Black cats are lucky. (via leahweissmuller)
I appeal to you with all the pain and suffering we have endured after 11 months of war in Gaza . Our homes have been destroyed, our dreams have vanished, and my family lives in constant fear. We are facing an endless nightmare, and I need your help to protect my family and restore hope to our hearts.
Our words may not end our suffering, but we hope our voices reach you. We kindly ask for your support and assistance during this crisis. Every little help you provide means a lot to us.
Help us to survive this fierce war.
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I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your listening and support.
i just like the idea that the different versions would get along </3
Here are the people who have reached out for support in my inbox this week. If you donate $10 to any of the campaigns linked, you can email me the receipt at frankenbug@proton.me with a sketch request. I am only sharing vetted campaigns. As much as I want to always trust everyone, the people verifying these fundraisers have put a LOT of hard work and labor into doing so.
Vetted campaigns:
Safaa's family: 26k/75k
Kawthar's family: 2k/50k VERY LOW FUNDS!
Hazem's family: 16k/50k
Mohammed's family: 12k/35k
Sondos' family: $797 / $30k VERY LOW FUNDS!
Lena's family: 5k/100k VERY LOW FUNDS!
Tahseen's family: 15k/30k
Sketch sample:
A small collaboration with Ibraheem, whose campaign is still going!!
So if you have the money to spare I implore you to donate:
the irony is that palestinians also don't enjoy receiving donations and unlike americans, online campaigns and gofundmes are not common or culturally acceptable (egyptians and sudanese people are also similar in this respect, but palestinians even moreso) and i know several younger generations of palestinians (and sudanese) are raising these funds behind their parents' backs because they would not accept this money if they knew it was raised by strangers, and i know others whose families were VERY against it until it became a matter of their children or grandchildren surviving or getting lifesaving medical care.
during the beginning of the genocide as well donations were not recommended because the problem was political, not economic. it couldn't be solved by donating enough to UNRWA or whatever. but once egypt raised the border crossing fees by 500% and israel destroyed everything within gaza, including cutting access to electricity and telecoms, as well as schools and banks and hospitals, the situation quite obviously changed.
And I'll say this over and over again:
Please understand that Israel has information on where everyone is in Gaza.
They know the names and ages of everyone in a specific building.
I made a post about this before but the noise you constantly hear in the background of videos coming from Gaza is the sound of the zanana, a type of Israeli drone that is watching every move Gazans make.
This is just one way Israel keeps the entire population under constant surveillance. They also use quadcopters and AI to identify their targets.
So when they falsely claim to be targeting a Hamas member and kill a dozen children in the process, they do so knowing.
That's not collateral damage, that's intentional.
After all they killed 4 day old twins in a precision strike. They snipe children in the chest and head. They killed 6 year old Hind knowing she was alone. They aren't oblivious or are making mistakes. Would you call well over 15,000 children deaths in the span of 10 months one giant mess up?
When sorrow and difficulties strike hard, hope becomes the lone star in the dark sky. This is the story of Amira, a 23-year-old girl who found herself bearing the burden of her family after her father's death three years ago due to the coronavirus.
After my father's passing, I found myself taking care of my family, consisting of my mother, sister Noor, and brother Abdulrahman. My mother, suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes, faces health problems that further complicate their situation. But courage and determination drive Amira forward.
I worked as a teaching assistant at the university while pursuing a master's degree in data science, and also worked as a programmer in a company. My life was going smoothly until war came and destroyed everything.
My university, workplace, and home were completely destroyed, forcing them to flee south in search of a safe haven. Now, I and my family live in tents for displaced people in Deir al-Balah, where they suffer from water shortages and the spread of diseases, posing an additional challenge, especially for my immunocompromised mother.