Most of us will never know the agony of being a parent that does everything to provide for their child, only to keep coming up empty. Of the immense suffering and self-loathing that comes with being responsible for this little life, and feeling like you're failing: to keep them safe, warm, sheltered, fed. Of holding your child, your toddler, your newborn, watching them slowly waste away from that relentless, gnawing hunger you can't stop (one that you feel yourself). Watching as they howl in pain, and the hollowness that comes when your child becomes too weak even to do that. All the while being totally helpless to stop it because it's not up to you.

Most of us will only see the aftermath of such a thing: a parent carrying the far-too-light shroud of their child, pictured under a headline that details how starvation has taken hold of some given population. Distant and removed from us.

Except that it isn't. There are so many desperate parents who've run out of options, for whom this isn't some abstraction, who are asking—begging—us for our help. Just so they'll be able to buy some of the shit canned food left from the last aid delivery, and a couple loaves of bread to feed their children with. Extortionately pricey because of scarcity, but it's enough to keep their children in a state of "acute malnutrition" rather than "catastrophic hunger", so they'll pay anything for it.

Attacks on NGOs & prevention of aid into Gaza puts every single person there at risk of a slow death due to starvation. Especially children, like Samah's newborn baby boy, her little 2 year-old girl, and their big sister (who's only 9). But we can help. What's pocket money for us, is an invaluable lifeline to parents like Samah. At a time when so many seem to have decided to live in an alternate universe in which deliberate starvation and mass slaughter of civilians is acceptable, we have to do what we can to oppose it. Not to push it away, to ignore it, to decide it's been going on so long we don't care or that it's hopeless so give up, but to grit our teeth, dig our heels in, and say "no, seriously, what the fuck are we doing here?"

tldr: donate to Samah so she can buy food for her kids so they don't starve to death. please. and thank you. :)

(vetted by association by @/bilal-salah0 (relatives), & Bilal was vetted here, #132)

There's not much left for the campaign to achieve its goal ‼️First, please share the post, we are able to provide a decent life for Samah and her family.

3,941 $ / 5,000

Here are some of the donations for Congo

I am not going to stop talking about Mohammed Al-Habil (@alhabil) and his family until we achieve their goal. So who is he? He is a father to 3 young children, Ahmed (8), Osama (6), and Mira (4).He is also a loving husband to his wife, Aya, and he is a dutiful son to his elderly parents who are chronically ill. Both of them suffer from diabetes and high blood pressure!

How about we aim for a short-term goal and raise 34K in the next 3 days? As of writing this, €32,983 has been raised. There is €1,017 left to go! If we do the math, we need at least 223 people to contribute a minimum of €5 to succeed!

You can also match me! I've given €5, but you're more than welcome to give more!

So please donate and share. Mohammed and his family have gone through a lot over the past 12 months. The least we can do is make sure they have enough funds to evacuate as well as survive.

Verification: #166 in the Spreadsheet.

📢😭💔kinda is my little daughter. She was born in the war of Gaza. On 16 October 2023🍉🇵🇸, her heart aches to reach out to you.

Kinda want Milk and diaper

She wants you to know that we have kids like yours too. All she dreams of is to live freely, without the shadows of tents, the sounds of bombing, and the harshness of winter closing in on us. 😢💔 We are desperate for your help, and we need it now, before it’s too late. One day, we hope to experience the simple joys of life like any other family, without fear or sorrow. Please, help us find a way to make a brighter future by click here . 😭✨

@timetravellingkitty @meaganfoskin @socalgal @briahyu @briahrogersss-blog @chilewithcarnage @aces-and-anime @ghelgheli @mahoushojoe @mahouprince @northgazaupdates2 @rhubarbspring @sayruq @schoolhater @pcktknife @transmutationisms @sawasawako @terroristiclyscreaming @irhabiya @commissions4aid-international @wellwaterhysteria @deepspaceboytoy @papabay @junglejim4233 @kibumkim @neechees @mangocheesecakes @kyra45-helping-others @marnot-blog @7bittersweet @tortiefrancis @toile @fromjannah @omegaversereloaded @vague-humanoid @criptocromo @aristotels @komsomolka @neptunerings @riding-with-the-wild-hunt @heritageposts @ot3 @amygdalae @ankle-beez @communistchinaaesthetic @watermotif @stuckinapril @violentrevolution-blog @mavigator

