This is an ongoing campaign - the people of Gaza need continued support as we are their source of livelihood.

Hi everyone,

My name is Austin and I am the founding member and President of a nonprofit organization called Operation Realife. We have been delivering humanitarian aid on the ground in Gaza since January of 2025.

In May of 2024 I started connecting with individuals in the Gaza Strip and helped amplify their stories through social media. After connecting with many people in Gaza and amplifying individual campaigns, I knew that I had to broaden my efforts to help as many people as I could. From that, Operation Realife was founded and we started providing assistance in Gaza in early January of 2025.

Since our start, we've delivered over 15,000 meal packages to Palestinians, delivered 1.26 million liters of water in Gaza, and provided cash assistance to 100 severely injured and chronically ill Palestinians.

All of this has been made possible thanks to the contributions that have been made across all of our different fundraising platforms.

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The people of Gaza need continued support, and this campaign was originally created for a food strike in May of this year to help get food directly to Palestinians amidst the ongoing famine. We were able to raise a little over $30,000 and met the goal of this campaign, but we just upped our goal in hopes of raising another $30,000 to help support Gazans.

How your donations will be used:

Food - Food remains inaccessible to many people as it is being sold in markets at extremely high costs. Commission fee's have fluctuated from 30% to 50% depending on the circumstances on the ground. This means that Palestinians lose anywhere between one third to half of their money before they even have a chance to spend it. In an economy where both food and cash are extremely scarce, there are many obstacles that Palestinians face in just simply trying to survive. Operation Realife cooks items locally through food kitchens, distributes vegetable parcels, and other goods. We rely on our network of teams on the ground to help us identify and meet the needs of especially vulnerable communities.

Water - Operation Realife relies on the little water infrastructure that remains in Gaza and we truck water from these points into communities all across the Gaza Strip. Fuel in Gaza is costly, but the lives saved by bringing water directly to Palestinians is priceless.

Our efforts are about alleviating the suffering of Palestinians. Right now, we are focused on providing dignity, stability, and helping people stay alive through the blockades, the hardships, and restrictions they are enduring.