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please rb when u see this!

many palestinians have asked me to share their gofundme links. most are still far from their goals so please donate if u can ♡

last updated 8/27/24

@/mahmoudayyad ~ gofundme (€3,671 raised of €100,000 goal)

@/88mohammed ~ gofundme (€4,269 raised of €100,000 goal)

@/hayanahed ~ gofundme (€80,025 raised of €100,000 goal)

@/abedalazeiz ~ gofundme (€28,625 raised of €90,000 goal)

@/malak-3 ~ gofundme (€80 raised of €80,000 goal)

@/ahmeadhilles ~ gofundme (€11,502 raised of €80,000 goal)

@/ranin3344 ~ gofundme (€8,016 raised of €80,000 goal)

@/safaa18mero ~ gofundme ($11,003 raised of $75,000 goal)

@/mo-shamia ~ gofundme ($61,046 raised of $70,000 goal)

@/verylovesalad ~ gofundme (€3,315 raised of €70,000 goal)

@/rehamalostaz ~ gofundme (€21,396 raised of €70,000 goal)

@/abdalhadiaburas ~ gofundme ($4,009 cad raised of $65,000 goal)

@/ghadak24 ~ gofundme (€1,925 raised of €60,000 goal)

@/heba-baker ~ gofundme (€3,886 raised of €60,000 goal)

@/abuadamfamily ~ gofundme (€58,060 raised of €58,000 goal)

@/rhq2744 ~ gofundme (£8,565 raised of £55,000 goal)

@/anonymous ~ gofundme ($445 raised of $52,125 goal)

@/yahyaahmed5 ~ gofundme ($1,305 raised of $50,000 goal)

@/rasmi-gaza ~ gofundme ($2,491 raised of $50,000 goal)

@/sameer-24 ~ gofundme ($2,996 raised of $50,000 goal)

@/ghaziyounes1967 ~ gofundme ($4,313 raised of $50,000 goal)

@/helpfamily ~ gofundme ($6,958 raised of $50,000 goal)

@/aseelo680 ~ gofundme ($15,604 raised of $50,000 goal)

@/mayadayyad81 ~ gofundme ($38,263 raised of $50,000 goal)

@/ebrahimyasseralangarsworld ~ gofundme (€987 raised of €50,000 goal)

@/odayalanqar ~ gofundme (€2,965 raised of €50,000 goal)

@/yazan-familyy ~ gofundme (€12,024 raised of €50,000 goal)

@/aya2mohammed ~ gofundme (€25,859 raised of €50,000 goal)

@/yasminalbalawiigaza ~ gofundme (€38,026 raised of €85,000 goal)

@/essaq ~ gofundme (€1,395 raised of €50,000 goal)

@/osama-family ~ gofundme (£1,387 raised of £50,000 goal)

@/noorabd1992 ~ gofundme ($10,742 raised of $45,000 goal)

@/asmaayyad ~ gofundme (€12,750 raised of €45,000 goal)

@/lina-gaza ~ gofundme (€36,211 raised of €45,000 goal)

@/kefahfamily ~ gofundme ($986 raised of $40,000 goal)

@/falestine-yousef ~ gofundme ($14,873 raised of $40,000 goal)

@/bshaeromars-blog ~ gofundme ($15,311 raised of $40,000 goal)

@/husseinshamia ~ gofundme ($33,253 raised of $40,000 goal)

@/noor-alanqar ~ gofundme (20,372 raised of €40,000 goal)

@/save-mohamed-family ~ gofundme (€22,578 raised of €40,000 goal)

@/drahmedhamad2 ~ gofundme (kr6,508 sek raised of kr400,000 goal)

@/mohammednasers-blog ~ gofundme (€3,199 raised of €38,000 goal)

@/salem-baker ~ gofundme (€6,316 raised of €38,000 goal)

@/mohalwadya2 ~ gofundme (€17,617 raised of €35,000 goal)

@/abedallhferwanagaza ~ gofundme (€2,862 raised of €35,000 goal)

@/m430235341 ~ gofundme (€16,560 raised of €35,000 goal

@/farohablogsworld ~ gofundme (€335 raised of €32,000 goal)

