Help my family to escape from war and start a new life
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Hello.. We are Yasmine Nayef , Muhannad Rajab, and toddler Selena from Gaza. We are 29,30 and 2 years old respectively.Today, after more than half a year of war and displacement more than three times, and after losing any hope of ending the war, we decided to create a Go Fund Me account to help us leave Gaza and provide a normal and safe life for us and for our daughter Selena. ....
My husband is a pharmacist and I am an architect.
We both had a work and had many dreams and ambitions,like any small family at the beginning of its life.
But unfortunately everything changed after October 7th (war on gaza).
We lost our home, the pharmacy that belonged to my husband, and even the company I used to work for , and we no longer have any source of income.
We have lost beloved family members and friends , we lost our memories, our homes, and we even lost our lovely cats who lived with us for many years and became part of our small family (Selena still doesn’t know that they are dead)
We left our house to escape from the bombing and death, but the whole city was destroyed .
Although in Gaza we didn't have an easy luxurious life ,but we have never lived in such horrible and unbearable conditions.
We currently live with other five families in a small rented lodge in the south west of Rafah which only has one bathroom. There is a huge shortage in all essentials of life.
Like all Gazans ,we suffer a huge shortage of clean water to drink and to use in our basic needs. So we try to ration our consumption all the time , minimise cleaning and even find ourselves obliged to reuse the same water many times ,which puts our health at a risk of contagious diseases.But unfortunately we don't have any other option.
For eating we basically depend on the aids that we get which are mostly canned food . And If we manage to find something to cook ,we have to burn wood and to cook on fire as cooking gas is scarce.
All these conditions are hugely affecting our health especially our daughter and all other children.
Another struggle in our day is having to live with no electricity which means no appliances and no lights.So we have to wash our clothes manually everyday and stay many hours in darkness.Thankfully,we managed to get a small solar panel which can lighten a bulb for only a couple of hours at night and can barely charge our phones ,so at least we can communicate with the world.
Not to mention the constant fear while we live under continuous bombing and air strikes which take innocent people's lives everyday and feeling in every minute we maybe next .
However,we still have hope to recover our normal lives and protect our daughter from living in such inhumane conditions. That is why we created this account to tell our story and humbly ask for your support to help us evacuate to Egypt through Rafah port ,as the costs are massive and beyond our ability.The only possible way right now is through a private travel company ,"Ya Hala" , which charges 5000 $ per adult and 2500 $ for each child.
Therefore we tried to estimate the minimum cost of the evacuation of our small family and living cost for 6 months till we hopefully can stand on our feets .The costs are as follows:
_ 12500 $ : YaHala evacuation fees for all three of us.
_ 1000$ : Ya Hala stamps and transportation to Egypt.
_ 3000 $ to rent an accomodation for 6 months .
_6000 $ living expenses for 6 months
_ 700 $ GoFundme fees (2.9 %)
As banks in Gaza are now restricted ,my sister Hadil living in the UK has opened a Monzo account specifically for this purpose and all funds will go directly to that account.She will then pay for our evacuation and transfer remaining funds to us once we arrive Egypt.
With your support, we will be able to restart a new stable life away from wars and death,protect our daughter and give her the opportunity to live a normal life and a better future. Your help will also enable us to support our big family that we may leave in Gaza .
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help us ❤️Every small contribution is much appreciated.
Organizer
Yasmin Nayef
Organizer
England