second question: what if you could get a grant to actually help fund your project and make it a reality?

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If you saw my previous post asking for $1700— this is what happened after. We are still in the tent. Still in the water. This is why I am now asking for $545 as an urgent step to survive. 🔗 Read my full story: [link]

It is not rain. It is a flood of helplessness.

Look at these toys. Look at the water reflecting the remains of what we used to call a "home." Last night, the storm didn’t just leak into our tent—it reclaimed it. The wood snapped, the roof surrendered, and my children woke up soaked, shivering, and terrified.

⚠️ THE SITUATION IS ESCALATING.

Look at the difference in just 48 hours:

2 Days Ago: [Click here to watch the previous video] — "We were struggling with the rain, trying to stay dry…"

TODAY: Everything is gone. The structure collapsed. My children are literally sleeping in the water. This is no longer a struggle; it is a disaster.

The Reality Right Now:

Zero dry blankets.

Zero warm clothes.

A collapsed shelter that cannot survive another hour of wind.

My children are sleeping in water. Not later. Now. Every second you scroll past, they stay there.

🔴 EMERGENCY REBUILD FUND: $545

We need to act before the next nightfall. Here is exactly where the money goes:

$120 – Waterproof Tarps (Protection)

$180 – Wood Structure (Support)

$95 – Nylon & Insulation (Warmth)

$150 – New Blankets & Mattresses (Dignity)

Total: $545

If 100 people give just $5, we are saved.

How to help?

Donate:

Reblog: Please, do not just 'Like'. Reblogging is the only way this reach a savior.

🔗 Read my full story .

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Hello everyone,

Today I’d like to share a link to a campaign for Farah and her family. They have been displaced since 2023 and our currently have 12 family members living in one tent. Her family once owned their own business, and she had just graduated with a degree in engineering. Now they struggle to find food and clean drinking water in the Gaza strip. Her father even had to undergo surgery inside of a tent.

They are currently only at 42% of their goal.  

Hello, my name is Mohammed Saqr, from North Gaza.

we want dreams and love for life like any young person in the world. I joined Al-Quds Open University to fulfill my dream of studying like any young person in the world, but it seems that I will not be able to achieve my dream because of the brutal war on the Gaza Strip, which destroyed our entire house, and I lost everything I owned and relied on to achieve my dream, including my laptop, university books and library.

We are a family of 12, displaced from our home in North Gaza to the southern areas under inhumane conditions.

This is my daughter, who grew up in the middle of the war, no kid should go through this kind of childhood and trauma. its unfair and we can’t do anything about it to give our kids the lovely childhood that they deserve.

I am appealing to you, the global community, for help. I have started a GoFundMe campaign with the aim of raising 30,000 Euros to enable me and my family to find safety in Egypt. The evacuation fees change from time to time; we currently expect a cost of between 4,000-5,000 dollars per person. Any additional funds generated will go towards supporting my immediate needs and those of my family. There are various obstacles that we will face on the other side, and I hope that we can make some things easier for us.

I would like to update you on the situation now that the war has intensified. We are fine and safe, but life has become very difficult now all around us, people are suffering more and losing loved ones every day. As a family, we have literally lost everything we own, our homes and businesses, but we are trying to remain optimistic by thinking about evacuating and we heard good news today that the borders may open soon. We pray that this is true.

Once we are evacuated, we will try hard to rebuild a small part of what we lost in Gaza. If we can achieve our ultimate goal, we will have the funds to start a business to support our entire family. We want to be able to start over and not suffer anymore in Egypt. If everyone can help us with a small donation to achieve our ultimate goal, we will be able to rebuild our lives after everything was destroyed.

All the positive words cannot express how generous you are especially in sharing my posts to inform other donors about the people of Gaza who are still suffering from the terrible conditions caused by the unjust war on Gaza. Please continue to support the most just cause in the world either by donating directly or by sharing the link to other media. Do not hesitate to help people in difficult and miserable times until the dark days are over.

“I love you mum.”

Let’s make sure Dana stays alive to hear them every day.

Even $5 matters.

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The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be discontinued.

Systematic monitoring of the Amoc began only two decades ago when a handful of visionary researchers in different countries patched together individual nationally funded research projects within the competitive science domain.

Yet, these measurements are now a benchmark for climate models and have critically improved our understanding of the Amoc. The extreme vulnerability of funding for Amoc observing has been confirmed by a recent assessment that showed how funding issues have already reduced Amoc observing capabilities.

Several Amoc monitoring initiatives are at a risk of being defunded and could be discontinued at any moment. While we can’t go back in time to do more observations, we can improve our observation strategy for the future.

Instead, the Trump administration has proposed budget cuts to Nasa, Noaa and NSF – agencies that together provide about 50% of the total Amoc monitoring budget. Last week the US announced the descoping of the Ocean Observing Initiative which was part of a programme observing the Amoc.

The recently launched European OceanEye initiative has allocated €50m for ocean observations and is a great incentive to continue Amoc observations. However, before OceanEye is up and running, the research vessels that service the present-day observing systems will already have to be financed, planned and packed.

The cost of all Amoc monitoring adds up to about €25m a year. Meaning that for five cents per person per year, the EU can maintain one of the world’s most important climate monitoring systems that affects our everyday lives and improves resilience to the climate crisis.