Maria and her family have been displaced from their home and are now suffering under the Israeli siege on Ghazza. They've lost all sources of income after Maria's father's perfume business was completely bombed and destroyed. Maria is also unable to continue her education at the College of Pharmacy due to the siege.
They live without basic resources every day and are surrounded by threats of disease and further displacement. Maria's mother is also unable to receive treatment for her cartilage condition under these circumstances. Despite her horrible situation, Maria is still determined to survive and continue her education as a pharmacy student.
My name is Reem and I’m raising this fundraiser for my dear fri… Reem Alhayek needs your support for Urgent: Help Maria and her family survi
In order to survive and rebuild, Maria and her family are trying to raise $30,000 CAD. So far, they've raised only $6,091, with their last donation being 2 hours ago.
Please help this family survive. Donate if you're able to and share their campaign. Anything you can contribute will help them achieve their goal and rebuild their lives.
I’m Maria from Gaza 🍉🇵🇸….. I need your help if you can
Maria’s family, once settled in northern Gaza, has faced unimaginable hardship since the outbreak of conflict on October 13. At 21, Maria is a pharmacy student, dedicated to her studies despite the dire circumstances. The family of six was forcibly displaced, moving south multiple times as they endured relentless bombing, destruction, and displacement.
The war has ravaged their lives profoundly. Their home was destroyed, and Maria's father, who owned a perfume business, lost everything—his shops and warehouses burned to the ground. The family’s struggle is compounded by starvation, diseases, and the constant interruption of essential services like electricity and fuel. The family’s situation is further exacerbated by the loss of their livelihoods and the death of numerous relatives.
Currently, they live in a tent, struggling to rebuild both their home and their means of support. Despite these overwhelming challenges, Maria remains resolute in her pursuit of education and her determination to help her family recover from the devastation they have endured.
My name is Reem and I’m raising this fundraiser for my dear fri… Reem Alhayek needs your support for Urgent: Help Maria and her family survi
Now that I've got your attention (people stop scrolling for a poll), I am making this post on behalf of Nader @abdalsalam1990, as I have a large following which could help it get traction. This campaign has been vetted! (#4 on the list)
**Humanitarian Support Request: Abdul Salam Al-Anqar**
… Abdalsalam Alanqar needs your support for Help Abd AL Salam and his family ge
Nader is 17 years old and his family is in Gaza facing dire circumstances. Food is scarce, prices are high, and there are shortages in water. They, like countless others suffering during this war, have already had to relocate many times, and their home is destroyed. They do not have enough money to safely relocate right now, or a stable source of income, as places of work have been destroyed.
Any amount of money can help Nader and his family escape this destruction.
This campaign currently has (as of the time I write this post) €11,540 out of €50,000 raised, with 627 donations. I have donated myself and I know a lot of my followers can afford to donate at least something. It's not a hard donation process, so I hope you take a moment of your day to show some support.
Well, if you care about disabled rights, you should be caring about the rights of the disabled people in Ghazzah right now. Muhammad, only 4 years old, is one of those people.
Muhammad is the son of Noor, and he is one of 2 siblings. He was born with a condition that causes his muscles to be very weak and makes it difficult for him to move.
In order to to treat his condition, Muhammad received regular physical therapy sessions, which really improved his quality of life and health.
However, when the siege on Ghazzah began, Muhammad was no longer able to receive the medical treatment that he desperately needs. He is now displaced with his family, living in unbearable conditions without basic resources, and his health has been rapidly deteriorating
This treatment is essential to Muhammads survival, and without it his life is in grave danger.
Hello my friends all over the world
I am Nour Ashour from Gaza, 29 years old I am marrie… Mohammed Ashour needs your support for Help us sa
In order to help Muhammad continue his treatment and evacuate Ghazzah, Noor is trying to raise £80,000. So far, she's only raised £4,367, and her last donation was 4 hours ago.
Please help this family however you can. Donate if you're able and share their campaign; everything will help in saving Muhammad's life.
