Help my Family in Gaza
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My name is Abdalrahman, or Abed for short. I am a Palestinian from Gaza, currently living and working in Spain. I was one of the luckiest Palestinians, who managed to leave Gaza 8 years ago, to start my life in Europe. However, my family didn't leave with me back then, and continued their life in Gaza.
The 10 members of my direct family: my mother, two sisters, my brother, and their families, including children aged 9 months to 11 years old stayed behind. Like any other Palestinian family in Gaza, they are suffering from very harsh living conditions. Their houses were all bombed (see example in the photo sent by my cousin), with most of their belongings. Now, they are struggling every day to afford, or even find, food, water and other basic necessities.
On top of this, prices have increased 5x than the average. What used to cost 2 euros before the war, costs 10 euros now.
It took my parents decades of work to build our house and our family, and although my direct family has survived, alhamdulillah, they have lost everything else in the span of a week. I want to help my family however I can, to rebuild their life again.
Your fund will be used for one of two plans.
Plan A: is to get them to travel from Gaza to Egypt and then from Egypt to Spain.
This plan will accomplish the following:
- Cover the expensive costs of safe passage into Egypt. This will include the coordination fees at Egypt crossing border, which currently cost up to 7-8k USD per person.
- Set up the family with a temporary place to stay in Egypt for a few months, which will include their daily expenses and accommodation fees.
- Working on family reunion visas to bring the family to Spain. This will include visa fees, tickets, accommodation in Spain for the first 6-12 months until they get settled with jobs.
Plan B: In case I don't manage to bring all of the family outside of Gaza, due to the complications of travel outside the strip, this fund will be used to rebuild their houses again after the war.
While I am able to cover part of this, I humbly ask for your contributions to support my family in this desperate time of need.
Thank you,
Abed
Organizer
Abdalrahman Alfarra
Organizer
Barcelona
