Help my family and children from death and hunger in Gaza

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Alaa Mohammed and Wajdi Shaat are organizing this fundraiser on behalf of asmaa moh.

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Hello, I'm Alaa Mohammad Baroud, living in Gaza with my small family – my husband , my 4-year-old son Fadi, and my 2-year-old daughter Celine. Over the past five months, my family has endured immense suffering and displacement due to the ongoing war in Gaza.

We fled our home at the beginning of the conflict leaving everything behind We faced multiple displacements moving from the north to the south of Gaza more than eight times. Our house was destroyed and burned down by the occupation forces. My husband, a business administration graduate working for a major company in Gaza, lost his job leaving us without income.

Now, we find ourselves homeless, living in the streets due to random shelling and conflicts. We miraculously survived multiple life-threatening situations, including the bombing of our displaced shelter. My family suffered from a lack of food, clean water, and access to medical care. Both my children, Fadi and Celine, had to be taken to the hospital multiple times.

After months of appeals from Canadians with extended family members in the war zone the Canadian Minister of Immigration, Marco Mendicino announced a new temporary visa program for people in Gaza with Canadian relatives. Miller described the situation in Gaza as "unlivable."

Moreover, the Canadian government will not provide any financial assistance to evacuated individuals or their families in Canada. This means that my family will have to cover all travel expenses, including settling in Canada, on our own.

Estimated travel expenses include:

1. Evacuation/Coordination fees in Egypt: $15,000 CAD (considering current evacuation fees and coordination expenses at the Egyptian borders, costing $5,000 per person).

2. GoFundMe fees: Approximately $1,107 CAD (around 2.9% + $0.30 per donation, covering platform fees).

3. Settlement expenses: $15,300 CAD (for the first two months until finding employment), covering rent, furniture, clothing, healthcare, living expenses, and plane tickets for four people from Cairo to Canada.

4.A total of $5,000 USD is estimated to cover the basic needs for my family in Egypt for four months until evacuation to Canada.

5.The cost of renovating our completely destroyed and burned-out house is $10,000

Please help us reach our goal of $46,400 to assist in evacuating my family to Canada. Your financial support, no matter how small, means the world and brings us one step closer to securing the safety of my family amid the ongoing bombardments.

Pictures of our destroyed house in Gaza