Urgent Help Needed to Evacuate Family from Gaza

Jennifer Gana is organizing this fundraiser.

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Dear family, friends and kind supporters,

My name is Jennifer. I live in Louisville, KY. I am reaching out to you in a time of urgent need for my friend currently living through a genocide in Gaza. My friend Doaa Kasab, her husband and their four children are in desperate need to evacuate and then rebuild their life outside of Gaza. My aim is to raise an amount that will cover their fees to enter Egypt (5k per person), transportation costs, purchase clothes for themselves and their children, temporary accommodation once evacuated, settlement expenses until they find jobs and food expenses. A major problem they are currently facing is the cost of humanitarian aid in Gaza. Sometimes costing them $100/day to eat! Transportation to and from markets is another huge expense, ranging from $50-80, just ONE WAY! I've included photos of Doaa and her family, their life before and during the war. Any contribution you choose is greatly appreciated. All donations will be distributed to Doaa from me since her managing the fundraiser during this time is difficult. Doaa's bank account is with Bank of Palestine, I will transfer funds to her account directly from mine. Instead of me explaining their circumstances, I included a personal statement from Doaa below:

"Hello, my name is Doaa. I am from Khan Yunis, Gaza. I am a mother of four children and recently became displaced due to the war in my city. Before the war, I lived in a beautiful house with my husband and four sweet children. My husband and I had our own private business. We bought our own car after getting approved for a bank loan and my husband worked as a taxi driver here in Gaza. I miss living in our beautiful house and taking care of my family. We lived well and raised our dear children to love God and be good people. We were so happy living a calm life watching our children grow up safely.

On the night the war started, my children and I were visiting at my mother's house when suddenly her home was bombed. The house I was standing in with my four children was bombed. Two of my precious children were injured and I felt I lost everything seeing them hurt. In the days that followed our car got destroyed from the bombing and then our home.

All of the death and destruction around me has been so difficult to face especially while mothering my children. Each day things only get worse. Currently we are displaced from our home, living in a tent on the mediterranean sea in Gaza. It gets so cold at night and the food is scarce. There isn’t enough humanitarian aid being delivered so we are suffering greatly.

I never imagined I would be in a position where I would need to ask others for help, but unfortunately, I have nothing else in my hand at this time. We are unable to work and some of the aid that does enter Gaza is more money than we can afford. This fundraiser includes photos of my family and I. My close friend in the USA started this fundraiser since it’s difficult for me to manage with the events happening around me.

My goal amount reflects costs to cover rebuilding our lives once we are forced out of Gaza; we are still unsure of what the future holds. I thank you deeply for any contribution and truly wish you all well from the bottom of my heart. Love, Doaa and Family."