<div>A distress call from grieving hearts: Together we face the harshness of life.
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<div>To those with compassionate hearts and generous hands,
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<div>We, sisters Alaa and Manal, come to you today with hearts filled with both pain and hope. The harsh winds of war have swept us away, and we lost our father and our lifelong support, our husbands, leaving behind children whose only fault was that they were born in a time when security was scarce.
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<div>I, Alaa, am a mother of two young children, a four-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy. Every day, I wonder how I will provide them with a living and the necessities of a decent life. As for my sister, Manal, she has three children: an eleven-year-old boy, a three-year-old boy, and an eight-year-old girl. Her suffering is compounded by a neck injury that is pressing on her spinal nerve, threatening her with quadriplegia. This makes caring for her three children an unbearable challenge.  Our tragedies did not stop there. Our sick mother, who suffers from pulmonary fibrosis, lives with us and suffers in silence. We have all lost our homes, which were destroyed by the war, and we have experienced the bitterness of displacement and displacement dozens of times. We lived in tents, experienced the harshness of homelessness, and today, we have no stable source of income to help us cope with the burdens of life and meet the needs of our children and our sick mother.
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<div>We have exhausted all our energy and our resources. We search for a glimmer of hope, for a hand to reach out to us and lift this heavy burden. Today, we appeal to you with broken hearts but with dignity that refuses to be broken, to extend a helping hand. Every contribution, no matter how small, will make a huge difference in our lives.
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<div>Your donations will help us:
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<div>* Provide a safe shelter for our children and our mother.
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<div>* Cover the medical expenses of Manal and my mother.
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<div>* Provide food and clothing for our five children.
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<div> * Finding a steady source of income helps us live with dignity.
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<div>We believe that there are hearts in this world that carry goodness, and that your humanity will be our support. May God reward you for all you do.
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<div>With deep thanks and appreciation,
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<div>Alaa, Manal, their children, and their mother.
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Fatima Rafiq

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