Rebuild Hope for Siblings Jenin and Ayoub in Gaza

I am starting this campaign for a friend's siblings in Gaza. A heartbreaking story of shattered dreams. Help these resilient siblings come out of this war strong and help them start over. I leave you with words from Jenin, my friend’s sister telling you her story.

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My name is Jenin and I am 21 years old, and my brother Ayoub is 20.

We were supposed to be at our university now, but the Israeli war on Gaza shattered our dreams. Our university buildings were bombed, and we were displaced from our home, displaced many times from where we were born. We had never thought of leaving, but it is the war, the genocide that is currently taking place and our attempts to survive on our own that forced us to do so.

We have lived through many wars and tragic rounds of escalation that almost brought us to the point of despair in this life, but we've never been through anything like this before. We believe that we deserve to live a better life and we will strive for that.

We are two siblings in a family of 8 and we are the youngest among them. Before the war, we were in our first academic year at university. My dream was to study “cosmetology” and Ayoub’s “website management.” Our lives changed after October 7th. Our house was destroyed and we’ve now moved to a refugee camp. My family no longer has a monthly income. The factory where my father worked was completely destroyed. We are living on previous savings, but they will run out soon. Ayoub opened a stall selling corn and pastries in an attempt to help with a daily allowance.

We hope the war will end soon. We do not intend to migrate out of the Gaza strip, but we need support to start from scratch. In order to complete our studies, now I want to study to become a “social worker,” to help the children of my country survive, even a little of the scars of war, as well as Ayoub, who began thinking about a professional that would contribute to the reconstruction of Gaza.

Support us to build ourselves and Gaza later.