Redraw of a talljake drawing I did in 2020 (with the same program so I’m less confident with it now since I don’t use it much anymore )
[ ID: two drawings of Tallstar and Jake. Both of them depict the two of them lying on the floor and smiling, with Jake curled around Tallstar, one paw over his shoulder. Tallstar is a black and white short furred cat with big ears, Jake is a big fluffy orange cat. In the newer image, it’s rendered with lots of swirls and textures, and in the old one it’s more smooth and flat with thicker lineart. End ID ]
New Gaza fundraiser asks I've received (9-10 October)
10 October
Muhammad Shehab (@monashehab1999, @emanshehab): Muhammad and his wife Mona (24) have 2 daughters: Iman (6) and Tuline (5). They are also living with Muhammad’s parents. They wish to evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/ecb192fd) (#111 on the @/gazavetters vetted list) (€747 raised of €30,000 goal)
Mohammed Alsharif (@mohammedfamily1985): Mohammed and Eman have 3 children: Wessam (16) and Ahmed (12) and Aleen (9). Ahmed is suffering from skin disseases while Aleen is suffering from malnutrition and immunodeficiency. Eman has a skin chronic disease called aphoto sensitivity and also a thyroid gland chronic disease. There is no medicine available for her. They often cannot even find water. (https://gofund.me/57fe27c8) (https://gofund.me/57fe27c8) (#151 on @/gazavetters vetted list) (£25 raised of £55,000 target)
Ahmed Alashi (@ahmadalashi): Ahmed’s father was killed in an airstrike that also destroyed their home. His mother is 68 years old and sick. They are fundraising to buy basic needs like food and clean water. (https://chuffed.org/project/help-ahmeds-family-in-gaza) (shared by 90-ghost, #152 on Butterfly Effect Project vetted list.) ($55 raised of $10,000 goal)
Hamdi Hejazi (@hamdihijazi, @maysoonhej): Hamdi has 3 children: Lama (8), Hussam (5), and Maram (1 month old). His wife gave birth to Maram recently in the middle of this genocide. They wish to evacuate to Egypt. Their old gfm campaign was closed down by GoFundMe without reason, and now they have to start from scratch. (https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=WD3R3F63G8FM4) (#67 on the vetted fundraiser list by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi, also see here for more info) ($50 raised of $30,000)
Haitham & Sherin(@haithamnayef): Haitham and Sherin have 4 children. Sherin’s family home has been bombed and her father, mother and sister were martyred. His son’s head was stuck by shrapnel and he urgently needs a surgery! (https://gofund.me/a4c0bc08) (#8 on @/gaza-evacuation-funds list here) ($403 USD raised of $50,000 goal)
Hanin Al-Barqouni & Bassam Nasr (@hanin24albrqouni): Hanin and Bassam have been displaced. They are a couple who had trouble conceiving but wishes to get an IVF to have a child. They are struggling to have their basic needs met due to the scarcity of food, water and hygiene supplies. They wish to evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/8917fd5a) (#1092 on Butterfly Effect Project vetted list)
9 October
Myassar Ramadan (@mya-ram): Myassar is a 33-year-old aspiring dentist. She has 3 children under 12. She has lost friends and families. She is fundraising to provide for daily necessities, to rebuild, and resume her studies. (https://gofund.me/07640856) (#134 on @/gazavetters vetted list) (€30 raised of €100,000 goal)
Hala, Ali Elshurafi (@halamahmoud66, @sohaabdullah73): This campaign raises funds for two sisters and a brother who wish to evacuate out of Gaza. The sisters are high school students while the brother is a uni student. (https://gofund.me/b20496e1) (vetted by 90-ghost) (£441 raised of £30,000 goal)
Click here for my Google Doc with my complete masterlist of all the Palestinian gfm asks I've received, updated daily (along with other verified ways to send aid to Gaza).
How are gfm campaigns vetted? See here, here, here and here.
See post here for other verified ways to send aid to Gaza.
Don't forget your Daily Clicks on Arab.org, it's free!!! and Every click made is registered in their system and generates donation from sponsors/advertisers.
See links below for my Masterlists of Vetted Fundraisers from the Palestinians who sent me asks for if you want to help more people! As well as resources for palestinian students if you are a palestinian student!
Masterlists of Vetted Fundraisers
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 13 - 25 July.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 26 -29 July.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 30 July - 1 August.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 2 - 5 August.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 6 - 10 August.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 11 - 14 August.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 15 - 18 August
Click here for my Masterlist for fundrasiers from 19 - 21 August
Click here for my Masterlist for fundrasiers from 22 - 24 August
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 25 - 28 August
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 29 August - 1 September
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 2 - 5 September.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 6-10 September.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 11-14 September.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 15-18 September.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 19-22 September.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 23-26 September.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 27-30 September.
Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 1-4 October.
Resources for Palestinian Students!
Initiatives and resources to support Palestinian students, academics and universities:
This is a list of initiatives and resources for Gazan students seeking to complete their studies, including initiatives, resources, training and scholarships. See list here.
Scholarships for Displaced Palestinian students:
Putting this here for the palestininans who follow me: If you are a displaced Palestinian student looking to fund your education, this document lists the scholarships available around the world for displaced Palestinian students.
