A Plea from the Heart: I Am Fatima, and This Is My Story
My name is Fatima, a teacher from Gaza. I used to work in a small school I loved dearly, planting hope in the hearts of children and teaching them that tomorrow could be better. But the war took everything away. My school was bombed, I lost my job, and our home was reduced to rubble. Yet, I refused to give up. I set up a small tent amid the destruction and continued teaching children, showing them that knowledge is a light that cannot be extinguished, even in the darkest times.
My husband, Akram, was my partner and pillar of support. But he was severely injured in an attack targeting civilians. His abdominal injuries are so severe that he can no longer work or even lift basic items. Every day, I see the pain in his eyes and feel the weight of helplessness, but I try to stay strong for him and for our children.
Our eldest, Manar, is four years old, and she’s missing out on her childhood amidst this devastation. Our youngest, Ibrahim, was born under bombardment just a year ago. He has suffered greatly due to the lack of milk and proper medical care. Yet, sometimes, he smiles, and in those brief moments, I find the strength to keep going.
We now live in a fragile tent that doesn’t shield us from the cold or rain. Every day is a new battle for survival. I write these words while holding my children’s hands, with nothing left but my faith in God and the hope that your kind hearts will hear our plea.
Please help us provide milk and food for our children, ease Akram’s pain, and rebuild even a small part of the life the war has destroyed. Every donation, no matter how small, makes a big difference in our lives.
I ask you to share our story and be our support during this harsh and unforgiving time.
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my best friend ha'aheo is a filmmaker and storyteller who has released multiple short documentaries including the above. they and their adoptive brother and housemate, 3 māhū living in honolulu, have been struggling with the conditions of their housing due to the negligence of their landlord for over a year now, and while ha'a is trying to recover from an acute back injury they are now also being forced to deal with the aftermath of the storms that have been hitting oahu. one of their rooms was flooded and it's caused serious water damage in a house where i can personally vouch the floor was already threatening to give way in at least one location back in january. they've been trying to move for months but now it's truly urgent, but housing on oahu is more expensive than ever and like so many indigenous hawaiians they are being priced out of safe housing on their 'āina by american expats and military members. if you have some money to spare this month please consider donating, these are some of the most incredible people on earth and i know that any support they receive is multiplied tenfold in their tireless work for their community.
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Help my friends recover after a car crashed into their house
Early on February 1st, a stolen car sped off the road and crashed into my friends Nicole and CJ's house, nearly killing their teenage son. Thankfully nobody was physically harmed, and everyone is accounted for. But this incident has displaced them, their two kids, and their cats, and caused a currently unknown amount of property damage. Everybody is safe and housed thanks to people in our wonderful community, but rebuilding both physically and emotionally after this is going to be a tough journey and the family needs help.
Full details are included on the GoFundMe page linked below. Nicole and CJ are a couple of the warmest and most passionate people that I know, and them and their kids deserve a home that is safe and stable. Please consider donating, and if you match my donation of $20 or more, send me proof and I'd be happy to draw something for you.
My name is Abdullah Al-Qassab, I’m 27 years old, and I am writing this message with trembling hands and an empty stomach — from Gaza.
Before the war, I had a small travel agency something I built with love, effort, and hope.I dreamed of a simple life… a dignified life.
But the war didn’t just destroy my home and business —it shattered my ability to dream.
Today, I’m not asking for dreams.I’m asking for bread. For water. For life I now live with my family in the open — no walls, no roof, just the cold ground beneath us.
We are in a catastrophic famine.
We go days without food.
We faint in the street from hunger.
Our bodies are giving up.
And still… the world remains silent.
My mother has a heart condition — she needs medicine and special food.
Now she lies in pain, her chest aching, and I have nothing to give her. My grandmother has high blood pressure — worsened by hunger and cold nights.
Her body is shrinking before my eyes.
And me😞?
I’ve collapsed more than once from weakness. From not eating.But I stand up again… because they need me.
What do you call this life?
Sleeping on the dirt… watching your family starve… praying your heart doesn’t stop before help arrives? This is not a life. This is a slow death. To anyone reading this Please… don’t turn away from me.
Help me buy food before we collapse again. Help me get medicine before my mother’s heart gives out.
Help me bring even one moment of comfort to my grandmother before it’s too late.
I’m not asking for luxury.
I’m not asking for comfort.
> I’m begging for survival.
Even the smallest act of kindness could mean the world to us. Please… save us from this hunger.
— Abdullah Al-Qassab
Gaza, Palestine
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"A Family Trying to Survive"
My name is Abdullah Al-Qassab, a 27-year… Maryam Awad needs your support for Help Abdullah's family in
📩 Or DM me if you prefer to help directly.. 🙏🏻
Every dollar helps. Every reblog helps. Every bit of empathy matters... 🥹💔
Please don’t scroll past – Gaza is starving in silence.... 🙏🏻😞
Abdullah has reached out to me for help. He and his family still have a ways to go until their target on GoFundMe is reached. Please help however you can!
