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<div>My name is Karin and I am a mom and nonprofit educator located in Colorado. For more than a year, I have been helping Awad with his GoFundMe account. At first, he was the organizer of the fundraiser and it showed I was the beneficiary, which was the opposite of the reality. Thanks to the helpful GoFundMe team, I am now showing up as the organizer with Awad as the beneficiary.
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<div>With your help, we were able to help Awad get through the study portion of medical school, the first 5 years. The program is a total of 7 years, however, and there are 2 more years of practicum: it's the internship portion of study and requires $12,000 in tuition and fees for those 2 years.
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<div>As of April 2025, I have put the first $6,000 on my credit cards and borrowed money from a friend, but we need to raise the next $6,000 as soon as possible, ideally by May 2025. I am looking at cashing in some retirement (if I can even do so) but it won't cover all of the $6,000 because of early withdrawal penalties and taxes (I will be taking a loss).
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<div>In addition, Awad requires around $500 per month for the next two years to help with rent, food, supplies for his internship, and other expenses. Myself and a couple of my friends help pay for about half of this per month, but I could use help with this as my debt payments are increasing.
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<div><em>Why don't his parents or other individuals pay for this? Why can't he get a job?</em> One answer for both: neither option is possible. You can read Awad's story and the updates I have posted to understand more about his situation. He is not able to be legally employed in Egypt and there are few jobs on the side, not to mention he is working 12-hour shifts in hospitals and clinics right now as he does his internship.
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<div>In January 2025, after Awad's graduation from the study portion of medical school, I was able to visit him in Egypt and know more about his situation (see updates). This is a legitimate fundraiser, I have receipts for all that has been sent to him so far, and I can verify anything you need to share the importance of helping Awad finish. He's a great person, and really could use help to have a future.
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<div><strong><em>Will you please join me in helping this young man find a foundation under his feet, when everything else has been taken from him?</em></strong>
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<div><strong>Here is Awad's story:</strong>
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<div>I am Awad, 24-year-old P----tinian young man from the G--- Strip [Eastern Mediterranean area; certain terms are flagged ~<em>K.B.</em>] residing in Egypt since 2018. I consider myself an ambitious person who dreams and dreams. I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters. After experiencing five w-rs that required military escalations, this difficult expansion contributed to refining my character. Despite the financial difficulties I have faced during my 17 years in G---, I have persevered and continued to achieve my educational goals.
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<div>I completed my secondary education, which qualified me to join the Zagazig University Faculty of Human Medicine, the faculty I dreamed of since my childhood, where everyone called me a family doctor. I traveled to Egypt and enrolled in a university specializing in Human Medicine, and I am now in the fifth year of my academic program [written in 2024 ~<em>K.B.</em>]. The past several years were extraordinarily difficult among the members of the university, and in these days of constantly seeing and experiencing the situation in G---, in light of... w-r and g---cide. So much of what we had has been destroyed -- our home and the neighborhood in which we grew up is gone and now there is no food nor water.
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<div>I have not been in contact with it for a long time, and the economic situation did not allow me to pay for the rest of my university expenses, as the average academic year is $6,000, and I have 3 years remaining (almost 1 year of school and 2 years of internship) and the living expenses that have been saved, as I now have no breadwinner and no financial support.
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<div>During the fierce w-r, my family moved between six different areas of danger. Now, they simply find themselves in southern G---, staying in shelters under non-functional conditions, especially with the harsh weather. [Update: They returned to the north in February, but conditions there now are even worse.] It is unfortunate that the direct attack by aircraft is counted as a number of times specified by a number of controls, and others are injured, and some of them go out to receive treatment in many countries, and we have lost everything we can of material, psychological and physical resources.
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<div>We lost our home and the warm embrace of our family. We lost memories and everything, <strong>but we have not lost hope.</strong> We will restore everything and we will continue the journey because we believe in our rights and our thoughts.
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<div>I hope with your help it will come true.
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<div>This will raise money to help stop my debts and give me stability in Egypt as the w-r stripped me of everything. I appreciate you all. I hope to thank you for your efforts. Thank you all.
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