Hello, my name is Mohammad and I'm fundraising for Mahmoud and his family in Gaza. Here is their message to you:

Help Mahmoud and His Four Children Survive in Gaza

My name is Mahmoud, and I am the father of four beautiful children: Layan, Siwar, Jabr, and Muayyad. Today I am appealing to you to help us survive, after we have lost almost everything we owned.

I never imagined the day would come when I would have to tell the world that I am unable to feed my children. I always hoped to be the father who protects his family, gives his children a safe home, and makes sure they never go to bed hungry. But today I am living a nightmare I cannot escape.

The war in Gaza has taken so much from me. I lost my beloved mother and my brother, two people whose absence has left a deep wound in my heart. I also lost my job, the source of income I relied on to take care of my family. As if losing my loved ones and my livelihood were not enough, our home burned down completely. We lost the place where we made our memories, where my children felt safe, and where I dreamed of raising them in peace.

Today, I stand before you as a father struggling to provide the most basic necessities for his four children.

I swear to you, we have nothing left to eat. There are days when I look at my children and feel helpless, because I cannot give them what they need. No father should ever have to watch his children go hungry and be unable to help them. That is why I am reaching out to you.

To everyone who takes the time to read my story: please know that your compassion gives hope to a struggling father at a time when he feels he has nowhere else to turn.

I have lost my mother, my brother, my job, and my home. I cannot bring back the people I love or recover everything the war has taken from us, but I am still fighting for my children. They are the reason I keep going, and I will do everything in my power to give them a chance to survive.

Please, help me feed my children. Help us find a glimmer of hope amid all this pain. Your help could be the difference between another day of hunger and a day when my children finally have enough to eat.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who stands by my family, and to everyone who does not leave us alone in the darkest moments of our lives.

With all my gratitude and hope,

Mahmoud and his children — Layan, Siwar, Jabr, and Muayyad ❤️