Bees and Wasps

While drought expands through Cunen as the specter of El Nino climate instability approaches, one fear has seized this indigenous Guatemalan village: death by hunger. The rains still haven't come here, where local farmers fear the lack of water could ruin the subsistence crops they need to survive. "If there isn't rain, (the crops) won't come...If there isn't anything we're going to die of hunger," Cecilia Pasa Sarat, a 38-year-old woman who has planted a small amount of corn, told AFP in Xetzac, a village in Cunen. Cunen is a hard-to-reach mountainous region where the majority of the approximately 47,000 residents are poor, and rely on water from wells that are now going dry. This village in the Indigenous Maya department of Quiche lays in the heart of the Dry Corridor, an arid mountainous stretch running through Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua that's become vulnerable to extreme climatic events. Quiche was one of Guatemala's most hard-hit regions during the El Nino related food crisis in 2023. Some worry the crisis could return due to a lack of government support. The phenomenon now fueling local residents' hunger fears occurs every two to six years as part of a natural climatic cycle that affects the surface temperatures on the Pacific Ocean. It's expected to start between June and August, creating months-long planetary ripple effects.

Its walls are worn out, and the cold seeps through every night as if we have no shelter at all.

Rodents are everywhere, getting close to our little food and frightening my children in their sleep.

I try to stay strong for them, but fear and exhaustion weigh heavily on my heart each day.

We are in desperate need of help… any kind hand that can restore a sense of safety and give my children a chance to live with dignity.

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Every day I watch her struggle without the urgent treatment she needs. Fear and helplessness overwhelm me, and I don’t know how much longer we can endure this.

My daughters, Alma, Lama, and Lina, ask about their mother and cling to me in fear. I try to stay strong for them, but it gets harder every day.

At the same time, we struggle to meet our basic needs. Food, clean water, medicine, and daily essentials cost more than $200 every day, and we cannot afford this on our own.

Every day donations stop, my fear grows even more. Without your support, we cannot survive, and my family’s future becomes more at risk.

Please, if you are able, donate today. Even the smallest amount can make a real difference for my wife and my children.

If you cannot donate, please share this post. A single share might reach someone who can help.

Please do not leave us to face this alone.

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Many people write about us with beautiful words, and express our pain through poetry and music, but the truth is, that doesn’t ease what we are going through. We don’t just need words, we need real support to keep going.

Every day we try to hold on, but the exhaustion keeps growing, and the fear never leaves us, especially with my father’s illness and his constant need for treatment.

Please donate to my family . If you are able to help, please don’t let this be just something you read and move on from.

Thank you to everyone who truly cares and tries to help.

My baby sister is fighting for her life.

She is only a child, yet she has already endured displacement, fear, and serious health challenges.

Our family is doing everything possible to help her receive the care she needs, but we cannot do it alone.

No child should have to face these circumstances.

One share can help us reach someone who is able to help.

Deadline 6 June

Subject : collecting money for my father's emergency operation in his head

Current process :

USD 1,313 / $2,513

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Urgent Appeal for My Father’s Life 💔

I am begging you from the bottom of my heart, please do not scroll past my father’s suffering.

Yesterday, my father was seriously injured in the head after a nearby bombardment. The injury is severe, and his condition is getting worse. Doctors have told us that he urgently needs surgery as soon as possible to prevent further deterioration and potentially save his life.

We are devastated and completely unable to afford the cost of the operation. The surgery costs $1,200, and every moment we wait puts my father at greater risk.

Please, I am pleading with you. If you can donate, no matter how small the amount, you could help save my father’s life. If you cannot donate, please share this appeal with others. Every share may reach someone who can help.

I cannot bear the thought of losing my father because we could not gather the money for his treatment in time. Watching him suffer while feeling helpless is a pain I cannot describe.

Please, help us give him a chance to survive and recover.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

My mother is in the ICU. We need $400 TODAY.

No more time. No more chances.

If people act NOW, she can still be saved.

There is something heartbreaking about watching such a beautiful sunset while wondering what tomorrow will bring.

For many families around the world, home is a place of safety. For us, home has become a memory. The war has taken away so much—our security, our stability, and the simple routines that once made life feel normal.