@/ahmadresh ~ gofundme ($9,338 raised of $31,000 goal)

@/mohiy-gaza ~ gofundme ($20,101 raised of $31,000 goal)

@/abdallahblog0 ~ gogetfunding ($2,042 raised of $30,000 goal)

@/fidaa-family2 ~ gofundme ($17,756 raised of $30,000 goal)

@/rodainaayyad83 ~ gofundme (€9,985 raised of €30,000 goal)

@/ahmedabuomar ~ gofundme (€2,580 raised of €30,000 goal)

@/ahmed-mohammed1 ~ gofundme (€5,313 raised of €30,000 goal)

@/mahmoudkhalafff ~ gofundme (€25,428 raised of €30,000 goal)

@/ahmed-ziad ~ gofundme (£9,840 raised of £30,000 goal)

@/monashamali ~ gofundme (£13,980 raised of £30,000 goal)

@/dodoomar12345 ~ gofundme (kr152,219 sek raised of kr300,000 goal)

@/drfarhatblog ~ gofundme ($5,600 raised of $29,500 goal)

@/mohammedshehabnew1 ~ gofundme (7,023 raised of €25,000 goal)

@/abdelmutei ~ gofundme (€11,376 raised of €25,000 goal)

@/nedaapalestine ~ gofundme (£8,222 raised of £25,000 goal)

@/motaaz37 ~ gofundme (kr34,233 sek raised of kr250,000 goal)

@/abood-gaza2 ~ gofundme ($2,997 cad raised of $30,000 goal)

@/ashraf-baker ~ gofundme (€19,667 raised of €25,000 goal)

@/mhammemosa10 ~ gofundme ($1,841 raised of $20,000 goal)

@/saveyouseffamily ~ gofundme (€5,432 raised of €20,000 goal)

@/fatma93-gaza ~ gofundme (€6,044 raised of €20,000 goal)

@/kareem-family ~ gofundme (€7,751 raised of €20,000 goal)

@/save-hijazi-family2 ~ gofundme (€16,254 raised of €20,000 goal)

@/karamalmadhoun ~ gofundme (€15,279 raised of €20,000 goal)

@/omargaze ~ gofundme (£5,704 raised of £20,000 goal)

@/hanaa-yousef ~ gofundme (£11,790 raised of £20,000 goal)

@/dinamahammed99 ~ gofundme ($3,506 raised of $15,000 goal)

@/yousefjehad0 ~ gofundme ($4,352 raised of $15,000 goal)

@/lets-help-osama ~ gofundme (€1,546 raised of €15,000 goal)

@/ayaalanqarsblog ~ gofundme (€9,911 raised of €15,000 goal)

@/ahmadwaleed5 ~ gofundme ($7,665 raised of $10,000 goal)

@/familymaria1234567 ~ gofundme (€824 raised of €10,000 goal)

@/musababed ~ gofundme (£4,924 raised of £8,000 goal)

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🍉🇵🇸 eSims for Gaza masterpost 🇵🇸🍉

Which eSims are currently being called for?

Connecting Humanity is calling for:

Nomad (“regional Middle East” plan): code NOMADCNG (they are completely out)

Simly (“Palestine” and “Middle East” plans)

Airalo (“Discover” plan)

Gaza Online is calling for:

Holafly (“Israel” and “Egypt” plans): code HOLACNG

Nomad (“regional Middle East” plan): code NOMADCNG (can now be used multiple times from the same email)

Airalo (“Middle East and North Africa” plan)

Sparks (“Israel” plan)

Numero (“Egypt” plan)

For Connecting Humanity: if you sent an eSim more than two weeks ago and it is still valid and not yet activated, reply to the email in which you originally sent the eSim. To determine whether the eSim is still valid, scan the QR code with a smartphone; tap the yellow button that reads “Cellular plan”; when a screen comes up reading “Activate eSIM,” click the button that says “Continue.” If a message comes up reading “eSIM Cannot Be Added: This code is no longer valid. Contact your carrier for more information,” the eSim is activated, expired, or had an error in installation, and should not be sent. It is very important not to re-send invalid eSims, since people may walk several kilometers to access wifi to connect their eSims only to find out that they cannot be activated.

