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Hello everyone

I was advised by my close friends to make this post.

I live very close to the conflict happening right now. My country shares a border with Ukraine. And while I didn't think I would ever need to make a post like this, things are getting more and more tense by the minute. I fear for my and my family's safety.

We don't have any savings, hell, we're between paychecks at the moment. We have plans to leave the country if we must, but we don't have money for any place to stay.

So, I ask you all to please donate here if you can.

Every single penny in my paypal will be saved for this. We just need a safety net, if shit hits the fan.

I would like to make it clear that, in case we end up not needing the money because we manage to stay safe and secure, everything I get donated to me, I will send over to organizations helping the people in Ukraine. (Unless you personally would like a refund, in which case dm me and we'll work it out.)

Thank you to everyone who sends even just a dollar. I appreciate all the help.

Hi there 👋,

My name is Mohammad, and I’m reaching out in a moment of desperate need. I’m a father of three young children living in Gaza, and we are caught in the midst of a catastrophic war. Our home is no longer a safe haven, and the future here seems increasingly uncertain. 💔

I’ve launched a fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $40,000 to relocate my family to a safer place where my children can grow up in peace and have a chance at a brighter future. 🕊️🇵🇸

Unfortunately, my previous fundraising efforts were abruptly halted when my account was terminated without explanation. However, I remain determined to keep fighting for my family’s safety and well-being. 🫶

If you could take a moment to read our story, consider donating, or simply share our campaign with others, it would make an incredible difference. Every act of kindness, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to safety and a new beginning. 🙏

Thank you for your time, compassion, and support. ❤

https://gofund.me/fd1faea2 🔗

I usually don't participate in sharing this stuff, but everyone that follows me, please take some time to help. War is a horrible thing, and I feel disgusted that I have to live on a planet that has it. I would donate money if I had it, but I'm only a kid, and don't have anything to spare.

Hello ineffable fandom!! 💜

I can't believe that you've managed to get the crowdfunder up to almost £9000 already! My family and I are absolutely blown away by your kindness and generosity, especially at a time that's not been easy for any of us. It just goes to show that this is the heart of what this fandom is, love, and nobody can take that away from us.

ANYWAY

This is my 11 year old nonbinary kiddo, Finley:

They have pledged that for every £1000 mark crossed from now on, they will draw a Good Omens picture for you all to enjoy (they say they aren't the best artist as they have dyspraxia - mummy totally disagrees - but they'll try their best!).

So please keep donating, and whether or not you have or have simply reblogged, choose what you'd like Finley to draw for when we cross that £9000 mark - cast your votes below!

We hope that in some small way we can make you smile and thank you for the unspeakably, unbearably kind generosity you have shown to our little family in our time of need.

Hello, I hope this message finds you well. I'm reaching out with a heavy heart and a deep sense of hope. My family and I are facing dire circumstances, and I'm turning to Tumblr and GoFundMe in desperate need of support 🙏❤️. If you could reblog this post to help us, it would mean the world. We're new to this and every bit of assistance counts immensely. Wishing you a beautiful life 😍🥰

This fundraiser has been verified!

Please donate if you can!

gofundme.com

Donate to Please save me, my family and my future from the brutal war , organized by Mohammed Asfour

"You'll never know how strong you are until strength is your … Mohammed Asfour needs your support for Please save me, my family and my futur

HELP LESBIAN WIVES MOVE OUT

Hello! Our names are Jasper and Alexa and we’re two lesbians trying to move out of an abusive household.

Recently we moved out of Kansas back to my (Jasper’s) homestate of NJ and now we are setting up to move to Philadelphia! This is a great and exciting move for us, but getting there is an issue.

We currently live with my stepfather who after about a year of being sober, has relapsed and become worse than I had thought. He’s often violent and frequently kicks us out of our only space, which is a pull out couch. I am disabled and in the process of getting insurance and care and this is not a safe space for me or my wife physically or mentally.

