Support the Rozan Family's Gaza Evacuation

Help Our Gaza Evacuation Efforts: Donate to Our Rozan Family

My name is Rozan Elsawalhi. I’m from Gaza city, Palestine, We feeling helpless endures the hardships of the ongoing war in Gaza. Beloved friends, family, and kind-hearted supporters, I am reaching out to you with great urgency and desperation. The situation has grown increasingly urgent, and I'm reaching out for your help to raise funds for the emergency evacuation of all my family, consisting of 6 members, including my four precious daughters, Tala, Hala, Leen, and Wafa, Along with my husband, trying to survive in the midst of unimaginable hardship.

Living without basic amenities like bathrooms only adds to our anguish, Our lives took a tragic turn on that fateful day, October 10, 2023, when our entire home and neighborhood in the Al-Karama district were ravaged by bombs.

Since then, we've been displaced three times, fleeing from one place to another, until finding refuge in Rafah city, on the Egyptian border.

Our days are plagued with the relentless struggle for clean food and water.

Too often, we're left with no choice but to consume contaminated sustenance

The scarcity of clean water compounds our misery, forcing us to drink from polluted sources.

Due to the already bad situation in Gaza, my husband has become unemployed.

On top of the terrifying war, my family have been repeatedly getting sick for the past two months with no access to medical treatment.

The lack of food, water, and basic supplies only worsens their conditions. Gaza was also describing "unlivable, "With Israel announcing a ground entry into Rafah, my family lacks a safe refuge and must evacuate the Gaza strip. This situation underscores the urgent need for our intervention.

This is a direct quote from my daughter "Tala" describing what we are going through:

"We were a family living in a very beautiful and warm home. Just two days before the war, my father returned from a trip abroad for work, and our family welcomed his return with joy and happiness. On Thursday, October 6, 2023, we were celebrating my father's safe return at our home, and we were also celebrating my sister Hala ninth birthday. We had other relatives and family members with us, and the evening was filled with happiness and laughter. But the next day, life took a tragic turn, and our joy turned into tragedy. We have witnessed five wars, but we have never witnessed anything as cruel as this. We couldn't close our eyes for a whole week from Intense fear and crying. On that fateful day, at four o'clock in the morning, we fled fearing for our lives, leaving everything behind, carrying only our lives, even our clothes and personal belongings, and our little toys, we couldn't carry them due to extreme fear.

Photos from the birthday party:

We moved to the center of Gaza Strip, where Israel claimed it was a safe area. After two weeks, we were forced to flee to Al-Zawayda town for the second time. Death is chasing us all, we lived this nightmare again on a red night, after the house was bombed. It was the night before the military tanks entered the area. This time we were evacuated to the south of Gaza Strip, to Rafah.

I am Tala Al-Sawalhi and this is my family. We don't want to die and be buried in mass graves without anyone knowing where we are. Help me and my family leave Gaza so we can continue our lives as ordinary souls, not haunted by death every minute."

With your support and generosity, we aim to raise a target amount of $38000 allocated for the following purposes:

Permits and crossing fees required to leave Gaza at the Egypt-Gaza border in Rafah ($8,000 for an adult and $3,500 for a child).

Your generous donation is needed to complete the process.

- Residence in Cairo until the end of the war.

- Covering GoFundMe transaction fees, which amount to (2.9% + $0.30 per donation).

Your support, whether big or small, will make a significant difference in ensuring the safety of our loved ones. We are grateful for your compassion and generosity during this challenging time. Please share this with friends and colleagues and let's bring my family to safety.

My family is just one among thousands facing similar crises and in need of assistance. Any surplus funds beyond my family needs will be directed towards aiding others in escaping Gaza to safety.

"A quote from my husband Ashraf speaking about what we are going through."

We live in constant fear, haunted by the specter of threats and bombardments.

Darkness has engulfed our lives for over four agonizing months.

We've lost everything — our home reduced to rubble, my job obliterated, our sources of income gone.

Now, all we cling to is the fragile thread of hope, hoping against hope to survive another day.

We implore you, our fellow human beings, to heed our desperate plea.

With heavy hearts, we beseech you to help us secure safe passage through the Rafah crossing.

We share with you images of our shattered home, a testament to the devastation we've endured.

Greetings to you, Ashraf and Rozan family

With Gratitude,

Rozan M Elsawalhi