Did I receive it from my father's illness, or from the bitter cold, or from my headache? Where did it come from? Why is this happening? Death is more honorable than a life without dignity. Our dignity is gone. We have nothing left: no home, no blankets, no clothes, nothing. I hope you wake up from your slumber. The occupation lies, as we've come to expect. They've violated many ceasefires, and I'm telling the truth: my uncle was injured the day before yesterday, unfortunately. I hope he recovers as soon as possible. I hope you'll think for a minute and donate, please.
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I am Ibrahim, 15 years old, I seek your help and assistance to save… Ibrahim Yasser needs your support for Help Ibrahim's family e
by the way, ik everyone is paying attention to politicians' sex scandals, but you should know there was a collapse at one of the copper/cobalt mining operations in the drc with at least 32 deaths. here is an al jazeera link to the story. if you are reading this from a mobile phone or laptop, or if you use a vape, you should be paying attention. these are the people who have suffered for you to have those things. it is suspected that 200,000 people or more have been exploited into these illegal and dangerous mining operations. that is greater than the population of ontario, canada.
below are places where you can financially contribute. if you cant, share the news. tell your friends and people you know about it!
Hope and Healing is a humanitarian initiative led by Team Congo, in close collaboration with… Team Congo needs your support for Hope & Heali
My daughter, I want her to grow up in a safe embrace, not amidst the rubble of war.
I dream of seeing her become a doctor, an engineer, a teacher... not fuel for merciless battles. I dream of seeing her in a graduation gown, not a shroud.
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I'm Nicolas Alvarez, an Venezuelan American from Florida. I contacted a Gazan woman named Iman Ruqa. Iman and her family are refugees trappe
My body is collapsing from hunger. My child is starving. I walk through the streets and faint from extreme hunger. Where is the humanity? Where is the mercy? 💔
How many times must I scream? How many messages must I write before you feel our suffering? How many times must I say that we are dying of hunger? 😢
The silence I receive in return is terrifying. What more can I do for you to see the nightmare we are living? Perhaps you are now sitting safely in your homes or workplaces, but you are not hungry.
Oh God… I can’t bear this torment anymore! 😭
We have been displaced for the eighth time in this war, under the threat of explosions and ongoing random shelling that spares no one. Moving from one place to another and trying to secure a new shelter for my family has drained everything we own and more.
The biggest problem is that donations have decreased significantly. Days go by without us receiving any help!
Every day without a donation means real hunger, and a longer night filled with fear. Your support is not a luxury; it is today’s food, tomorrow’s medicine, and the safety of an innocent child. 💚
I write to you with tears that do not stop; the situation here is beyond what any human being can endure, beyond what words can describe. 😢
Do not say, “I’m just one person, what can I do?” Donate now and share our campaign link with your friends, for your sharing might be the reason lives are saved and we are given a chance to live. 🫂🤍
Your name will either be among those who saved lives, or among those who saw and walked away, leaving behind an innocent family and a child facing the worst fate. The decision is yours.
Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #152 ) ✅
This campaign has also been verified by @90_ghost ✅
Hanan reached out to me today looking for help. She and her family are really struggling badly - please do whatever you can to help them! At time of writing their gofundme campaign is less than 6,000$ away from completion. Please help them to complete their goal, which is not so far away!
While President Donald Trump celebrates with the war criminal Netanyahu, my mother lies between life and death in Gaza — only a few kilometers from their celebration.
Mr. Trump, my mother is dying while you celebrate nearby.She needs two oxygen tubes a day — $250 each — just to stay alive. Can you hear me from Gaza, or does her life mean nothing to you?
Guys, please — my mother’s life depends on this. We urgently need to reach $500 for her treatment before it’s too late. Every dollar could keep her breathing.
guys please donate as much as you can to the sameer project. 5 dollars can accumulate into a high impact donation that keeps the kitchens going. ive done a lot of small increment donations (a lot of them are automatic, if that could be more intuitive for some people) that amassed into a sizable donation overall. and please reblog this so more people could be reminded and contribute as well
Gaza has returned to being a battlefield. The scenario of the north of the Gaza Strip will unfortunately be repeated. The occupation has now announced this.
Please guys stand with the Palestinians. I also know a child named Nasser who recently reached out to me and he needs our help. He told me, very sick Unable to support them, and recently Nasser sent me a video of his little brother Adam. He is crying from the severity of his stomach pain. He is crying and screaming loudly. They are unable to buy the medicine because it is expensive. Please donate for Adam. I literally cried.
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My name is Nasser Arheem, I am 10 years old. I am d… amina And safaa needs your support for Help little Nasser and his family sur
Please guys, the area where Nasser lives doesn't have a lot of internet so he's not on Tumblr much. This is his blog. @naser-aid Please and it is also verified by @gazavetters Number 19 in the List Please donate
Palestine, a mother of three children. We faced many physical and psychological problems due to the war that completely destroyed our home and source of income. My children's health was destroyed due to polluted water and contaminated food.
