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I am so, so sorry to be here asking for help. I've been trying to handle this on my own, but I've spent more than I had trying to handle it. The long and short of it is that there are bed bugs in my apartment, and I can't afford to treat them on my own.

We've been trying to deal with this since the beginning of the month. We don't know who brought them into the building or how. We hadn't been to visit anyone or had been visited by anyone when the bites started to appear, and it took us a few days after that to realize what we were dealing with. We never expected this would be something we would ever have to deal with in our lifetime, but this has been our entire lives this month.

It has been half a week since we've had any bites or seen any bed bugs, but my sister just had one crawling on her pillow just tonight. This means we need to do more treatments and more visits to the laundromat.

And in trying to treat these bed bugs, we've spent more money than we could afford. We're not going to be able to make rent. We can't afford to get bed frames to get our mattresses off the floor, and at this point we're planning on throwing our mattresses out entirely and getting air mattresses to replace them for the time being. But we can't afford that either, and we honestly NEED bed frames to put bed bug interceptors under them.

But we can't afford that, if we don't even have enough money in the bank right now to make rent by the end of the month. Doing this makes me sick, but I need to ask for help, or else I risk losing my apartment, spending every penny we have trying to get rid of an infestation we didn't cause.

If you can, please, please consider sending a donation. Anything would help more than you can ever imagine.

And if you can't, please reblog this. Getting more eyes on this will be a huge help in increasing the chances that my sister and I find help. I am so, so sorry.

If you follow me, you may be aware that my friend and favorite artist @novalizinpeace has been having a long string of troubles lately. While being the sole provider for a family of 7 (plus a new baby), various health issues and political events have caused a lot of difficulties. The latest of which being the twin Earthquakes Venezuela has suffered recently. While thankfully unharmed and not in the worst affected areas, the constant blackouts and rising costs of necessities has made things worse; As well as halted their attempts to do home improvements so they can have more space to live and work.

Here's where you can help AND where you can get a little reward too!

Now, Nova is running a Gofundme through a spectacular friend: I'll link it here and further down

To encourage more donations, I've come up with a simple idea: Sticker sheets!

Nova already designed these amazing stickers a while back, and I have plenty in hand, so I'm making an offer;

The first 10 people in the US to Donate at least $10 to Nova will get these stickers

Now, let me tell you how this will go and some rules;

Donate at least $10 to the gofundme, or to Nova's Kofi, or directly to Nova's PayPal

Message me on Tumblr, sending a screenshot to prove you made a donation

Give me your US address/PO box to mail the stickers to

I mail you One copy of each of the two sticker sheets, plus a special mini sticker!

Stickers are shipped in a Greeting card envelope for speed and cost effectiveness, and arrive within normal postage time. I sent a test envelope to @mockingbird24 and it arrived in 5 days.

(Photo for proof)

Now, that's amazing isn't it? But some of you might want more than one copy of a sticker sheet. How would you get more? BY DONATING MORE OF COURSE!

Donate at least $20 and get TWO copies of each sticker sheet and two bonus stickers!

Donate at least $30 for THREE COPIES of everything

DONATE $40 for FOUR COPIES

DONATE $50 FOR FIVE COPIES OF EVERYTHING

GO CRAZY AND WE'LL GO CRAZY TOO!!!

As soon as this post goes up, my DMs are open for proof of donations.

Be aware: Due to my own current schedule, this offer is only available for the first 10.

It is unknown if this offer will return, so act fast to get your stickers!

And donate to Nova just to donate and support them too.

"Oh I don't normally use AI, I just wanted it to plan my trip"

You lived on this planet for decades, you know what you like, there are hundreds of websites where you can type into any search engine " things to do in [area]" and have at least a hundred different options.

"Oh I only use it so I can figure out what to make during the week with what I have"

The most popular website as you type in "recipes" into google have sections where you click dinner- quick and easy and those usually rely on staples + 1 or 2 items. I found 30 recipes on chicken alone.

"I had a writing idea, so I typed a few sentences into Chat GPT and I was able to write 20 pages with it."

Sending any money at all would be very helpful. But even if you can't send money, do please share the link to the gofundme to everyone that you can so that hopefully we can meet the goal at a reasonable time. Cause I worry that the longer it goes on, the worse her situation will become.

thanks to the help of a friend, i was able to set up a gofundme to help with this situation, because otherwise with the electricity keep going this awful and me been currently the only person supporting the family, im never going to see the end of my goal.

and i miss drawing my stories, i miss drawing what i like and not worry for each dollar to feed them all.

im not asking those that already helped me to donate here, you guys really helped me a lot, but i would appreciate if you all can share this in real life with others, since this is more easy to share that my previous campaign, maybe there hope i can archieve this

here is the campaign, thank everybody for the support

This is my daughter Lia 💔 Her dreams have become so small, just to live without fear and to eat when she is hungry.

I am a mother and I feel helpless every day in front of her. She lost her school, her childhood, even her simplest rights

Her father is injured and lost his job, and I am now pregnant with a baby who will be born in a tent with winter coming. We have no home, no safety, and not enough food.

I write to you with a heavy heart and I ask you to please help us, even a little. Believe me, any donation no matter how small can make a big difference for us, a loaf of bread, a box of milk, a blanket.

We are close to reaching our goal, and any help or sharing from you could give my daughter some of the safety she deserves.

✅ Vetted by gazavetters my number on the list 665

I am Jaafar from Gaza. I am currently in northern Gaza, and we have not yet been displaced to the south. Things are very difficult here — the cost of moving to the south is $1,000, and a single tent also costs $1,000, if we can even find a place in southern Gaza. The south is overcrowded, and renting a plot of land costs $1,000 per month, or even more depending on the area. 🙂😢

I started a donation campaign in the middle of the war and received good support, but due to personal circumstances, I recently created a new link, and unfortunately, I have only received a small amount of donations so far. 😓💔 I appeal to you to help me with my new campaign and donate whatever you can 🥺😭. Every amount you give will save the lives of my family and me and may help us cover the cost of moving to southern Gaza! 😓 Thank you, and I pray that God blesses you and provides for you 🧡🫂

Here is the donation link ⬇️**

Please help my daughter's sweetheart alleviate her suffering.

Because of the tent life and the spread of infectious diseases and many epidemics, she deserves a better life like other children; she has the right to play and study.

We cannot afford to buy medicine due to our difficult living conditions. Please save my daughter; every donation makes a difference in Habiba's life.

Every morning, Adam and Habiba dream of going to school, but due to serious financial difficulties, I can no longer afford their education.

Education is their only hope for a better future. Any support or even sharing this message could help keep their dreams alive.

Thank you for caring 🤍

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@gazavetters

I am Jaafar from Gaza. I am currently in northern Gaza, and we have not yet been displaced to the south. Things are very difficult here — the cost of moving to the south is $1,000, and a single tent also costs $1,000, if we can even find a place in southern Gaza. The south is overcrowded, and renting a plot of land costs $1,000 per month, or even more depending on the area. 🙂😢

I started a donation campaign in the middle of the war and received good support, but due to personal circumstances, I recently created a new link, and unfortunately, I have only received a small amount of donations so far. 😓💔 I appeal to you to help me with my new campaign and donate whatever you can 🥺😭. Every amount you give will save the lives of my family and me and may help us cover the cost of moving to southern Gaza! 😓 Thank you, and I pray that God blesses you and provides for you 🧡🫂

Here is the donation link ⬇️**