Osama’s sponsor: Hello my name is Lou Mace I am a musician, mutual aid organizer and music therapist in Boston, MA. I have been in contact with Osama who is in Rafah for about a year now and the horror, terror and devastation that him and his family go through on a daily basis deserves to be heard and helped. Anything you can give helps. I have verified his account multiple times through video messages as have other mutual aid orgs. Please help him. Here is a portion of Osama’s story:

I am Osama from Gaza. My story is like the story of any human being with a life, dreams and ambitions. We were living a happy life full of security and warmth. Suddenly we woke up to a hideous war, a nightmare that took our most precious possessions. He took our house, which we worked hard and struggled to build. He took from us our work, which is the reason for our livelihood. He took my mother, my most precious possessions. He took my wife, the mother of my children. My mother went and left my brothers, my trust, and my wife went and left my two children when she was 5 years old. Her eye was injured by shrapnel from the occupation, and my child, Adam, He is one year and 3 months old. My child was born in the war. He woke up to an unknown, painful future. He woke up to suffering. He has no milk or pampers. I cannot provide him with his most basic basics. Because of the war, due to lack of money, we have no work. We are now suffering from high prices and high costs of living. We live in a tent in the extreme cold that makes us feel cold. In the summer, we feel very hot and suffer from insects. I hope for your support and assistance to me. I wanted to create this campaign so that I can overcome hunger. This campaign is so that I can overcome hunger in war so that we can provide some of our basics. I hope you will not let me down and help us by donating to my link. We love you very much.