<div><strong>Update June 2026</strong>
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<div>Yousef is very grateful to all the generous people that donated or helped spread the word about the campaign. Much more than the actual funds, Yousef appreciates even more the feeling of not being alone in these extremely challenging circumstances because of your support. He would like to give others this same hope, and therefore him and his friends have put together a local initiative to bring water and aid to families in need, the initiative is called <strong><em>FOR GAZA - Emergency Response</em></strong>. Any funds you donate will therefore go towards this humanitarian effort, led by Yousef and team! It will mean the world to them and to the recipients of the aid. 
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<div><strong>The back story</strong>
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<div>My name is Mohannad, and my father Nidal has been friends with Yousef's father Nabil for almost 40 years. They met in Amman, Jordan in the 1980s. In the 1990s, we moved to Canada and the Abu Meri's moved to Gaza. Despite living apart, Nidal and Nabil have kept in touch.
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<div>In the fall semester of 2023, Yousef was enrolled in university with the ambition like anyone his age to study, succeed and pursue his dreams. In the time since, his university was destroyed like everything else in the city he grew up in. Sadly, his only hope to complete his education is to seek a way to study abroad.
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<div><strong>A message from Yousef Abu Meri</strong>
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<div>Hi everyone,
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<div>My name is Yousef Abu Meri, and I am 20 years old. I live in Deir al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip. Before October 7th, my life was happy. I was a university student at the University College in Gaza, majoring in Mobile Application Design.
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<div>However, the war has drastically changed our lives. We are now living in dire conditions, facing severe shortages of water, food, and medicine. Despite these hardships, I am grateful to have been able to help my fellow citizens. Along with some friends, I have been distributing clean drinking water to displaced people in camps throughout the city. We also provide daily food parcels and ready-made meals to our displaced brothers and sisters, thanks to the generous support of some donors.
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<div>My goal with this campaign is to raise funds to travel, build a new life in peace, and continue my university education away from the devastation of war.
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<div>Thank you for reading my story. Please share it widely to help me achieve my dream of a safe and stable future.
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<div>سمي يوسف ابو ميري ابلغ من العمر ٢٠ سنة من سكان قطاع غزة في مدينة دير البلح قبل ٧ أكتوبر كانت لدي حياة سعيدة حيث كنت طالب جامعي
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<div>ادرس في الكلية الجامعية في مدينة غزة تخصص
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<div>(تصميم تطبيقات الموبايل).
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<div>وقد أتت الحرب وما زلنا نعيش في ظروف معيشية سيئة
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<div>حيث واجهنا أزمة في شتى امور المعيشة من إنقطاع
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<div>للماء والغذاء والدواء.
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<div>والحمد لله الذي وفقني انا وبعض من اصدقائي في
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<div>مساعدة أبناء شعبنا بتوفير المياه الصالحة للشرب عن طريق توزيعها في مخيمات النازحين في المدينة
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<div>كما وكنا ومازلنا نوفر لاخوتنا النازحين الطرود الغذائية والطعام الجاهز بشكل يومي . وذلك بدعم من بعض الاخوة المتبرعين جزاهم الله كل خير.
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<div>ان هدفي من هذه الحملة هو جمع بعض المال للسفر وبناء حياة جديدة والعيش بسلام بعيدا عن أذى الحروب واستكمال مسيرتنا الجامعية.
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<div><strong>Where the funds will go and how they will be used</strong>
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<li>cost of getting Yousef on his feet once evacuation becomes possible
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<li>enable Yousef to continue his post-secondary education, which was cut short due to the war
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<div>I am in direct contact with Yousef's father. The funds will first be deposited to a bank account I created in order to enable us to fundraise in CAD and make it easier for donors to support the campaign. As funds are received, I plan to send the money raised directly to Yousef in Gaza. I have already been able to transfer money to the family successfully.
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<div><em>Although these are extraordinary circumstances, it is still not easy to ask for financial assistance. Do not let this family down. Please donate and share today.</em>
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