Help Gaza family find safety in Serbia

Our friend Ali, a doctor from Gaza who has lived and worked in Serbia for a decade, has recently been able to bring 13 of his family members from Gaza to Belgrade. The group includes five children aged 2 to 10, their parents, and Ali’s own parents, aged 70 and 73.

We are delighted that Ali has been able to save his family from Israel's brutal war on Gaza, and bring them to a place of peace and safety. There have been a number of costs to achieve this miracle, which we would like to cover to give the family a stable, easy start to their new life in Europe.

**UPDATE** after just four days, we're close to reaching our initial goal - so we've updated our funding target! All the funds will go directly to Ali's family as they start their new life here in Serbia. Please keep giving and sharing - we couldn't be more thankful!

In particular, we would like to raise:

Rescuing the family from Gaza and bringing them to Europe was an extremely challenging and gruelling process for everyone involved, especially the children.

Ali says: “Even those people who survive the bombing in Gaza will die from disease and hunger. There is no food. Israel targeted my parents’ house, and we lost contact with the whole family for many hours: I didn’t have even one per cent hope they were alive. After, they were dug out of the rubble. I asked to speak to each one of them, just to hear their voices.

"Even after that, my relatives had to change their location more than fifteen times. Every time they went somewhere new, the tanks got close or there was carpet bombing. The final Doctors Without Borders shelter where my parents were staying in the south was hit by a shell, forcing them to leave once again. My parents already suffer from multiple health conditions including a stroke, cardiovascular issues and diabetes.

“I hope my family can now rebuild a new life in Serbia. they are still suffering from flashbacks, which come at night and prevent them from sleeping. They are not sure how they’re going to build a new life from zero, find work, and learn a new language: but now the important thing is that they can settle here, rest, and forget what they saw.”

The family were finally able to leave Gaza in two groups, though some relatives were denied exit and remain in the war-zone, separating parents from their children. The final group left Gaza on day 100 of Israel’s invasion, which has killed over 24,000 people including over 10,000 children to date.

You can read more about the family's experiences in Gaza in this article for Balkan Insight. Thank you for your support.

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Dragi prijatelji,

Pokrenuli smo ovu inicijativu kao akciju solidarnosti kako bismo pomogli našim prijateljima iz Gaze, našim herojima, da spasu svoju porodicu.

Naš prijatelj Ali, lekar iz Gaze koji deceniju živi i radi u Srbiji, nedavno je u Beograd uspeo da dovede 13 članova svoje porodice iz Gaze. U grupi je petoro dece uzrasta od 2 do 10 godina, njihovi roditelji i Alijevi roditelji, od 70 i 73 godine.

Oduševljeni smo što je Ali uspeo da spase svoju porodicu od izraelskog brutalnog rata u Gazi i slrovede je na mirno i bezbedno mesto. Bilo je nekoliko troškova da se postigne ovo čudo, koje bismo želeli da pokrijemo kako bismo porodici omogućili stabilan i lak početak njihovog novog života u Evropi.

Posebno želimo da istaknemo:

2400 € za putovanje koje uključuje 12 puta avionske karte od Kaira do Beograda po 200 € (2070 funti)

€1200 za izdržavanje porodice sa početnim troškovima iznajmljivanja (1080 funti)

200 evra za školski pribor za decu (175 funti)

200 evra za toplu odeću (175 funti)

Ako budemo u mogućnosti da nadmašimo svoj cilj od 4000 evra (3500 funti), doniraćemo višak sredstava za podršku humanitarnim naporima u Gazi.

Spasavanje porodice iz Gaze i njihovo dovođenje u Evropu bio je izuzetno izazovan i naporan proces za sve uključene, posebno za decu.

Ali kaže: „Čak i oni ljudi koji prežive bombardovanje u Gazi će umreti od bolesti i gladi. Nema hrane. Izrael je gađao kuću mojih roditelja i izgubili smo kontakt sa celom porodicom na mnogo sati: nisam imao ni jedan posto nade da su živi. Posle su iskopani iz ruševina. Tražio sam da razgovaram sa svakim od njih, samo da čujem njihove glasove."

Vaša pomoć bi bila više nego cenjena. Svaka osoba je važna!

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