Help a med student & his family evacuate to safety

Hello, everyone, and thank you for reading my story. I am Mohammed Shamia, a fourth year student of laboratory medicine. I’m part of a 4 person family hoping to relocate to safety as soon as possible. Before the war, we lived happily in the comfort of our house in Sheikh Radwan in the north, devoting our lives to education and work.  

Shortly after the war started, our house was bombed, and we've since been displaced more than three times and lost all of our money. The seven of us now share a tent in Rafah. Our only hope of restoring some semblance of normal life is to evacuate. For over 150 days, we've lacked basic necessities. Among other things, we lack access to clean water, medicine, healthcare, and gas for cooking. Our evacuation is particularly urgent because my father can't access the treatment he needs his high blood pressure and heart disease. As I write you, the Israeli army's planned invasion of Rafah grows ever closer. We have lost everything we'd worked so hard to earn and build, and now have no place to go. ‏Your support and solidarity will give us a fighting chance of surviving and building our lives anew.

Your donations will pay the $5,000 evacuation fee for the following individuals:

- My father 

- My mother

- My sister and her husband

- Me

The remainder will help us settle in Cairo and rebuild our lives.