If a screen appears reading “Activate eSIM: An eSIM is ready to be activated” with a button asking you to “Continue,” do not click “Continue” to activate the eSim on your phone; exit out of the screen and reply to the email containing that QR code.

Be sure you're looking at the original post, as this will be continually updated. Any new instructions about replying to emails for specific types of unactivated plans will also appear here.

Check the notes of blackpearlblasts's eSim post, as well as fairuzfan's 'esim' tag, for referral and discount codes.

How do I purchase an eSim?

If you cannot download an app or manage an eSim yourself, send funds to Crips for eSims for Gaza (Visa; Mastercard; Paypal; AmEx; Canadian e-transfer), or to me (venmo @gothhabiba; paypal.me/Najia; cash app $NajiaK, with note “esims” or similar; check the notes of this post for updates on what I've purchased.)

You can purchase an eSim yourself using a mobile phone app, or on a desktop computer (with the exception of Simly, which does not have a desktop site). See this screenreader-accessible guide to purchasing an eSim through each of the five services that the Connecting Humanity team is calling for (Simly, Nomad, Mogo, Holafly, and Airalo).

Send a screenshot of the plan's QR code to gazaesims@gmail.com. Be sure to include the app used, the word "esim," the type of plan (when an app has more than one, aka "regional Middle East" versus "Palestine"), and the amount of data or time on the plan, in the subject line or body of your email.

Message me if you have any questions or if you need help purchasing an eSim through one of these apps.

If you’re going to be purchasing many eSims at once, see Jane Shi’s list of tips.

Which app should I use?

Try to buy an eSim from one of the apps that the team is currently calling for (see above).

If the team is calling for multiple apps:

Nomad is best in terms of data price, app navigability, and ability to top up when they are near expiry; but eSims must be stayed on top of, as you cannot top them up once the data has completely run out. Go into the app settings and make sure your "data usage" notifcations are turned on.

Simly Middle East plans cannot be topped up; Simly Palestine ones can. Unlike with Nomad, data can be topped up once it has completely run out.

Holafly has the most expensive data, and top-ups don't seem to work.

Mogo has the worst user interface in my opinion. It is difficult or impossible to see plan activation and usage.

How much data should I purchase?

Mirna el-Helbawi has been told that large families may all rely on the same plan for data (by setting up a hotspot). Some recipients of eSim plans may also be using them to upload video.

For those reasons I would recommend getting the largest plan you can afford for plans which cannot be topped up: namely, Simly "Middle East" plans, and Holafly plans (they say you can top them up, but I haven't heard of anyone who has gotten it to work yet).

For all other plans, get a relatively small amount of data (1-3 GB, a 3-day plan, etc.), and top up the plan with more data once it is activated. Go into the app’s settings and make sure low-data notifications are on, because a 1-GB eSIM can expire very quickly.

Is there anything else I need to do?

Check back regularly to see if the plan has been activated. Once it's been activated, check once a day to see if data is still being used, and how close the eSim is to running out of data or to expiring; make sure your notifications are on.

If the eSim hasn't been activated after three weeks or so, reply to the original email that you sent to Gaza eSims containing the QR code for that plan.

If you purchased the eSim through an app which has a policy of starting the countdown to auto-expiry a certain amount of time after the purchase of the eSim, rather than only upon activation (Nomad does this), then also reply to your original e-mail once you're within a few days of this date. If you're within 12 hours of that date, contact customer service and ask for a credit (not a refund) and use it to purchase and send another eSim.

How can I tell if my plan has been activated? How do I top up a plan?

The Connecting Humanity team recommends keeping your eSims topped up once they have been activated.

See this guide on how to tell if your plan has been activated, how to top up plans, and (for Nomad) how to tell when the auto-expiry will start. Keep topping up the eSim for as long as the data usage keeps ticking up. This keeps a person or family connected for longer, without the Connecting Humanity team having to go through another process of installing a new eSim.

If the data usage hasn't changed in a week or so, allow the plan to expire and purchase another one.

