My name is Banias Harb, and I am a mother to my 3-year-old daughter, Silwan.

We live in Gaza, where life has been a daily struggle for survival for more than 700 days of genocide.

We have been displaced many times and even spent a full year living in a tent. I lost my job as an English language teacher since schools have been closed from the very beginning of the war. Like many families here, we are living in starvation.

Silwan, at only 3 years old, has been deprived of the simple things every child in the world deserves: healthy food, a safe home, toys, and a nursery. I try every day to protect her childhood and create small happy memories so she does not feel only the pain of war. Sometimes, when we pack our bags to leave, she thinks of them as “travel bags,” full of excitement, not realizing they are bags of displacement.

My husband, Silwan’s father, is our first supporter and source of strength. He still works, but his salary has become almost worthless. Prices here are unimaginably high, and everything is beyond reach. Daily survival requires things we once took for granted—renting a small shelter, buying firewood to cook, paying for scarce transportation, or even securing clean water. His income cannot cover these basic needs anymore, no matter how hard he tries.

Recently, some goods were allowed into Gaza, but they are mostly luxury snacks and chocolates, not the nutritious food that children need. Even then, prices are impossibly high, and after two years of surviving this war, we have nothing left.

Now, the Israeli army has ordered the entire population of North Gaza to evacuate to the south, as a new ground operation has already begun in Gaza City. But leaving is nearly impossible. Transportation is scarce because there is no fuel, and the cost to travel south reaches 6,000 NIS. A tent to live in costs 5,000 NIS, while renting a small space for the tent or an apartment costs around 7,000 NIS per month. Even building the most basic bathroom for survival costs about 4,000 NIS.

Every step toward safety breaks us financially.

After 700 days of genocide, we have lost everything.

This campaign is not only for me and Silwan but for our whole small family—to help us survive, find safety, and relieve some of the unbearable burdens.

I am asking for your help to give Silwan a chance at life. She is so young, and she deserves better than this. Your support will go toward securing shelter, food, clean water, and the most basic needs for us to survive.

Your kindness could be the reason my daughter survives this war.

Please, help us find safety.

For the sake of Silwan. For the sake of our family