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@pcktknife @transmutationisms @sawasawako @feluka @appsa

-international @wellwaterhysteria @mangocheesecakes @kyra45

-helping-others @7bitter @tortiefrancis

@ot3 @amygdalae @ankle-beez

@communistchameleon @dykesbat

@aristotels @komsomolka @neptunerings

@riding-with-the-wild-hunt @heritageposts @watermotif @stuckinapril @mavigator

@lacecap @determinate-negation

@deepspaceboytoy @paper-mario-wiki

@kibumkim @neechees @socalgal

@chilewithcarnage @ghelgheli @sayruq @himejoshikaeya @rooh-afza

This campaign is vetted by association through @hamza-gaza (@/gazavetters sheet #91). Proof under cut.

Disclaimer: I am NOT an official vetter and I did NOT vet this. That was done by the aforementioned vetted Palestinian, I'm just the messenger. I personally believe this campaign is legitimate given the evidence and encourage you to share and donate if you feel comfortable.

https://gofund.me/841fae47

Ezzideen lost 72 family members, including 45 in just one day at the beginning of the war.

We need to stand with Ezzideen and his family, supporting them both during and after the war to help them survive the current starvation.

Your share and donation mean more than you can imagine!

I remember that day very well. I wasn’t able to contact Ezzideen; there were no phone calls or internet. I tried to call for more than an hour, and when he finally answered, I couldn’t hold back my tears. It was one of the worst days of my life, if not the worst.

@el-shab-hussein / @nabulsi / @tamarrud / @gaza-evacuation-funds / @blackpearlblast / @sayruq / @mauesartetc / @vakarians-babe

HELP AHMED AND MARAM FINISH THEIR CAMPAIGN

At €35,965, my friend Ahmed and his wife Maram's campaign to evacuate Gaza ASAP is ALMOST COMPLETE! All they need is €4,035 and they'll reach their goal, a long, hard time coming after 7 months of fundraising! Please do not let them down now, especially with how close they are, and do not forget their suffering; 11 displacements with 3 small children to care for, starvation, hepatitis and skin disease, the threat of murder by bombing looming constantly. Give what you can so that they may survive to see a free Palestine with their entire family intact. If we push, we can easily reach €40k BY THE END OF THE MONTH!

https://gofund.me/ce562fee

€35,965/€40,000.

€4,035 NEEDED!

Tagging for reach under the cut.

My account and the accounts of a group of my friends who organize donation campaigns to help their families have been blocked for no known reason

It is clear that the Tumblr platform is against the Palestinians’ livelihood and achieving a better future

Everyone is against the Palestinians from living

But despite this, we will try to live and achieve a better future

@freepaleatine95

@nabulsi @ibtisams @tododeku-or-bust @turian

@paper-mario-wiki @sar-soor @determinate-negation @determinate-negation @sayruq @90-ghost

@ibtisams @turian @sayruq @tamamita

Share please 💝

HELP AHMED AND MARAM FINISH THEIR CAMPAIGN

At €35,965, my friend Ahmed and his wife Maram's campaign to evacuate Gaza ASAP is ALMOST COMPLETE! All they need is €4,035 and they'll reach their goal, a long, hard time coming after 7 months of fundraising! Please do not let them down now, especially with how close they are, and do not forget their suffering; 11 displacements with 3 small children to care for, starvation, hepatitis and skin disease, the threat of murder by bombing looming constantly. Give what you can so that they may survive to see a free Palestine with their entire family intact. If we push, we can easily reach €40k BY THE END OF THE MONTH!

https://gofund.me/ce562fee

€35,965/€40,000.

€4,035 NEEDED!

Tagging for reach under the cut.

if i could bring your attention for a second to amal ashour's campaign @amalashuor please. this is vetted #175 on spreadsheet

ive posted about her before, amal is a mother of a young daughter who was only 9 months old when the war began. her and her husband and daughter have lost everything and been displaced many times and now struggle to afford daily necessities. the funds from this campaign have been helping them survive since they have no other income and prices are extremely high in gaza.

unfortunately theyve just been displaced again when the genocidal israeli army ordered them to evacuate deir al-balah and go west, towards the sea. every time that people are displaced in gaza it is extremely expensive and taxing. transportation and fuel prices are high, and because the idf gives little warning and constantly changes "safe zones," people often are forced to leave behind their tents. read amals post where she explains everything theyve been through and how much its cost them in her own words.

