Hello, my name is Tia, living on the unceded lands of the Lekwungen people on Vancouver Island, Canada. I stand as a messenger for a resourceful young woman in Gaza, Ranim, who lives with her family in a tent on a thin stretch of beach between the water and a road, struggling daily to get enough food and water to survive. All the money will go directly to Ranim and her family.

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I am Ranim from Gaza, I am 18 years old, displaced in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis after the occupation forced us to leave our homes. We left without taking anything with us, neither food nor clothes. My dream was to study medicine abroad, but the war came and took away all our dreams and ambitions.

Here in Gaza, every day we lose people we love, our relatives, and members of our families. Every day we wake up to a loss. This war has exhausted us greatly in every way. It has exhausted our health, our psychology, our bodies, our jealousy, and has taken away everything and everything precious from us.

Here in Gaza, the occupation practices a policy of starvation, killing and deprivation against us. We deserve to live in safety like any other person.

My family consists of 8 people and I have 4 younger brothers. I want you to support me and donate to me so that I can provide everything I need from food, water and clothes for me and my family. Here we live in very difficult circumstances and everything is expensive and we do not have enough money to buy.

Help your sister Ranim, her family, and the families in the camp where she lives.

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One of Ranim's goals is to bring a truck full of water into the community, which will cost more than $1000 for one truck. Water is scarce and accessing clean water is a daily challenge.

Thank you for your support and generosity.