To all our Readers, may peace be upon you.

I am Ileana Rita Cosentino, artist based in London. On behalf of my best friends Mohammed Al Hamarna and Afnan Ghaben, I have created this fundraising.

Here below, Mohammad, Afnan and little Nasser have a message for you all x

"My name is little Nasser, and I am from Gaza. I do not have a home; instead, I live in a tent with my mother and father.

I have lived and grown up amidst a genocide for the past three years.

You might recognize me from the photos my father used to post here when I was younger. Well, time has passed, and I’ve grown up now!

On the 25th of this month, I will turn 4 years old!

Sadly, like so many children in Gaza, I recently developed a skin condition that doctors are trying to treat. The cost of treatment is high, and my parents need your support now more than ever!

As I grow older, I also want to learn, just like any other child in the world.

Please help me get an education and treatment for this unbearable skin condition; the occupation has deprived us of going to school and living in peace."

Yours truly, little Nasser.

"We need your support; here in Gaza, your support and love are all we have left to help us rebuild our lives.

All we need is a modest amount to cover basic necessities: our child’s medication, food, and school supplies. We originally launched this campaign to rebuild our home and shop and to secure specialised psychological support and treatment, but the road ahead remains long; right now, our main priority is simply meeting our little one's basic needs!

We need you all to stay strong and keep supporting our little Nasser, just as we must remain strong for one another. We love life, and nothing will stop us from loving it even more."

With sincere appreciation, Mohammed

Yours, Mohammed

Here below our story:

Three years ago, Mohammed and Afnan's paths crossed. They fell in love and married in the beautiful Gaza. Their love bloomed with an angelic flower, Nasser, the most beautiful and sweet baby on earth.

Their life was simply beautiful and comfortable. A lovely modern house with all the essentials, a stunning gift shop in Jabalia brimming with roses flowers ribbons and perfumes, and many dreams for the future. The dream to continue their studies, to travel, to raise their child in a peaceful environment and world. The simplest and purest life dreamed by the simplest and purest souls.

But all of a sudden Mohammed and Afnan, their little Nasser, everyone in Gaza, lost everything. Life became hell. Uncertainty and fear a roof on their head. Losses, terror, death, screams, blood the worst companions on a daily basis. Traumas and humiliations, two conditions they are forcibly subjected every day for nine months now.

Their house has been bombed. Their beautiful shop, bombed. Their stability, bombed. Their beloved ones, martyred.

What is left is hope and faith. And love.

And your support.

For eight times they have been forced to evacuate and find shelters in UNRWA centres and tents. They are now living in the desert, under a nylon and plastic tent. No drinking water close to them nor fresh food. No privacy nor fresh air. The temperatures are extreme and to breathe is impossible. No cooling, no shadow. Just the sun above and the sand underneath. The drones and war planes all around.

The Rafah crossing border to Egypt has been destroyed and no truck with humanitarian aid enter Gaza. The prizes of the few food left are unimaginable.

There is no gas available, only expensive wood you have to burn under the sun. The heat is unbearable. The smoke pervades every parts of your lungs and body. Afnan has been suffering from asthma and short breathing for nine months already.

But despite everything they keep smiling and loving. They keep hoping and believing this will end soon and life will be beautiful and peaceful again.

After all, how can't you keep loving life when your son looks at you this way? How could a mother and a father give up on their little angel when his heart beats for life?

'Imagine we are sitting together in a coffee shop and we are having a coffee together. This is what we kindly ask you. The amount of a coffee.

Your generosity and support means the world to us.

Our gratitude fills our heart.'

Here below our goal:

Remember us, remember our little angel Nasser.

We kindly ask you for your support and generosity.

Yours

Mohammed, Afnan, Ileana...and Nasser.