However we are incredibly close to leaving! in a matter of a couple of months, my wife has found an incredible job outside of Philly and we managed to find safe housing! the only issue we truly need help with is saving up for the security deposit which is a total of $2,400 to sign our lease, which is due either Feb 1st or March 1st depending on when the previous tenants leave.

We are already saving money! We dont expect the full amnt to be crowdfunded!

But savings are tight rn due to some unexpected car payments after our car got hit in a hit and run :/

TLDR:

we need to save up 2,400 dollars by FEB/MARCH 1st

anything helps!!

PAYPAL

CASHAPP

VENMO: alexa-murphy1997

thank you💕

Please help Rajaa, Khaled, and their one year old son escape!!

Rajaa (26) her husband, Khaled (30) and their son Karam (1), are trapped in Gaza and experiencing all they love, including Rajaa’s work as a medical analysis specialist and Khaled’s as a teacher and chef, disappear.

Please help them find safety and stability for themselves and their young son, who is going through what no child should ever have to go through. They are trapped in practically unlivable conditions, surrounded by death and living in fear that every day they could be next.

This fundraiser is currently at $3999 out of a $20,000 goal, and they can use all they help you can give.

If you have even a dollar to spare, please, please consider sending it towards this family in great need. Thank you.

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$Donate here to improve my son's life$

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I don’t like asking for help in fact most of the time I’d literally rather get ran over by a concrete truck then ask for help. But here I am, struggling to buy any groceries and cover rent as well as take care of 7 animals. Me and my trans partner (who is also my fiancé) really could use some help anything is appreciated

Oh and I’m in the process of filling for disability

my friend needs help right now because things are going downhill at a very rapid rate

he's black, trans, disabled, and chronically ill living paycheck to paycheck with his partner right now and has a huge amount of expenses piled up right now including but not limited to: a broken wheelchair that needs to get replaced, hospital bills due to a seizure and then having an ambulance called for him against his will, general living expenses and food.

he can't afford to get a new job because his current one is providing his housing, and he's bed-bound right now with leg paralysis due to untreated conversion disorder anything helps; his vnmo is @/holidayinnn and his pypl is @/hotelroomservice

The #ConnectingGaza campaign supplies E-Sims to people on the ground in Gaza, allowing them to circumvent internet disruption/blackout during the siege and continue connecting with the wider internet. A digital SIM card (called an e-SIMs) works the same as a physical SIM Card, providing data and SMS for a phone number. E-Sims are one of few resources that can be directly accessed without blockage by people on the ground in Gaza.

Artists will be offering art in exchange of the value of the donated e-SIMs. Visit https://cartoonist.coop/esims4gaza to learn more.

🍉🇵🇸 eSims for Gaza masterpost 🇵🇸🍉

Which eSims are currently being called for?

As of January 29:

Nomad (regional Middle East plan): code NOMADCNG

Holafly (Israel and Egypt plans): code HOLACNG

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 in an app, or on desktop (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.

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. Mogo has the worst user interface in my opinion. Holafly has the most expensive data, but plans can be topped up. Simly Middle East plans cannot be topped up; Simly Palestine ones can.

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. Note that Holafly plans can only be topped up on desktop, not through the app.

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.

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.

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 do I top up a plan?

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, but I don't know about their practices regarding topping them up.

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 screenshots, 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.

Opening c0mms for Palestine! I’ll be donating 75% to Care for Gaza and eSIMs! If interested, dm or email me, and please share this around! get a cool drawing while helping a good cause 🇵🇸💕

The youngest Palestinian journalist is a 9 year old girl.

Her name Lama Jamous.

Lama has been reporting on tik tok what has been happening in Gaza. Her father is a journalist working for Al Jazeera and is trying to get her out of Rafah.

Link to the gofundme from the video

Please share her story.

