Im not Palestinian, I don’t vet gfms, I just share

I've made many posts on Lina's (@linooomo, previously linasaif) behalf by this point. The above video is of her son, Saif, being terrified of the sound of constant bombing. This was back when they still had a roof over their heads--now Lina, her husband, Saif, and Saif's even younger sister Sidra are living out of a tent, more vulnerable than ever.

Unfortunately, her campaign has grown completely stagnant. Last week, we didn't even meet half of the minimum goal.

However, I'm not giving up on trying to help her, and neither should you.

Lina needs to buy food and water, as well as milk and diapers for Sidra. She is only 10 months old! As seen in the linked posts, she's suffering from serious diaper rash that has only just begun to heal.

If you were a mother, how would you choose between feeding your family and getting milk and diapers for your baby who's in pain?

Lina has told me that PayPal is faster and imposes less of a fee than GFM, so a friend helped me set up a PayPal campaign. You can donate to this even without a PayPal account. The goal is roughly set to cover the family's needs for the next two weeks.

🍞 A 25kg bag of flour: 80 euros

🐣 Diapers: 60 euros

🍼 3 cartons of milk: 60 euros

🍅 Vegetables when available, and other supplies: 100 euros

💧 Water (for drinking, cleaning, and hygiene): 80 euros

💸 Withdrawal fee: 30%

0/1000$

No donations in 2 days.

It has been almost two weeks, and less than 200$ has been raised. I know it's partially because my reach is small, but this is still dramatically less than we used to get when I was making posts for Lina.

Sidra is now sick.

She's less than a year old. Why is this family receiving so little support compared to other fundraisers?

I've contributed as much of my paycheck as I can. We're now almost halfway there. Please, help Lina's children. It's almost winter and conditions in Gaza are dire.

We want to extend our deepest gratitude and thanks to all the people who came out in support of Bilal‘s campaign and shared and donated. 

I‘m really happy to announce that not only have some of the funds raised benefitted his family in Gaza, but it has also helped Bilal find a new place to stay, away from his terrible ex-employer and landlord, and has enabled him to extend his residency for another month. He  is no longer at risk of deportation right now. It’s only thanks to your incredible support that all this was possible.

But despite all these good news, we need your help again. 

There is currently no option to transfer funds from Germany to Gaza, as bank transfers to Gaza are being blocked by the German government. This means Bilal has to first transfer the funds to a bank in another country, and then from there to Gaza. The funds currently take a very long time to reach his family, and require Bilal to pay a high fee for the transfer as well. 

On top of that, his ex-employer and landlord had extorted a large sum (€4800) from Bilal – a sum he claimed he still owed him from the time he was employed under him. With no other source of income at the time, Bilal saw no choice but to pay it using some of the money from the campaign. 

Bilal feels extremely conflicted to be asking for help so soon again after reaching his last goal. But he unfortunately sees no other option due to the aforementioned problems. 

We need your help in fighting the repression from the German government and also making sure that the funds you helped Bilal raise also reach his family in full. 

This is why we need to raise €8,850 by the 15th of September i.e within the next 2 weeks. he currently has raised €101,150 of €110,000

This amount will help make up for the funds that were extorted from him by his landlord and help him pay the fees for multiple international bank transfers.

Please help Bilal reach his goal in time. You have gotten him this far, please don't let him down now. his campaign has been verified and can be found on @/el-shab-hussein’s and @/nabulsi’s list of vetted fundraisers here (#132, line 136) so PLEASE don't hesitate to share and donate.

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This image renewed my sense of hope and resilience, reminding me that our love for our country remains strong despite all the challenges.

As I look at this picture, I am reminded of the strength and spirit of my family, even in the face of the harsh conditions they are enduring. But they need more than just resilience to survive. They need help.

I have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help my family leave Gaza and secure a safer future. Your support can make a real difference in their lives. Please consider donating and sharing the campaign so we can bring them to safety.

€8,830 raised of €50,000 goal

We are now very close to reaching the second goal of my campaign, with €8,830 of 10,000. This brings us closer to securing the safety of my younger brother and sister.