What if I can't afford a larger plan, or don't have time or money to keep topping up an eSim?

I have set up a pool of funds out of which to buy and top up eSims, which you can contribute to by sending funds to my venmo (@gothhabiba), PayPal (paypal.me/Najia), or cash app ($NajiaK) (with note “esims” or similar). Check the notes of this post for updates on what I've purchased, which plans are active, and how much data they've used.

Crips for eSims for Gaza also has a donation pool to purchase eSims and top them up.

Gaza Online (run by alumni of Gaza Sky Geeks) accepts monetary donations to purchase eSims as needed.

What if my eSim has not been activated, even after I replied to my email?

Make sure that the QR code you sent was a clear screenshot, and not a photo of a screen; and that you didn’t install the eSim on your own phone by scanning the QR code or clicking “install automatically."

Possible reasons for an eSim not having been activated include: it was given to a journalist as a back-up in case the plan they had activated expired or ran out of data; there was an error during installation or activation and the eSim could no longer be used; the eSim was installed, but not activated, and then Israeli bombings destroyed the phone, or forced someone to leave it behind.

An eSim that was sent but couldn’t be used is still part of an important effort and learning curve. Errors in installation, for example, are happening less often than they were in the beginning of the project.

Why should I purchase an eSim? Is there any proof that they work?

Israel is imposing near-constant communications blackouts on Gaza. The majority of the news that you are seeing come from Gaza is coming from people who are connected via eSim.

eSims also connect people to news. People are able to videochat with their family for the first time in months, to learn that their family members are still alive, to see their newborn children for the first time, and more, thanks to eSims.

Some of this sharing of news saves lives, as people have been able to flee or avoid areas under bombardment, or learn that they are on evacuation lists.

Why are different plans called for at different times?

Different eSims work in different areas of the Gaza Strip (and Egypt, where many refugees currently are). The team tries to keep a stockpile of each type of sim on hand.

Is there anything else I can do to help?

There is an urgent need for more eSims. Print out these posters and place them on bulletin boards, in local businesses, on telephone poles, or wherever people are likely to see them. Print out these foldable brochures to inform people about the initiative and distribute them at protests, cafes and restaurants, &c. Also feel free to make your own brochures using the wording from this post.

The Connecting Humanity team is very busy connecting people to eSims and don't often have time to answer questions. Check a few of Mirna El Helbawi's most recent tweets and see if anyone has commented with any questions that you can answer with the information in this post.

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‏Hello

I hope my message finds you well

I would really appreciate it if you could help me by donating to save me and my family from the dangers of war and death in Gaza and escape to a safe place

Please share, repost or donate to my family 🙏

https://gofund.me/b60fb34d

I have reblogged your pinned post and I will also link to your gofundme here! Wishing the best for you!

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!!‏🚨🛑Stop for a moment and don't skip it

My account was blocked from messages because I posted about my suffering, and I was forced to create another account @esraayyad18

This is my sister Asmaa @asmaayyad

My name is Israa from Gaza. My family and I have been suffering from the war for 10 months.

We lost our home and everything we owned, and we also lost our friends and loved ones. In addition, we lost our cat Timur 💔.

I want you to stand by my side, donate, share, and reblog in order to save my family’s life and get out to safety.🍉

My account vetted by:

@90-ghost

@aces-and-angels

@nabulsi

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Hello dear ❤️🦋

I'm Eslam from Gaza amother of 2 daughter Hana 5 and Alma 11 months.

I lost my house, my car, my job, my husband's job. I now live in a miserable tent. My children are sick with malnutrition. We are suffering from poverty, hunger, and high prices at the same time that there is no source of income. I organized a campaign on gofundme to collect donations, but it needs support and dissemination. Please help me by donate or reblog.🥺

Asking for help is not easy. 😭😭

I am asking for a small donation of $20 or $25 from each person .❤️

I need your help if you can 🫶🙏

Please donate to save my life and my family or can you share the pinned post on my personal page? I will be very grateful to you ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Every donation, even if it is small, will

make a big difference in my life.