Edited to include video description provided by @a-captions-blog

[Video description: TikTok by @ZerlinaSchmerlina, whose face is edited over a photo of a Palestinian child holding a phone camera up to the sea. This was posted by lama_jamous9. Zerlina says: This is Lama. She is a nine-year-old Afro-Palestinian journalist who lives in Gaza, and her father is trying really hard to get her evacuated into Egypt. There is a GoFundMe link in my bio where people have raised well over $48,000. I think It's like $52,000 right now to help get her and her family into Egypt. But what is really really important that we can do is please make videos, and please share and repost videos really raising awareness about the urgency of getting her into safety, her and her family to safety. I have tagged Al Jazeera English in this caption, but you can also tag them in your own videos that you make, in the comment section on Instagram etc. Please help raise awareness. [The background photo changes to show Lama holding a pink flower up to the camera.] Constant effort and pressure for a ceasefire can sometimes feel hopeless when our governments are not listening to us, but if there’s something we can do to help one, two, three children, let’s please do it. Please make a video and help raise awareness, and help put the pressure on to bring her and her family into safety. \End description]

if you are unable to donate financially to help palestine, you can donate your time by protesting, boycotting, and putting up posters!

if all you have is your device and internet access, you can put your clicks to good use on arab.org. they use the advertising revenue generated by your clicks to help good causes.

and i would urge those able to spare a few dollars to donate to one or more of the following organizations:

eSims for Gaza

Direct aid for Gaza

Care for Gaza

Women for Women International

Institute for Middle East Understanding

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Palestine Children Relief Fund

Muslim Aid USA

Direct Aid for Gaza

Palestinian American Medical Association

Urgent support for medical professionals in Gaza

Emergency Relief for Gaza

Anera

Taawon

Shayma and her family needs help relocating to safety outside of gaza. She’s only 25 and holding together two of her passed sister’s children who are mentally drained after the passing of their mother and their other sister.

If possible please donate to her GoFundMe and share, she’s the sweetest girl and deserves the world. Her Twitter is @dpechesmode.

gofundme.com

Help a Gazan family to relocate to safety, organized by Fardowsa Mohamed

Hello my name is Fardowsa and I am raising funds on behalf of my dear fri… Fardowsa Mohamed needs your support for Help a Gazan family to

If you want to help diabetics in Gaza, please donate or boost

Mutual Aid Diabetes

Help Diabetics in Gaza

Help diabetics escape . UN News/Ziad Taleb The UN reported, “Goods humanitarians are trying to bring into Gaza… ‘seem to be prohibited by th

hello there! i’ll be doing character doodles for donations (donations done after i post this) for gaza!

what will these doodles look like? the characters will be drawn from the shoulders up! the higher the donation, the more polish that doodle’s gonna get!

what do you need to do for a doodle? you could either:

donate e-sims to palestine (starting from sims priced 14+ usd). the post linked includes tutorials, relevant links, and discount codes you can find in the replies. instructions can be also found on https://gazaesims.com/ (you can donate another/more sims for an extra doodle or more polish, you decide)

donate 14+ usd to care for gaza. you can donate to them via paypal over here

or donate 14+ usd to palestine children's relief fund

afterward, take a screenshot that you’ve successfully donated to any of the ones mentioned above and send the proof of donation to u3pxx.contact@gmail.com as well as the name/reference pictures of the character you want me to doodle (ocs included!)

now, please note that my work is for personal use only, not for commercial use/profit/merch/ai training/nfts. you can use it on icons, headers, etc. but please credit me and do not crop/edit out my signature.

i'll end up being a lot busier in the following weeks so this will be available for a limited time (likely to be a week), i'll announce it here once i close this. thank you so much, free palestine!

Each refresh gives you a different campaign that needs fulfilling. If you are someone with disposable income, I implore you to make a donation, it makes all the difference. Many of the campaigns are requests for funds to cover the cost of evacuating the ongoing genocide.

Fuck I really hate to ask but would anyone be interested in emergency commissions?

48 hour turn around, will prioritize

One of the cats is spitting up blood and mucus and I might need to take her to the ER