Mahmoud Abumarahil

My name is Mahmoud Abumarahil from Gaza, now in Belgium. My entire family lost our home and is sleeping in a tent that leaks in the rain. Winter has arrived and we are freezing. We need blankets, milk, medicine, and food to survive. Since then, they have been displaced multiple times, moving from place to place, searching for safety, but there is none. Now, winter is here. Every night, the cold wind cuts through the torn tents. Children shiver in their sleep, and illness spreads quickly. Rain pours in, turning the ground to mud, soaking their meager belongings. There is no proper shelter, no warmth, and every day is a battle just to survive. My family is large — I have 13 brothers and sisters, and more than 45 children and grandchildren. All of them are enduring these unbearable winter conditions. The tents cannot protect them, and the children suffer the most from cold, hunger, and sickness. Daily life is a struggle: cooking meals is nearly impossible with limited fuel, clean water is scarce, and medicine is hard to find. The cold and damp conditions make sickness unavoidable, especially for the children and elderly. Hygiene is extremely difficult, and exhaustion takes its toll on everyone. Yet, even in these harsh conditions, hope persists. They dream of a life beyond the tents: children playing safely, laughter replacing the sound of bombs, sharing a warm meal together, and rebuilding their lives with dignity.   I am doing everything I can from afar, but I cannot do it alone. Your support can provide shelter, food, medicine, and hope for my family and others like them.  Please, be part of their story. Help a family in Gaza survive the winter.