Currently €9,456 raised of €50,000 goal!

I am organizing this bracelet raffle in order to raise funds for Hazem's family (UK only due to my geographical restrictions). Three of the bracelets are made with real freshwater pearls! See post here!

The area his family is staying at was recently bombed and he had lost contact with them for an entire day!! He was really really worried, but thankfully they survived and he managed to contact them the next day. Imagine watching all the horrors happening on the news, and not knowing if your loved ones are ok! This is not normal and he shouldn't have had to go through that!

someone you love more than almost anything in the world, someone sick or injured or elderly—what would you do if saving them meant giving yourself up? can you even imagine having to make that choice?

i can't. but that's the reality for mohammed, and he already knows his answer: he will save his family before himself. he will evacuate his most vulnerable family members from gaza—his sister, still healing from a quadcopter bullet; the sick; those who need to flee most urgently—and he will stay behind if that's what's necessary. 8 displacements, his home destroyed, his job gone, bombs falling around him and his life utterly uprooted, and his first thought is only of helping others.

this is an awful, inhumane, horrific position for anyone to be in. and yet i'm writing this post because so far, he doesn't even have the funds necessary to evacuate his most critically injured family members—let alone to start thinking about himself.

please help the iwais family.

verified by @/90-ghost; mohammed's blog @mohdiwais

kr233,613 / kr500,000

kr236,830 / kr300,000

Ahmed lives in constant worry and fear for his family. He cannot always stay in touch with them under these conditions and is haunted by the nightmare of potential massacres as they move to yet another location. It is time for all of us to stand by Ahmed's family and support them in escaping this hell.

The borders are currently closed, but there is hope. We must raise the necessary funds for their travel before the crossing opens, as the opportunity will not last long. Every minute of delay could be fatal.

I urge you from the depths of my heart to be part of this humanitarian effort. If you cannot donate, please help us by sharing this post with your friends and on your pages. Let us unite to save Ahmed's family before it's too late.

€1,439 raised of €55,000 goal ·

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@sawasawako @feluka

@terroristiraqiss @irhabiya @3000s @sharingresourcesforpalestine@batmanego

@lonniemachin @aristotels @watermoti@stuckinapril @opencommunion

@psychotic-gerard @mavigator@communistkenobi @socalgal @chilewithcarnage

@ghelgheli @determinate-negation @papasmoke @deepspaceboytoy @omegaversereloaded

@xinakwans @givemearmstopraywith @loombreaking

@killy @deathlonging

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@fridgebride @27-moons @tamarrud @familyabolisher @fleshdyk3

Don't skip🙏🙏

This is my current situation in the area that they call a safe area, and this is not true. Rather, everything is exposed to danger and bombing. Let me tell you about the area that you see in some of the pictures that I am sharing. Diseases have spread, and there is a lack of healthy drinking water.😭🤐

Or let me tell you, the absence of all life's resistances is nonexistent.

There is no health, no food, no healthy food. 😔😐

There is a lot to talk about and it is very difficult for us to speak so that you can help us, but we need your help because all doors have been closed in our faces 😭😭😭😭

I want your help, my campaign, I repeat again, is going slowly 😔😥 Please help us 🙏🙏🙏

in addition to fundraising for their evacuation, Mohammed @mohammedhaboubsblog's family needs our urgent immediate support for rent and medical treatment in Gaza

Mohammed's sister Farah was injured in an IOF school massacre last week and they still need $948 USD (9,986 SEK) to cover her treatment. they'll also need $3000 USD (31,597 SEK) for September's rent

can we raise the remaining $948 (9,986 SEK) for Farah's treatment by tomorrow, August 16th? we need to reach 91,103 SEK on the GFM to meet this goal

after that, we'll need to reach at least 122,700 SEK by August 30th to cover next month's rent so they don't lose their housing while Farah recovers!

you can find more details and documentation on Mohammed's blog, and this campaign was shared by @/90-ghost. please support Mohammed's family in meeting these goals! reblog, share widely, and most importantly please donate whatever you can spare

$5 USD = 52.67 SEK August 15th: 81,117 SEK / 91,103 SEK (urgent short term goal for medical expenses)

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The new goal is now $85,500 but the organizer could not change it on the webpage for fear that gofundme will either freeze the campaign or increase the platform fee they will deduct. So please help us get to this new goal to offset international transfer costs and the platform fee.

morning tag list 🙏 hopefully this will help the family register for evacuation!

