Rebuild Hope: Support Nemr's Family in Gaza

Hello, my name is Nemr, and my family and I are from Gaza. I am writing to you with a broken heart because my home in northern Gaza was destroyed during the war.

My apartment complex before the war and after it was destroyed.

Since the ceasefire in mid-January, my family and I returned to our home in northern Gaza from Deir al-Balah by foot. The journey was long and difficult and took about 5 hours, carrying everything we owned on our backs. When we arrived back to northern Gaza we discovered the conditions were much worse than we thought. Our apartment only had one structurally sound room remaining, the others with missing walls and filled with rubble and our destroyed belongings. We spent days renovating the remaining room, lining the holes in the walls with nylon to protect us from the elements, removing rubble from the floors, and salvaging and repairing any furniture we could.

Covering the destroyed and bare walls with nylon.

The rooms of our house were filled with debris from the destruction of the building and our destroyed belongings.

The view from a destroyed window of our house.

The environment of northern Gaza is completely uninhabitable, but us and the others that travelled back here are making do. It is extremely difficult to source food and drinking water and we are still lining up to collect water in containers from trucks. I have to walk quite a far distance and sit in the middle of a street to obtain internet connection.

Collecting water from the water truck.

Lining up to collect water in containers.

The extent of the destruction in northern Gaza.

My family and I still need support in affording food, water and medicine during these harsh times. We will also slowly rebuild our home over time until it is safe and comfortable to live in permanently. This will be an ongoing expense and effort. After the excitement of the war being over and being able to return home, we were hit with the harsh reality of having to rebuild everything from scratch in our completely destroyed and uninhabitable city, still leaving our spirits and hopes low.

I thank each of you from the bottom of my heart who supported my family and I for the past year and a half, whether it was financially, words of support, sharing my fundraiser, or being concerned about me. I am grateful to all of you for ensuring that my family was able to live as best as we could throughout the duration of the war. I will never forget your help during these times.

My family and I ask you with deep gratitude to keep supporting us in any way you possibly can so that we are able to start visualising living a normal life again through the rebuilding of our family home.

Every donation means a lot to us and we appreciate you very much.

People who are benefiting from this campaign:

My Parents:

Wael Khalel Alkhateb (53)

Samira Mohammed Alkhateb (47)

My Siblings:

Joumana Wael Alkhateb (27)

Khalel Wael Alkhateb (25)

Rewand Wael Alkhateb (22)

Raghad Wael Alkhateb (19)

Mohammed Wael Alkhateb (13)

Me:

Nemr Wael Alkhateb (24)

How are we going to receive the donations?

My friend Avery from the United States will receive the funds and transfer them directly to me when I require them.

The funds will be used for the following:

(8 people are benefiting from this campaign)

Food, water, medicine and personal hygiene items

Materials to rebuild our family home including tools, furniture and homewares

If you want to confirm that this campaign is real, you can contact me on Instagram - @nemrru. I will be happy to answer any of your questions.

Thank you very much

Nemr

My name is Avery Vernon and I’m from St. Louis, Missouri. I have been in (almost) daily contact with Nemr since late 2024. I will be using Paypal to transfer all funds collected to him, as I receive them, and I will post all updates he sends to me here. We both thank you very much for your donations!