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While famine and violence are addressed the most - rightfully so - I feel like we underestimate diseases outbreaks that occur when water is contaminated and the surrounding environment is unsanitary and unsafe. Many people fall ill at the same time. They are rushed to the nearest hospital. It is overflowing. There are not enough doctors, nurses, or resources. Their lives are on the line!

This is the case for Sudan. We are in the third (3rd) year of the genocide. Cholera (a bacterial infection in the small intestines due to contaminated food and/or water) outbreaks are taking place! It is the worst outbreak in the past 40 years!

Enough is enough. We need a permanent ceasefire now! Please make some noise for Sudan. Boycott the UAE, donate to fundraisers and organizations, and protest! Consider helping this family of 13. They have been raising funds to evacuate for 2 years, but donations have been painfully slow to the point the family have decided to lower their goal from 20K to 10K so they can pay rent and purchase essentials, such as food, medicine, and supplies! Please donate and share. There is $3,358 left to go! You can match me! I have given $5, but you're more than welcome to give any amount!

This fundraiser is vetted by sudanfunds.com!

please donate as much as you can because that helps me a lot. If you cannot donate, tell people about my suffering.

This is made by Twitter user @ mqudsi

To those who believe there is an "improvement" in Gaza—wake up.

We write from North Gaza, where crossings are nearly closed and aid barely reaches us—less than 1% of what we need. No medicine, no flour, no clean water. Children are starving and dying from lack of treatment.Today, over 100 martyrs fell—mostly women and children.

CNN reports many children are dying of starvation due to the blockade and collapsing healthcare.

Aid has started entering southern Gaza because of your voices—but we need more.

Please pressure to send aid to North Gaza. Time is running out. We can’t endure this much longer.

If we needed help before, now we need you more than ever.PLEASE DONATE WHATEVER YOU CAN

There is no ceasefire, no breakthrough—only slow death and silence.

Anyone who is committed to solidarity with disabled, chronically ill, and traumatized people:

Fadel ( @fadel-dani ) is in his early 20s. He's chronically ill with thalassemia, a blood disorder. The price of the medicine is too high to afford, and struggles with fainting.

He and his family have been displaced multiple times in the genocide. When his family returned to their home, bombs were dropped on them, destroying his childhood home.

Fadel woke up in a hospital and learned that, while unconscious, he had undergone surgery to remove metal shrapnel that had become lodged in his body in the bombing. Because of the extreme danger and the collapse of the health system, some of the pieces could not removed at their location.

The doctor assessed his health and told his family that he needs to receive treatment in another country as soon as possible. Obviously, doing so safely requires coordination and funds for both travel and the surgical fees once they get to a hospital. He has been living in a tent and trying to raise funds since then.

His campaign is vetted by: @gazavetters list (#197) and @90-ghost and @a-shade-of-blue

After fundraising for over 300 days, he had raised €14,500 (almost 50% of the €30,000 he needs). Then April 25, GoFundMe deleted his fundraiser with no warning or clear explanation. He contacted GoFundMe's technical support, but they ignored him and didn't respond.

He has had to restart all over again with a new fundraiser. So far only €3,522 donations have come in, a mere 12% of what he needs.

(All donations were returned to their donors, so if you previously donated, please return that money to him!)

He is still suffering the physical and psychological pain of feeling shrapnel from the Israeli bombing that destroyed his childhood home embedded in his body.

He is badly injured from a bombing, leaving him with fragments of metal in his body. He is in need of urgent surgery to remove them. He struggles with constant pain from this.

He has PTSD from repeated severe trauma, including the bombing of his childhood home while he was inside which left him with the fragments in his body. There is bombing around him, and he fears for his life constantly.

He is starving. Genocidal famine is being forced on him, his family, and many other families in Gaza.

If you have ever reblogged anything about chronic illness, disability, inaccessibility of healthcare, trauma, or food insecurity, recognize your commonality and solidarity with him.

Please donate anything you can.

care for gaza - focuses on providing food and essential supplies. donate here or here.

connecting humanity - securing internet access via donations of virtual sim cards (esims). if you can't afford a whole plan yourself, crips for esims is a communal pool that will use your donation to purchase and maintain esims

gaza soup kitchen - provides food, medical care, and classes for children. also has a gofundme

glia gaza medical support initiative - provides medical care through field clinics and tents at hospitals. donations can also be sent through their website.

ele elna elak - provides clean water, food, clothing, and shelter. they also have a gofundme

life for gaza - raising money for the gaza municipality to repair water and waste management infrastructure

taawon - partners with local civil organizations to provide food, water, medical care, shelter, and basic supplies

the sameer project - running various initiatives providing tents, medical care, and necessities. they have their own encampment project focused on sheltering families with children, sick and disabled members, or members in need of perinatal care

islamic relief worldwide's gaza emergency appeal - provides food, water, hygiene kits, medical supplies, and psychological support

baitulmaal - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, shelter, and medical supplies

gaza mutual aid fund - distributes food, hygiene products, water, and other essential supplies, including financial support. run by @/el-shab-hussein's amazing friend Mona. updates can be found on her instagram.

hygiene kits for gaza - provides hygiene supplies including menstrual products, wipes, and toothbrushes/toothpaste

anera - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, hygiene supplies, medicine, blankets and mattresses, and psychological care

palestine children's relief fund - provides supplies and support with a focus on children. also has an initiative for lebanon

dahnoun mutual aid - provides water, food, tents, baby supplies, financial support, and other necessities. updates can be found through their instagram