My cat is a gray tabby, but I'm not biased. I think torties are the cutest! A little black cat is adorable too. 🐈⬛️ But what do you think?
And while you're here, please share and donate if you can to help a mother, widowed by genocide, and her two young children. They live in a tent and winter is fast approaching. Any thing helps ❤️
*I am Sama Hassouneh. I have a son named Arkan and a daughter named Noor. The two are … sama mohammed needs your support for Help Sama's Fam
I'm going to start with a cow. Let's see how balanced of a farm we end up with 🚜
And please share and donate to help rescue a mother and her 2 young children from a genocide that has already taken the children's father and has made all 3 sick from unhygienic conditions.
*I am Sama Hassouneh. I have a son named Arkan and a daughter named Noor. The two are … sama mohammed needs your support for Help Sama's Fam
i know it may seem miniscule, but i genuinely can't stop thinking about how students in gaza were preparing for school around this time last year. and it's not just gazan children i'm referring to. it's little kids who were about to have their first ever day of school. it's university students in their last year of college. it's grad students who've been working so hard in their field, who just had years of labor and effort torn away just like that. we all have the luxury of continuing on, of starting this new chapter in our lives, while theirs seem to be on permanent arrest. it's just not fair. it's heartbreaking
guys please donate to and share ola's fundraiser. she's someone i could not stop thinking about w the onset of this academic year, bc she's a math grad student whose entire life changed in october of last year. she was working her way through grad school, teaching what she loved, preparing for the next step of her life - only to get a death sentence when the iof bombed her neighborhood, basically rendering her and her family homeless. they are still in north gaza, still trying to shelter from israel's relentless terrorism to no avail, and i am so fucking scared for her. the least we can do is donate what we can and share. please spread this so ola's fundraiser can reach more people. it has been stagnant for days and the conditions in north gaza are no conditions at all.
Hello! I'm reaching out to you because of the urgent help my friend, @/siraj2024 from the Gaza Strip needs! Siraj is a devoted father and husband, a journalist working tirelessly to provide updates about the situation on the ground. Before the genocide started, he had just finished building a house for himself and his family. Because of the ongoing aggression, his home have been destroyed. Siraj, his wife and children were forcibly displaced multiple times.
Even after so many times they had to change their location, the family still isn't safe. As the occupation's forces are approaching closer, they will need to relocate yet AGAIN. TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, SIRAJ NEEDS TO RAISE $45,000 CAD BY TOMMOROW. His campaign is currently still below $40,000 CAD.
The minimal amount to donate is $5 CAD, but it still makes a massive difference.
If you're able to, please, consider donating to his fundraiser. There is no time left and the situation is extremely urgent.
If you cannot spare anything right now, please, share the link to the campaign with your followers, mutuals, friends or family. By collective effort we can reach this goal.
It would be also very appreaciated if you'd reblog either Siraj's posts, or the one made by @/brutaliakhoa, which explains the current state of Siraj and his family:
Any help you can offer will be greatly appreaciated. We really cannot afford to let Siraj down right now, as it would cost him his own and his family's safety.
Honestly as a blind person I’m so tired of seeing fictional blind characters who don’t use white canes or other guides. “They have special powers so they know what’s around them” or “they’re confident enough to not need a guide” are common tropes, and I’m tired.
Are people scared that using a white cane will make their blind character seem weak? They can’t use a cane because they’re so special that they already know what’s around them, and other blind people who use guides are inferior because they’re not special?
I’m tired. Give your blind characters white canes and other guides. Let them hold onto their friends, let them have guide dogs. Don’t make white cane users feel ostracized for not being “strong enough” to go without.
Another thing that pisses me off is when a sighted character comes up with the fantasy equivalent of braille and teaches it to the blind character. Braille was invented by Louis Braille, a blind man, in 1824. The blind character should be the one coming up with it.
[ID: a ballpoint pen sketch in black and white lineart of jayfeather and briarlight from warrior cats. Jayfeather is sat tall over briarlight, tail wrapping around her, with a blank expression on his face. He has large rounded ears and short fur. Briarlight is lying under him, looking up and happily saying something to him with her front paws tucked together. She has long fur that resembles graystripe’s, and muscular front legs. End ID]
Needlepaw and alderpaw because I’m finally reading avos
[ ID: a black and white sketch in ballpoint of 2 cats each walking with a newborn kitten. Needlepaw is taller and pointier, and is holding violetkit with a proud look on her face. Alderpaw is shorter and rounder, holding twigkit with an anxious expression. End ID ]
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