@malcriada @appsa @aces-and-angels @buttercuparry @ahaura

@timetravellingkitty @briarhips @akajustmerry @wellwaterhysteria @rhubarbspring

@schoolhater @pcktknife @transmutationisms @sawasawako @feluka

@terroristiraqis @irhabiya @3000s @sharingresourcesforpalestine @batmanego

@communistchilchuck @aristotels @watermotif @stuckinapril @chanafehs

@psychotic-gerard @mavigator @communistkenobi @socalgal @chilewithcarnage

@ghelgheli @determinate-negation @papasmoke @deepspaceboytoy @omegaversereloaded

@xinakwans @givemearmstopraywith @loombreaking @killy @deathlonging

@palms-upturned @blackpearlblast @littlegermanboy @loveaankilaq @sar-soor

@fridgebride @27-moons @tamarrud @familyabolisher @fleshdyk3

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DONATE TO BILAL'S FUNDRAISER AND HELP HIM SAVE HIS FAMILY

I have shared multiple posts about his situation before, but donations have once again begun to stagnate despite the urgency of the deadline that has been imposed upon Bilal- with the decision on his deportation from germany coming on august 15th, i.e WITHIN THIS COMING WEEK.

If you don't know who he is, Bilal ( @bilal-salah0 ) is a 22 year old who moved to germany for work before the genocide began, and has been raising funds to evacuate his family of 18 from gaza since, including 5 children and 3 newborns.

Bilal's financial support has been getting them through this difficult time, as prices for basic amenities like food and water skyrocket, and necessities like diapers for the babies become scarce due to the blockade. He recently had to increase his goal to account for his familys living expenses till the border opens, and to cover the cut for international money transfer.

Currently he has raised only €75k / €100k

He needs to raise the remaining 25k within THIS WEEK

While he is working hard with the help of some people he connected with on tumblr to at least stall the decision on his deportation, if the verdict isnt in his favour he will be declared stateless and forced to seek asylum in belgium.

With the decision looming over him, he doesn't know what might happen happen to himself, OR his family (who have been wholly dependent on him for funds this whole time) if he isnt able to raise the money within this week. Because of the precarity of his situation in Germany at the moment, he hasnt been able to pay attention to fundraising as much as he needs to.

Against the backdrop of the islamophobic and anti-arab violence in europe against immigrants and asylum seekers today, i cant tell you how much his situation frightens me. While it has been well known for a some time now that the wealthy and comfortable portion of the world has been making efforts to turn away the underprivileged victims of their imperialism from their borders, the recent riots in the UK have proven just how hostile the world is becoming to their very existence.

The smear campaigns against palestinians, led by several users in the imperial core, that are still ongoing on this site are not an aberration- it is just another manifestation of the same problem, and i hope you realise how imperative it is that we do NOT allow this to become the norm.

That's why i need you all to take this seriously, to share his campaign as much as possible and donate ANY amount you can. I don't know what we can do about his deportation and the legal proceedings around it, but taking this burden off his shoulders is the LEAST we can do, especially if you live in the west.

Bilal's gfm appears #136 on hussein and nairuz's list of vetted fundraisers so please dont hesitate to donate. In fact, i will need you to take it a step farther and share it in you discord servers and whatsapp groups, or any other social media where you may have reach because this CANNOT WAIT.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT. HE NEEDS ALL THE HELP HE CAN GET. PLEASE DONATE ANYTHING YOU CAN SPARE.

HE IS CURRENTLY ONLY AT €88, 675 / €100,000

HE NEEDS TO RAISE THE REST OF THE AMOUNT BY AUGUST 15TH. THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE. PLEASE USE ANY RESOURCE AT YOUR DISPOSAL THIS CANT WAIT

One, Mohammed and his wife Manal. They have five children, the oldest of which is only seventeen, and the youngest a newborn whose mother is struggling to breastfeed due to her own malnutrition.