its such a scary situation in gaza right now. so many people being forced to leave again to even smaller areas with nowhere to go. thankfully amal and her family have survived so far but she's had to spend a lot of the money from the campaign on these expenses. shes raised the goal of this campaign to reflect this.

amal sent me these messages earlier today... people are trapped in an actual living hell right now. its really far beyond what we can comprehend from the outside.

please keep participating in this campaign and help amal reach her new goal. even small donations add up and make a difference. if you cant donate, share this with someone who can. this is really important

€30,825 raised of €50,000

I hope everyone will donate. We are close to the financial goal. Please stand by me.

Please help my dear friend Randa (@rnd8)! Who is she? She lives in Rwanda and she is raising funds to evacuate 6 family members out of Sudan. 4 of them have reunited with her! Her 2 brothers have been left behind!

Randa also informs me that she has debt when the visa application for her 4 family members have failed the first time, so they have to pay to reapply. She also needs help to pay living expenses and rent. So let's raise 30K by October 7th!

€23,877 has been raised! There is €6,123 left! If we do the math, we need at least 1,224 people to contribute a minimum of €5 to succeed!

You can also match me! I have donated €10, but you are more than welcome to give any amount! You can also participate in a book raffle hosted by @/magnus-rhymes-with-swagness.

I also want to remind you that this is the 3rd time Randa has asked for our help. We have failed to achieve the short-term goal each time. So please do not let her down. Give what you can and share her story!

You can follow her on X (@/_rnd8) and IG (@/_rnd8) to receive the latest information about her and her family.

We only have 3 days to help Randa achieve the short-term goal! How about we make it to 24.5K ASAP? There is €383 left to go, so please donate and share! 🥹🙏🏾

€24,117/€35,000

Please. Pay. Attention. To. Sudan.

Donate and share so Randa will have enough funds to evacuate her 2 brothers and reunite with her and the rest of the family. It will also help her pay off the debt from a failed visa application as well as living expenses and rent. The last donation has been made a DAY AGO and she needs to achieve 30K in 3 DAYS. Do not look away. Do your part.

it's been a while since since I first saw Ola's fundraiser circulating on the dash. it's been a while, too, since I spoke to Ola for the first time, and a while since I last made a post to bring attention to her fundraiser. in the last post I wrote for Ola I spoke of my dismay at the ratio of notes on one of her most widely circulating fundraising posts to donations her fundraiser has received (the former being disturbingly higher than the latter).

I'm having a version of that experience again now. I'm looking at Ola's gofundme page in something like disbelief. Ola's fundraiser should be further along than it is. we're approaching the point where it will have been a year of constant bombardment and displacement and threat of every imaginable kind to Ola and her family, and her fundraiser isn't far beyond the halfway point.

Ola and her family need money not only to escape this situation, but also to survive it. the weather is growing worse, food prices are still sky high, and there is danger every moment. i watched a video the other day which made the point that solidarity is not supposed to be easy - it's not just one click (though that one click is also vital in situations like these) but rather a commitment to go out of your way to help when necessary. your help is necessary here. share Ola's fundraiser as much as you possibly can, but please also remember to give whatever you have the means to give.

here's a link to Ola's gofundme / here's a link to Ola's verification (line 205).

Thank you very much dear ♥️♥️

https://gofund.me/66b0d0b0

@a-shade-of-canadian @gaza-evacuation-funds

@gaza

@a-shade-of-canadian @sapphirestudiosdesign @sar-soor @donald-trump-official @a-shade-of-canadian @donabrisada @brightgreenmind @gazaboovintage

https://gofund.me/66b0d0b0

My old account was blocked by Tumblr please support me And help me 💔💔🙏😭😭🍉🍉

@samiraayman5 reached out to me to help boost her brother and his family campaign, which still didn't get vetted yet but they still needs all the help and donation to gets them out of Gaza and the last donation was 11 days ago please don't hesitate to donate .

UPDATE €70\€70,000 (5 October)

€69,930 Away From Reaching Goal.

