Help Saqer and his family of 12 find a safe shelter

Hello, my name is Saqr Abu Saqr, from the northern Gaza Strip. Sarah is helping to raise the money for my family. She is here from the United Kingdom, supporting me as a friend in need. He will spend the money on his family in Gaza and rebuilding their future as they lost everything. Please read his original story below

Please read this update about Saqer’s story so far:

Welcome, everyone

Firstly, I wanted to thank you for your much valuable support to us up to this moment. I appreciate every single donation made, by each kind person. It means a lot for my survival, I thank you from the bottom of my heart in Gaza. Thank you everyone as Saqer fund organiser I cannot thank you enough for each payment. It is helping partly to keep this family surviving, but they need continued support to reach the evacuation goal. Thank you so so much for your kind donations even small donations counted.

We have undertaken many initiatives thanks to your contribution with us. Thank you. Up to this moment, we are still continuing and we are still suffering in our lives. I value your past support in a genocide and hope you can help to support me in the near future to escape and evacuate from my homeland.

The occupation has completely destroyed the clothing store that I previously owned. This was our income , for my family. There is nothing left for us. Everything we had was destroyed brutally. We are suffering unimaginable countless huge losses especially our homes. We suffer every day from basic needs such as famine and Hunger due to the lack of availability of vegetables and fruits. The the price of what is available is very, very high, too expensive for a war torn country. We are suffering here, as there is no flour or any carbohydrates. Our bodies are starving and we are feeling weak and weaker by the day due to the lack of nutrition and little medication. Tent conditions are also very difficult we are not used to living this badly. We suffer from cold and rain this winter and feel ill often from these poor living conditions.

We feel like progress is regressing, we are back like the beginning of the war. Flour is scarce and what is available is all worms, weevils, and insects. Is this life? It is disgusting to force ourselves to eat this. We stand in line for water every day for hours yet we have no stamina to stand and losing energy day by day. We can no longer bear it, it like no suffering every experienced before in our former lives pre war. There is suffering and queues for all services. We get food and drink in limited portions and only when we are so hungry and so thirsty. We are tired of using fire and cooking on it like the old ages. It is terrible.

They help us provide our needs in very basic ways. However, at times we are waiting long for even limited food and water. Water is the source of life yet we do not have enough water that belongs to my country. It is dire circumstances. Also we have limited internet, no basic soap, towel, nappies for the children in my family and toiletries are very limited. No bathrooms either. Please try to imagine yourself in this genocide, hearing warplanes. Your mind cannot even take you what we are experiencing relentlessly. I am young, needs are not met sufficiently and life is constantly in threat. We are living in constant fear, terror and immense trauma. We are deprived of every single aspect of life. Please help us to survive and escape this genocide as it is hell on earth to witness so much death. With your help it may give us the determination to survive and evacuate. We have only your donations to depend on.

Please read on my original story:

Before the 7th of October, my brother and I were working in a small shop selling fabrics and working in the field of wood arts. We had a small shop next to the house, and my brother and I were supporting 12 people. My father was unemployed, so my brother and I were hurt. We work over and over again on a daily basis for 14 hours a day to support our family. On October 7, 2023, my city was exposed to the war on Gaza, as our area was being bombed randomly. My family and I were forced to flee, leaving our dreams and ambitions behind us and leaving everything we owned. I left my source of livelihood. After several days, news came of the bombing of my family and the bombing of my small shop, which was our only source of livelihood. We are now without money and without food. We do not have anything to eat and we do not have any of the necessities of life. I am here to ask you for your help in evacuating my family and to help them. Sarah, I will deliver the money via Western Union and via a bank account or MiniGram.