Help evacuate my family from the war zone in Gaza
Dear human beings from all over the world.
My name is Alaa, I am 20 years old, I live with my family (my mother, father, brother and three sisters) in Gaza/Palestine.
I lived in many wars in Gaza, during which we endured and were able to maintain our simple lives. but ...
Since 7/10/2023, my life and the life of my family have completely changed. Because the war on Gaza was very fierce, which forced us to leave our home on the third day of the war, and we were also forced to move from place to place 9 times. And every time we had to start our lives from scratch. Hunger and cold afflicted us, but the pain of hunger is nothing compared to the pain of loss and displacement. We now live in a place ( room) far from our home, and we cannot return to it (our building is nearly destroyed anyway, and it is not fit for living even if the war ends)
My mother is a children’s literature writer and loves writing about love, peace, and humanity. My brothers and I are talented and have hobbies that we can no longer practice (we are barely searching for survival). My family and I deserve a safe life, but getting there is very difficult, because leaving Gaza is very complicated and requires a lot of money, and more than three months of war and high prices have exhausted everything we have. We lost our schools, our universities (I finished two and a half years of university studies, and it was all in vain). We lost work, our relatives, our clothes, our books, our memories. Our lives are exposed to danger every minute. We escape death every day and do not expect to survive the next day.
My family:
Dad / Hisham, 55 years old Mam / Jihan , 46 years old Me/ Alaa, 20 years old My sisters/ (Dima 18 years old, Lina 16 years old, Heba 9 years old) And my brother : Fayez, 14 years old.
Why did we use this application?
We have lost everything we own because of the war, and the only way to reach a safe place is to travel through the Rafah crossing into Egypt Coordinating the exit to Egypt costs $7,000 per person. This amount changes from time to time. The family also needs some expenses for moving within Egypt and staying for some time there, in addition to food and drink expenses. After arriving in Egypt, my family will search for opportunities for asylum or immigration, or at least travel to Turkey, which will require travel tickets and the expected expenses for that. Help us survive, live in peace, return to school, leave Gaza, and get a new home. To make new memories. And return to a normal life, as any human being in the world deserves.
Could you please share this GoFundMe? Your support means a lot to my family. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
I lived in many wars in Gaza, during which we endured and were able to maintain our simple lives. but ...
Since 7/10/2023, my life and the life of my family have completely changed. Because the war on Gaza was very fierce, which forced us to leave our home on the third day of the war, and we were also forced to move from place to place 9 times. And every time we had to start our lives from scratch. Hunger and cold afflicted us, but the pain of hunger is nothing compared to the pain of loss and displacement. We now live in a place ( room) far from our home, and we cannot return to it (our building is nearly destroyed anyway, and it is not fit for living even if the war ends)
My mother is a children’s literature writer and loves writing about love, peace, and humanity. My brothers and I are talented and have hobbies that we can no longer practice (we are barely searching for survival). My family and I deserve a safe life, but getting there is very difficult, because leaving Gaza is very complicated and requires a lot of money, and more than three months of war and high prices have exhausted everything we have. We lost our schools, our universities (I finished two and a half years of university studies, and it was all in vain). We lost work, our relatives, our clothes, our books, our memories. Our lives are exposed to danger every minute. We escape death every day and do not expect to survive the next day.
My family:
Dad / Hisham, 55 years old Mam / Jihan , 46 years old Me/ Alaa, 20 years old My sisters/ (Dima 18 years old, Lina 16 years old, Heba 9 years old) And my brother : Fayez, 14 years old.
Why did we use this application?
We have lost everything we own because of the war, and the only way to reach a safe place is to travel through the Rafah crossing into Egypt Coordinating the exit to Egypt costs $7,000 per person. This amount changes from time to time. The family also needs some expenses for moving within Egypt and staying for some time there, in addition to food and drink expenses. After arriving in Egypt, my family will search for opportunities for asylum or immigration, or at least travel to Turkey, which will require travel tickets and the expected expenses for that. Help us survive, live in peace, return to school, leave Gaza, and get a new home. To make new memories. And return to a normal life, as any human being in the world deserves.
Could you please share this GoFundMe? Your support means a lot to my family. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Organizer
Alaa Abed Al Jawwad
Organizer
Antwerp, VLG