TAGGING FOR REACH

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HELP AHMED AND MARAM FINISH THEIR CAMPAIGN

At €35,965, my friend Ahmed and his wife Maram's campaign to evacuate Gaza ASAP is ALMOST COMPLETE! All they need is €4,035 and they'll reach their goal, a long, hard time coming after 7 months of fundraising! Please do not let them down now, especially with how close they are, and do not forget their suffering; 11 displacements with 3 small children to care for, starvation, hepatitis and skin disease, the threat of murder by bombing looming constantly. Give what you can so that they may survive to see a free Palestine with their entire family intact. If we push, we can easily reach €40k BY THE END OF THE MONTH!

https://gofund.me/ce562fee

€35,965/€40,000.

€4,035 NEEDED!

Tagging for reach under the cut.

My name is Sera, you may not know me but you know my past work behind the scenes here and there, such as the Mass Effect trilogy, Dragon Age, Silent Hills, and many others.

I am an agoraphobic indigenous Kanienʼkehá:ka (Mohawk) mixed lesbian who has fought for several years a worsening health condition that is currently killing me. The point of no return is not that far away. I have spent years exhausting any paths and means to get help, enduring extreme and near endless pain. I have sold all I have, spent every dime to my name. I have received various forms of help over the years in this battle, but I have reached the critical point I have feared all this time. And to make matters worst, the family responsible for inflicting a lifetime of abuse on me is stalking me very heavily online, which has not only exacerbated my agoraphobia, but has also made the efforts to build this harder than I could describe. Know that I share as many details as I can while seeking to avoid undermining my immediate safety, I hope you understand. This post is a highly abridged version of the content in the link, the unabridged and unedited version is available below the Read More cut ❤

If you have been following me for a while, you are familiar with my struggle and saw me talking about it throughout the years. There are no other options or help besides this, besides you. I need your help or I'm going to die, this is the last chance I have left. I'm afraid to my core, I still have a life in front of me, dreams to pursue. If you read this far, I know you may be inclined to share and move on, but I am asking you to pause and think if you have a dollar that could make all the difference. I know it can be troublesome to stop and actually do it, I am asking you to please consider doing it.

If you yourself have a health condition, I salute you for fighting your own battle. Regardless of whether you donate or not, if you read this far, know that you are loved.

A warm thank you to @transmechanicus , the kind soul who made this possible. I would be lost and doomed without your help. Erika did not believe thank yous were necessary, but they are. Attempting to save a human being's life is no small act. Whether it succeeds or fail, no thank yous will ever be enough. Even as the pain consumes my body, I am able to feel hope thanks to this. There are no words invented to express this level of thanks, but if I get to live, I will search for it.

(Please don't put tags on this unless it is to actually talk or comment something. As always, kind words are appreciated.)

We are currently at 10.2K/95K on October 4th 2024. I appreciate your support and all of your kind words, I'm so thankful to you all. Every reblog counts, every donation counts.

Let's keep it going all together. As long as the momentum continues, there is hope to succeed. You can make a real difference, this is not a battle I can win alone 💕

HELP AHMED AND MARAM FINISH THEIR CAMPAIGN

At €35,965, my friend Ahmed and his wife Maram's campaign to evacuate Gaza ASAP is ALMOST COMPLETE! All they need is €4,035 and they'll reach their goal, a long, hard time coming after 7 months of fundraising! Please do not let them down now, especially with how close they are, and do not forget their suffering; 11 displacements with 3 small children to care for, starvation, hepatitis and skin disease, the threat of murder by bombing looming constantly. Give what you can so that they may survive to see a free Palestine with their entire family intact. If we push, we can easily reach €40k BY THE END OF THE MONTH!

https://gofund.me/ce562fee

€35,965/€40,000.

€4,035 NEEDED!

Tagging for reach under the cut.

I am not going to stop talking about Mohammed Al-Habil (@alhabil) and his family until we achieve their goal. So who is he? He is a father to 3 young children, Ahmed (8), Osama (6), and Mira (4).He is also a loving husband to his wife, Aya, and he is a dutiful son to his elderly parents who are chronically ill. Both of them suffer from diabetes and high blood pressure!

How about we aim for a short-term goal and raise 34K in the next 3 days? As of writing this, €32,983 has been raised. There is €1,017 left to go! If we do the math, we need at least 223 people to contribute a minimum of €5 to succeed!

You can also match me! I've given €5, but you're more than welcome to give more!

So please donate and share. Mohammed and his family have gone through a lot over the past 12 months. The least we can do is make sure they have enough funds to evacuate as well as survive.

Verification: #166 in the Spreadsheet.