Help Mahmoud’s family evacuate to Egypt from Gaza

Dear compassionate community

I am Mahmoud Omar, 37 years old, a graphic designer and video editor, father of two children, Amal is 6 years old, just started her first year of school and Salam is 4 years old.

I used to work as a freelancer graphic designer in my beloved city of Gaza, Palestine with my beautiful family.

We had a fairly stable life in our comfortable house in the besieged Gaza Strip, despite the lack of resources and opportunities, until the day of October 7th, when Israeli bombardment began falling on us, in which we found ourselves leaving our house stripped of everything except our clothes. We lost almost everything, and had to move to Rafah, next to Egypt borders, without a proper shelter or any of life's essentials.

I currently live in a small tent with my family, my mother-in-law and my disabled father-in-law who recently suffered from a stroke that prevents him from moving, and we use a wheelchair to move him from one place to another.

My little daughter, Salam, suffers from eye problems, and I cannot provide her appropriate treatment due to the shutdown of the health system in Gaza. My eldest daughter, Amal suffers from a constant fear and now refuses to go to the bathroom alone unless her father &/or mother with her to ensure her rescue if our tent is bombed. As for my health condition, I have been suffering from stomach problems for a while due to the lack of clean drinking water and appropriate healthy food, which causes a sever pain that prevents me from even sleeping. However, there are no pharmacies here that provide the required treatment for stomach diseases.

Today, after almost 6 months, I have lost almost everything I own: my home, my job, my friends, and dozens of relatives and family members. I find myself mentally and physically exhausted, unable to provide the simplest necessities of life to my dependents, forcing me to seek help to get out of this nightmare with minimal losses.

Your support will be used for the following:

- My family’s eviction fees: 25,000 US dollars as follows:

$5,000 for me.

$5,000 for my wife.

$2,500 for my eldest daughter.

$2,500 for my little girl.

$5,000 for my mother-in-law.

$5,000 for my father-in-law.

- GoFundMe + Transaction Fee: $500

- Housing + basic needs after evacuation to Egypt: $5,000

Total required amount:

30,500 USD

Thank you!