Help me and my family ❤️‍🩹 🇵🇸 🍉

You can see my stories on my page🍉❤️

🇵🇸🇵🇸 https://gofund.me/a2ccf744🇵🇸🇵🇸

I reblogged your pinned post and I will link to your gofundme here as well, hoping for the best for you and your family!

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‼️ Please don’t skip taking a look 🍉🇵🇸

❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 Here is my story 🍉🇵🇸

“My name is Eslam from Gaza, I’m 29 years old, and I’m a children teacher from Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. a mother of two daughters, Hanaa 5 years old, and Alma, 10 months old. My husband Rasmi is the director of 3 language and training centers. In this war, our house was completely destroyed and razed to the ground, and my husband’s centers were blown up. He lost his job, and we were completely displaced, and we are now homeless and jobless, My two young daughters constantly suffer from diseases due to malnutrition and water pollution.

Danger and death surround us all day and all night. We have lost everything and depend on donations to survive and, most of all, to have any hope of escaping this genocide and evacuating to safety in Egypt. The cost of daily living continues to rise significantly in Gaza - imagine that we cannot find the type of milk for our daughter because of its high price. There is no kind of detergent and this is the cause of skin diseases for my two little girls. We bought a piece of soap for $30! ، and detergent is 100$.

Attached for you are pictures of how our lives have changed since October 7th.

Please help. Any funds raised will be used in daily survival and if enough is raised, to be able to evacuate Gaza.

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‏Welcome 👋

‏I am Ahmed from Gaza. I am 19 years old. I ask you to help me complete my university studies and save me and my family from the genocidal war in Gaza. 🍉😭🇵🇸🙏

Please Share Or Replog Or Donate For My Family 🙏😭🍉❤️

‏You can donate through my link in my bio 👇

‏Here’s the link: https://gofund.me/c4472150

I went and reblogged your pinned post and I will share your gofundme in this ask as well! I wish you good luck!

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‼️Please don’t skip taking a look 🍉🇵🇸

Hi, my name is Naomi, and I’m from Texas. I’m organizing this fundraiser on behalf of my friend, Ahmed Abu Al-Rish, who is in Gaza. This fundraiser is meant to help him and his family escape the genocide.

“Hello, my name is Ahmed, 19 years old from Gaza. I finished high school with a high average and a very good grade, and because of the genocide war on Gaza, I was deprived of enrolling in university. I had dreams and ambitions to study photographic design, but I was deprived of all of that because of the genocide war on Gaza. I was living the best days of my youth. But with the beginning of this war, I became unable to live my normal life. At least our warm house sheltered me and my family until it was bombed for the first time, that damned night. Our house has become like a ghost town. We continued to seek refuge from death there until we were besieged and displaced from our safety under fire to a tent (shelter) in the bitter cold of winter, with the lack of basic necessities of life (water pollution, high cost of living, disease, insect infestation,

‏malnutrition,

‏Difficulty of movement, overcrowding), and many other daily difficulties, especially with the significant increase in prices. This was not the first time we had to be displaced. We moved again from a tent in Rafah to another tent in Khan Yunis. I then returned to our destroyed home to repair what we could to find shelter for my family, despite not having all the basic necessities of life (destroyed sanitation infrastructure and water lines, destroying any form of life). Please help me achieve my dream of completing my academic career at university and for my family to survive this genocide and escape to a safe place. And travel ❤️❤️”

Here’s the link: https://gofund.me/c4472150

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the title of the last song you listened to is the epitaph on your tombstone

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website is still a work in progress but this link directs to the list of vetted fundraisers!!

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Went to the Aboriginal artifact exhibit in Chicago. And it’s interesting. How many blankets and masks and totem poles say ‘unknown source’, because every five seconds my mom would stop and point to something and say. “Pauline’s grandmother made that,” or, “That belongs to Mike’s family, I should call him” because. It’s all stolen

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Ghazzan fundraisers that have not reached their goal!!!

I am compiling the campaigns from Ghazzans that had reached out to me in my inbox*. I am wishing for nothing but safety and good things to all people in Gaza, Palestine and for everyone to reach their goals as quickly as possible. I will continue to update this list as i am able.

