I firmly believe in food sovereignty and food justice.
So I was glad to learn about the Revive Gaza's Agriculture project. This program not only produces food (which is critical right now), but it also undermines the blockade intended to starve out Gazans, and is working to provide jobs. The organization has stated that later stages will help remediate the soil that has been poisoned over the course of the genocide.
Their progress in their own words:
Cultivated 1,019 dunums of vegetables with 537 farming families, comprising a total of 3,370 individuals.
Representation is great! How about giving money to black girls to play hockey and making sure they have access to a rink and a space without racial violence?
Don’t forget you can donate to Black Girl Hockey Club and the Women of Colour Hockey Collective!
My father is not recovering, he is only enduring the pain
There is still no access to the treatment he desperately needs
We are trying to survive in a place where survival itself feels impossible
No stable shelter. No income. No proper medical care
All we are asking for is a real chance
A chance for treatment, a chance for dignity, a chance to keep my father alive
If you can help, please stand with us
Donate, share, or help our story reach someone who can
📌 Fundraiser vetted (#167 by el-shab-hussein & nabulsi), But we created a new GoFundMe page because GoFundMe suspended the beneficiary’s account on the platform, which put us in a very difficult situation.
If you ignore this message, you are leaving ten lives to an uncertain fate amidst the rubble. 💔
Imagine the agony we endure:
I live in a broken body. A severe injury to my twelfth vertebra gnaws at me day and night. I have no access to treatment, not even a single painkiller to alleviate this suffering. My brother, Samer, who suffers from bipolar disorder, is facing imminent death. He has run out of medication, and his legs are severely injured.
We need to reach Egypt. My spinal injury is critical and cannot be postponed. Samer's physical and mental health is deteriorating by the hour.
Please, don't stand idly by and watch us perish. Your donation is the only bridge that can save us from the brink of death and bring us back to life. 🫂❤️🩹
I need to pay rent. I need to pay $127 by the 17th or they're closing my credit card account. I need to pay $243 by the 20th or lose our car insurance. I've been trying to get enough to turn my gas back on for months now (like most of the year!) and never reach goal.
Idk what to say to make y'all care abt a disabled Black lesbian. In the unforgiving deep south. Working but still struggling under medical debt and the poor life quality of Alabama. If y'all can reach goal for white folks to have game consoles and plushies and weed and piss poor fanfic u can show up for a disabled Black woman.
Sorry to not update ive been really busy at work and very stressed, thank y'all for the help so far! Im still tryna get my head above water. I've been behind on things so long that I'm still struggling to get things back in good standing. Please keep sharing this post if u can!
Update: i got my car looked at and got an oil change but the check engine light is for something different! Not a pressing matter rn though so i'll try to not worry about it!
it's getting chilly here lately so I would rly like to able to turn the gas back on so we can have heating and hot water and be able to cook again.
My wife is also starting a new job mid november! Her original start date was the 5th but they pushed it back AFTER her 2 weeks end date at her current job was finalized, so there will be like 2-3 weeks where we will be struggling even more down one paycheck. Please keep helping if u can! Thank u for everyrhing so far!
Donations dwindled down to nothing a bit back and im still rly in a bind, please help if u can. Sorry for not updating, work has been rly hard and my health has not been great 😭
Idk what to say y'all, 5 days late, gotten $20 in 5 days. I now owe a late fee as well and im behind on my car note. Im rly stressed. Tryna hold it together. Thank y'all for listening.
Happy Black History Month, i'm alive just still struggling. I hope y'all are all doing okay, please look out for yourselves and your community first and then you can help me out if u still have it. The people around you need you. We are all we have. I hope this year can turn around for us all.
I'm forced to write this because I'm so tired of asking for help and everyone ignoring me. I'm writing this now with a terrible stomach ache from hunger, and what's worse, the doctor told me I have anemia and my condition will worsen if I don't eat well and take my medication and vitamins. I can't take it anymore. I'm completely exhausted from malnutrition.
All I care about is keeping my sick brother and my family safe. Please help us buy healthy food so that my anemia doesn't kill me, and so that we can buy my brother's medication and healthy food for ourselves. Please donate.
Ahmed's family has been through the @gazavetters verification process and is #198 on that spreadsheet.
Please, donate what you can to help Ahmed and his family survive. Show them they're not alone. It's no different than bringing a casserole to a sick neighbor. Ahmed's family are facing hard times, and we owe each other this kind of care and support.
Please help Ahmed get money for nutritious food and healthcare. His family has been struggling with food insecurity for months, and this winter has been brutal on them all. Please donate what you can.
Please help me, everyone. I'm feeling extremely hungry and in pain. My pain is increasing every moment because of the anemia that's ruining my health and making me feel dizzy and tired all day. I need to buy medicine and food to alleviate this pain before I die. Please help us by donating before we die from hunger or anemia. Please don't ignore us and donate to us.
