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July 25 Message from Wafaa
Wafaa has made the difficult decision two days ago to raise her campaign goal from €50k to €60k, because of a series of aggressive iof bombings in Khan Younis that started in the early morning, extremely close to where Wafaa's children and grandchildren were (details linked in the post). They desperately need money for food and supplies for relocation to a safer place to live.
Wafaa has been largely bed-bound for the past two days because of paralyzing fear for her family's safety but also because of her own debilitating illness. As many people know, Wafaa evacuated for her own health in November of last year to get treatment. And yet Wafaa is now skipping medication and doctor's appointments for months just so she could send all the money she earns back to her family. It is up to us to help them raise whatever we could to lessen Wafaa's burden.
Here is a message Wafaa has sent to me to relay to all of you:
"Evacuating by myself was the hardest thing I had done. After going to Egypt, I suffered a lot in loneliness during my illness. Feeling pain and not being able to talk to anyone about your pain, so you feel lonely and alienated when you suffer and do not have money for treatment. It's hard to pay money on a house that I could live in. You always feel the desire to embrace your family and smell their scent, and the most difficult thing is to hear on the news about bombings near them. When you struggle to reach them but are unable to reach them due to the lack of means of communication. You stay up all night exhausted and tired, crying alone and in pain alone. I don't like to explain this pain to anyone. But this is my reality for months now.
I'm really very tired and I'm trying to get back to my strength, because I want to be strong to make a post about my children's campaign, but also my brother and sister's campaign." (more about Wafaa's brother Muhammad and sister Shaima here! campaign to be released after this current one reaches its goal)
Please continue to support Wafaa's campaign by any means you have. Wafaa's campaign has been seriously stagnating, at certain points yesterday the campaign would be stagnant for more than an hour at a time. Please donate to the best of your ability.
Only €50 raised in the past hour, please don't let this campaign stagnate any further! Currently €54,200 raised of €60,000 goal as of July 25 morning, that's €5,800 left to raise!!
Once you've donated, there are two currently open raffles for Wafaa that you can participate in:
Opportunity to win a beautiful journal hosted by @turian (more details for receipt submission at @journalsforpalestine), for a donation more than €5, enter before July 31!
Opportunity to win a cozy crocheted sweater handmade by @terroristiraqi for a donation more than €5, enter before August 4!