Help Motaz Rebuild His Work & Income to Survive War

I’m Ahmed, writing from the U.S. I started this campaign to support my friend Motaz in Gaza.

He lost everything in the war — his home, small business & career as an architect... Now he’s displaced with his wife & baby, with no shelter, no income & surrounded by hunger & illness.

Please take a moment to read his story below & help give him a chance to rebuild his life.

I am Motaz… and this is the dream I lost:

I graduated as an architect in 2015, ranking first in my class. I started my career as a university teaching assistant for two years before becoming a lecturer at the University College of Applied Sciences in 2017. But when the war came in 2023, I lost my job as the college was completely destroyed.

Alongside teaching, I worked in several architectural firms until I decided to start my own business in 2018. I established my own architecture office and the “Aaj Furniture & Interior Design” workshop, where I delivered high-quality designs. Through hard work, the business flourished and gained a strong reputation. But in a single moment, the war destroyed my office, my workshop, and the years of effort I had poured into building them.

“The war didn’t just take my job … it took my entire life”

In 2022, I invested all my savings to build my home, dreaming of a stable life with my wife and daughter. But just a year later, my home was reduced to rubble, and our lives turned into an endless cycle of displacement, without shelter, security, or income.

During the war, I tried to start over. I ran a small food stall, but with skyrocketing prices, I couldn’t keep up. I lost everything again, and the burden of survival only grew heavier.

“I am not asking for the impossible, just a chance to rebuild my life”

I need your support to provide my family with a dignified life, far from this devastation. Every donation, no matter how small, is a step toward standing on my feet again.

Since the beginning of the war, my family and I have faced unimaginable hardships due to financial struggles and lack of income. Our once-comfortable life turned into a nightmare. We were forced to leave our home in northern Gaza for over a year without taking our belongings. Eventually, it was completely destroyed, leaving us scattered with nothing…

Because of the war, I lost everything, my home, my job, my sense of security, and even my health, as I lost a significant amount of weight due to starvation and illness.

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Ahmad Aledawi: I seek to support my friend Motaz from Gaza. I send donations directly & promptly to help him secure essentials like food, clean water & diapers for his baby… and to take a first step toward rebuilding his life and small business.