Every morning, we wake up facing uncertainty. Buildings have collapsed, schools have been disrupted, healthcare is limited, and even basic necessities like food, clean water, and shelter have become daily challenges.

In this video, you will see small moments from our lives. You will see a father trying to bring smiles to his children's faces amidst hardship. You will see children who still dream, laugh, and hope, even under circumstances no child should have to endure.

My children, Israa and Suhaib, deserve what every child deserves: the chance to learn, play, and sleep safely, and to look to the future with hope, not fear.

We are not headlines, and we are not just numbers. We are a real family who struggle every day to survive and maintain our dignity.

Many people have already turned away from Gaza. I hope you won't.

Please help us share our story. Be a voice for families whose voices are rarely heard.

If our story touches your heart, please consider supporting us. Your donation helps provide food, clean water, shelter, and other basic necessities that allow my family to keep going.

No donation is too small. Every act of kindness matters.❤️

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Thank you for reading, sharing, and standing beside a family that refuses to give up hope.

With gratitude from Gaza,

Deadline 12 June

Subject: Collecting the money to buy the medicine to my elderly parents

Current process:

USD 16,145 / $17,065

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My heart is breaking. We still need $920 to buy the medications that keep my mother and father alive. They are elderly, sick, and depend on these medicines every day. I try to stay strong in front of them, but inside I am terrified. I cannot bear the thought of watching their health decline simply because we cannot afford the treatment they need.💔

I keep staring at the remaining amount and wondering how I can save them. Yet if only 37 people donated $25 each, we could reach our goal. For many, $25 may be a small expense, but for my parents it could mean receiving the medicine that helps them continue their fight against illness.

Please, I am begging you, do not scroll past our plea. Imagine your mother or father needing medication and you being unable to provide it. Imagine watching them grow weaker while feeling completely helpless. That is the reality I am living every day.😔

Every donation, no matter how small, brings hope to my family. Please help us protect my parents and give them a chance to continue their treatment. We are desperately holding on, praying that compassionate people will hear our cry and stand beside us in this difficult moment.🙏💔😔

We survived a bombed tent documented by Al Jazeera, only to face a slow death by sickness and heat in Gaza...

About a year ago, our tent was directly bombed while we were inside. It was completely destroyed, and all our belongings turned to ashes. My wife, my children, and I miraculously survived. This horrific bombing was documented and broadcasted in a video on **Al Jazeera**, which you can see attached to this post.

We survived the bombs, but we are still living through the aftermath. To this day, I haven't been able to rebuild a proper tent or buy basic necessities. We don't have enough mattresses or blankets, no water tank, no summer clothes for my kids, and we can't even afford cooking gas or food due to the astronomical prices and famine.

On top of this starvation, a severe **chickenpox** outbreak is now ravaging the fragile bodies of my four children (Hani, Diana, Bashar, and my infant daughter Habiba). They are crying in agony inside a suffocating tent with no electricity, no light, and no cooling fan to ease the burning itch, as we cannot afford the expensive private electricity lines in the brutal summer heat.

I appeal to your humanity, to every kind-hearted donor: please do not leave us to suffer this slow death. We urgently need your support to buy immediate medication for my sick children, a cooling fan, a lighting battery, and basic food for my family.

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Please help us for their future. Please don't leave us alone and donate, even a little.

Please share our daily suffering.

Please don't leave us to face these difficulties alone. Ease our suffering during these days. Donate for my children and share our story as widely as possible. Please.

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We are suffering from a severe shortage of food and medicine; we are suffering from acute malnutrition.

My wife is four months pregnant. Due to lack of food and medicine, she has completely lost consciousness. Her life and the baby's are in danger, and I am helpless to do anything for her.

I feel like I am going to die. We are living in hell because of the war. I don't want to lose my wife. My wife needs treatment as soon as possible to save her life and the life of her unborn child. Please help me, don't leave me alone in this cruel world.

I ask for your help with a heart filled with sorrow, loss, and pain. I lost my mother and older brother in this war.

Therefore, I am asking for your help and compassion to save my wife's life. Is there anyone who can save my wife? We urgently need a course of treatment costing 450 euros to improve her condition.

Please Donate Now For Save Life Her