Two, Shaimaa and her husband Mahmoud. They also have five children, the oldest of which is only eighteen, and the youngest eight.

Mohammed and Shaimaa are the brother and sister of @wafans-blog, who succeeded to raise funds for her own immediate family's evacuation, and is now seeking to do the same for her siblings, nephews, and nieces, while she is currently receiving urgent medical care in Egypt.

I can't possibly list all the horrors that the twelve of them have faced. I can only name some:

Evacuation order after evacuation order, from unsafe zone to unsafe zone.

Going three days without food while under siege.

Constant illness, hunger, and panic.

Eldest children, not even adults yet, going into active warzones to seek food.

Infant child suffering from a vitamin deficiency due to lack of milk, his sickly mother deprived of postpartum care and battling malnutrition, amidst the unsanitary conditions.

The border could open in the following days, and we have already let these two families down by not reaching their long term goal of 80k by that time, but the least we could do is to raise enough to evacuate as many of them in the next few days.

Number 260 on this vetted list of evacuation fundraisers.

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1.2k to go!

If you've been following Siraj's updates, you probably know that he's reached his short term goal of 30k. While he is grateful for your support, we cannot forget him just because he reached his short term goal, as if it's done and dusted. Siraj still has a long way to go to reach his goal of 82k. The next goal is to get him to 32k by the end of Monday, which is tomorrow. He wishes to reach 40k by the end of the coming week.

If you don’t know by now, Siraj is a journalist, a writer and a father to three children. He risks his life by travelling 3km everyday to get a stable connection to the internet, just so he can show us the truth. He has been displaced seven times. His son is sick and has painful skin rashes from living in unhygenic tents! His wife and two other boys might fall sick too if this goes on!

Campaigns that seek to rebuild are just as important as those to evacuate. Siraj should not be forced to leave Gaza - it is his home and he wants to rebuild and survive!

DO NOT LET HIS CAMPAIGN STAGNATE NOW. Help him reach his goal of 32k by tomorrow, and follow him ( @siraj2024 ) for daily updates on his situation. And ignore the number of notes this gets. Notes do not equal donations

#219 on this spreadsheet

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That's only $7 in the last hour. Guys you cannot let his campaign stagnate now. He needs to reach 40k by the end of Monday. We can't get complacent just when he is getting closer to his goal

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only $55 raised in the past 2 hours!

Donation is slow, I want to increase it, please🙏🙏😭😭😭😭😭

i will make a more detailed post about this tomorrow but when it boils down to it i need you all to know this: time is running dangerously low for Shaima and Muhammad's families to evacuate.

yesterday 1am the kids were woken up by deafening explosions extremely close to al-Mawasi—another iof targeted airstrike aiming for refugee camps. the family was forced to flee without any of their possessions. they are now officially tentless.

to make matters worse, Hala agency contacted Wafaa to tell her that she needs to have the full campaign amount ready by August 18 if she wants her family to be registered for evacuation together. We still have about 28k left to raise.

we have less than SEVEN DAYS in order to help this tentless and starving family evacuate. they have been displaced more than 10 times now, and the kids are sleeping exposed on the sidewalks of Khan Younis. I opened Al-Jazeera literally 15 minutes ago and the iof is bombing Khan Younis AS WE SPEAK. Please. I don't know how else to urge you to donate, the lives of 10 children and their parents literally are in your hands.

The last donations made were from more than half an hour ago. Please do all that you can to save these children from constant siege and bombings. Please save a new mother from contracting potentially deadly postpartum infections. Please help rekindle hope for Wafaa to reunite with her beloved family.

Currently $51,924 raised of $80,000 goal as of August 11 end of day, we need to raise the remaining $28,076 in the next seven days. For the price of a cup of coffee, you can save a family.

everyone, please take a moment to read this post in full, donate whatever amount you're able, reblog, and share off tumblr. every spare $5 makes a huge difference in getting these families to safety. the moment to show our solidarity is right now!

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