We live in very difficult conditions. We live in a nylon tent, and my children are shivering from the cold.
My son Yousef, 9 years old, aspired to become an engineer, but the occupation destroyed his talent. Jourie and Joan, the cheerful twins full of humor and fun in our house, are 6 years old and are deprived of education. My children have no future here in Gaza. Help me get out safely
Otherwise, the price of food has become very expensive, my children make me cry bitterly because I can't provide for their needs because I don't have money. Please, your donation and help will mean a lot. We have tragedies that need you. Don't ignore me.
A donation of $10 or $20 would mean a lot to the kids.
Hello everyone, I am Haifa, a mother of three children. My family is beautiful. My house was targeted on 12/10/2023, the first day of the wa
My children need all of you. Please help me buy food and medicine for them. 🥺💔🙏🏻🙏🏻
✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #686 )✅️
Isreal is deliberately starving Gaza. Prices are high, and donations are slow for Youssef and his family...
Israel targeted and killed 7 children and 4 adults waiting for water in a drone strike while crowds of people attempted to retrieve clean water from a water truck on July 13th. Water shortages are becoming worse. Fuel shortages are heavily affecting desalination sanitation facilities. People are now dependant on collection centres.
That massacre was just one of several in a 24 hour period on July 12th and 13th. The Health Ministry in Gaza reported that 139 bodies have been brought to hospitals within that 24 hour period.
(Source: The Electronic Intifada)
In Gaza, just standing to receive water, or a food package is a death sentence. And yet the world is silent and complicit in this horror.
The alternative for this is buying food for crazy, expensive prices nobody can bear alone. Keep in mind, there is no income in Gaza.
Youssef ( @yosefgaza122 ) requires urgent donations. Him and his family are human too. His wife Hanan, and children Lana, Aboud and Adam aren't numbers. They have a story to tell (read here).
But the world is unsympathetic and unkind. The world has blocked their ears and eyes to the pain, suffering and extermination in Gaza.
I am kirsty, I am from England, I met Youssef through volunteer work with Ebon… Kirsty Watson needs your support for Youssef and his family
They have only raised 11% of their goal, hardly enough to sustain the prices Youssef describes;
"Dear friend, we are living in a state of high prices in Gaza. Your donation is very important and necessary for my family. Every generous donation will save us from famine. Prices are exorbitant. Prices of basic commodities in Gaza today, Saturday, July 19 1 kg of flour: 200 shekels (£60) 1 kg of sugar: 400 shekels (£120) 1 kg of pasta: 100 shekels (£30) 1 kg of lentils: 80 shekels (£26) 1 kg of rice: 150 shekels (£45) 1 kg of tomatoes and eggplant: 90 shekels (£24) 1 kg of potatoes: 100 shekels (£30)."
The donations they are currently receiving are not enough to cover these costs. Youssef is vetted, (#591) on the @/gazavetters list.
The more shares, the more donations, the more we are helping aid get food a family in need. The more we are feeding three innocent children - be the reason they can eat.
(Please share this image, scan the QR code to donate)
Hello everyone I made this post for a girl from Gaza her Name is Laial. I know her personally She doesn’t have a smartphone she using her mother phone sometimes no internet connection most of the time to create account on tumblr to share her story. Laial has been through a lot in this war because of what she doing since the day one Laial is a nurse. You can read her story on her GFM link below. Would you show her some love & support in this madness war & hard times including hunger and starvation right now.
Step by step we can make it happen and she reach her goal 🫶🏼🙏
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My name is Laial Ashour , I'm 25 years old , from Palestine from Gaza City , I studied … sally saad needs your support for Help Laial
Sugar costs 15 euros per kilogram Flour? 4 euros per kilogram Oil? 6 euros per liter But today, something has changed.
Aid has arrived. Prices have dropped. People are smiling. Shops are opening. Hope is reawakened In a place where life was about survival, today I feel like I am living Although the suffering in Gaza It's not over yet—but this small change means everything.
My friend Ibrahim is suffering a lot and is also trying to stay alive for a long time. Yesterday he did not eat for almost a whole day. Gazans are dying You are not helpless. You can help save a family's life.
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I am Ibrahim, 15 years old, I seek your help and assistance to save… Ibrahim Yasser needs your support for Help Ibrahim's family e
I don't know why you guys don't believe me. Please donate to me and my family to travel out of this war and genocide. Please donate to me and finally we will never go hungry again. I really hope so. Please help us and don't ignore us.
Yes, this is true. The news is 100% confirmed. Please help my brother escape from Gaza safely. Please donate anything to him. His father really suffers from cancer and he needs to buy some medicine. Please donate to them, he deserves help.
Please my friends, now I am asking Baraa Al-Sukkar and he is telling me the price per kilo is 15 euros. Please help us and share this post. Show us your love for the Palestinians by helping me, either by donating to me and my family or by sharing the post. Please.
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