Give Duaa's Family a Chance at New Life
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Hello my name is Xeo. I want you to read my friend Duaa's story below. I am a New Yorker who just wants to do the right thing by helping my friends and their families evacuate war zones. I am setting up this fundraiser to help Duaa and her family. Duaa was a university student before the war and genocide in Gaza. From our conversations I always sense how brilliant of a young woman she is. I want her to live to see the world and the world should want to see how she will change it. Pray for her and her family.
A letter from Duaa.
Hello, my name is Duaa. I live with my small family in a city called Gaza in Palestine. I am 21 years old. I studied hard and graduated from high school with an excellent GPA. I enrolled in Al-Aqsa University in Gaza, studying chemistry, and I am now in my final year at university. I was planning my graduation party to celebrate with my beautiful family. We are a family of six people: my father Tareq 75 year's old who works as a mechanic, my lovely mother Fatima 47 and my three brothers Abdullah 20, Ibrahim 17, and Maslah 13 years old We are a small, passionate family with many dreams to achieve. We all work hard and study a lot, and we have many dreams to fulfill. I have a beautiful cat named FLuna; she's wonderful. We all live together in one house, which was warm and cozy. I used to consider my life very beautiful, but after October seventh, my life turned upside down. The war on Gaza began, and with it, all my dreams and aspirations were shattered. My university was bombed, and my brothers' schools were all targeted. I lost my friends and classmates, Ola, and we were forced to flee from one place to another. During that time, I lost my beautiful cat, and life became much more difficult for us. My father doesn't work like before. I lost my passion and love for life. Please help me so that I can rebuild my life again in another place that is safer and warmer.
All donations will be used to help Duaa's family evacuate safely to Egypt and to cover any other travel and/or living expenses. Duaa has a trusted family and friend living in Jordan that we will coordinate funds transfer with. Many families in Gaza do NOT have any outside relatives and must rely on their friends in foreign countries to even set up a digital fundraiser. There is no time left for Gaza. People are dying by the hour. Please help this family have another chance at life.
Fundraising team (3)
Xeo Velasquez
Organizer
New York, NY
Ashraf Al Dmeiry
Team member
Tana Campbell
Team member