If you have the ability, please take the time to read through these families' stories and most importantly, to donate and share! I implore everyone reading this to donate at least $5 to any fundraiser you see on here!

*Please note that I am not Palestinian and do not have the expertise to vet/verify fundraisers!! The ones I share here have been verified by Palestinian people and groups with this expertise, unless otherwise specified!

Adham Ayyad and family (kr8,577 SEK raised of kr750,000) @stupendouswolfearthquake - vetted by @/90-ghost

Sameer Al Khaldi and family ($602 raised of $50,000) @sameer-17 - vetted by association

Kariman Dohan and family ($4,409 raised of $50,000) @karemandohan1999 - vetted by 90-ghost

Mahmoud Helles and family (€8,706 raised of €50,000) @mahmoud0hilles - #198 on el-shab-hussein and nabulsi's vetted Gaza fundraiser list

Hadeel Mikki and family (€11,920 raised of €35,000) @hadeelchilds - vetted by northgazaupdates and 90-ghost

Nour Alanqar and family (€18,724 raised of €40,000) @noor-family - vetted by 90-ghost

Dr. Husam Farhat and family ($2,995 raised of $29,500) @frhatfamily - #248 on el-shab-hussein and nabulsi's vetted Gaza fundraiser list

Muhammed Shehab and family (€4,568 raised of €25,000) @zeanyahya - vetted by 90-ghost

Iyad Sami and family (CHF10,145 raised of CHF20,000) @eyadeyadsblog - vetted by 90-ghost and northgazaupdates

Safaa Abed and family (€26,429 raised of €50,000) @safaabed8 - vetted by 90-ghost and northgazaupdates

Siraj Abudayeh and family ($33,908 CAD raised of $82,000) @siraj2024 - #219 on the vetted Gaza fundraiser list

Ahmed Al-Nabih and family (€21,468 raised of €30,000) @ahmedalnabeeh11 - #218 on the vetted list, verified by multiple sources

NOT VETTED YET/unsure about verification, but might be legitimate:

Mohammed Alwadiya and family ($785 raised of $25,000) @monaalwadya

Halah Dawoud and family (€643 raised of €17,000) @halakamak

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Vetted fundraisers that have reached out to me:

@bilal-salah0 here

@reemshehab here

@hyamshehabnew11 here

@mahmoud-sharif here

@hamzahilles here

@wafaaresh here

@mohiy-gaza here

@aymanayyad82 here

@bisanalbalawi18 here

@mahmoudayyad here

@save-salem-family2 here

@noorabd1992 here

@fidaa-family0 here

@fedao here

@ahmedalnabeeh11 here

@anqar here

@islamgazaaccount2 here

@karamrafeek here

@falestine-yousef here

@save-salam-family here

@mohammadyaser1980 here

@samiraayman here

@yousefhamaad11 here

@aseelo579 here

@mahmoud1995 here

@abdelmutei here

@hayanahed here

@noor-alanqar here

Last updated: August 5th, 2024

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I need to run a survey really quick. This isn't serious, but I need people to cooperate and not cheat for the sake of it because it'll skew the results.

Imagine you wake up tomorrow and you realize you (and everyone else in the world) can turn into an animal (And back into a human) at will.

Please go to this link to see what animal it will be for you:

(this is random, and yes, you only get one, no redos)

With this in mind, please reply to the following questions as truthfully as possible based on your current situation. (Not an ideal fantasy one.)

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the memes and jokes about biden dropping out are all great but PLEASE dont turn away and forget the victims of him directly funding a genocide. these are real people that are still being impacted by his cruelty, their tragedies are still ongoing and they need our support more than ever.

if I can suggest a Palestinian family to support, I'll highly recommend Wafaa—who you can read about [here]. Her sister and niece have both been martyred and one of her daughters gave birth while suffering from a chest wound from a IOF bomb shrapnel. As of right now, Wafaa only needs €7,566 to finally reach her goal!

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it's at 1200 now i am very sorry omo

i'm gonna be honest having my name attached to a post with 700+ posts (and counting) is not how i expected my sunday to go