An Update on Reema's Campaign (and a match to go with it)

Reema (@pal-rema) and I have been messaging for over a year now, since she began campaigning for her family. Like all Gazans, Reema and her family have been struggling to survive and have been through suffering we cannot comprehend. For a time last year, Reema was in the hospital with severe hypotension, at a time when there was barely any saline in Gaza, much less available medications.

Currently, Reema is sick with a kidney stone. If you have ever had one, you know that the pain is excruciating. Depending upon the size, stones can cause hydronephrosis, which if left untreated causes kidney damage. The healthcare system in Gaza has been ravaged beyond repair. Reema is suffering from an illness that, if she were anywhere else in the world, would be easily treatable. Instead, she barely has access to potable water, much less to the care she needs.

Even so, Reema is still doing everything she can to campaign to support her family financially. Every time that we speak she tells me how hopeless she feels, as her campaign is barely making any headway. There are stretches of several days when Reema will not receive a single donation. She is losing hope for reaching her goal, even though it is so close within reach. Here is the link to Reema's GFM:

Right now, Reema is at $33.3k. Her goal is $35k (CAD). She is 95% of the way there, and yet her fundraiser is moving more slowly than ever. To help her get over the hump, I'm going to do a match for Reema. I donated $30 CAD (equivalent of about 21ish USD). If you're able to give any amount up to or exceeding that, please do. Even $5 makes a difference! That's less than the cost of a cup of coffee.

If you don't have the means to give to Reema, then please send her GFM link to someone you know who does and is willing to give. I know I've said it a million times before, but it never stops being true: sharing means SHARING the link with other people. Send it to your friends and families and enemies. Send it to your therapist for all I care. Just make sure Reema's GFM is spread as widely as possible, so that she can get to her goal and support her family as best she can.

This is my daughter Noor. She was injured as a result of the continuous bombing. The horror we are living through is indescribable. Bombing, destruction, and extreme danger surround us everywhere. Help us get out of Gaza And live in peace. Interact with the post, donate, share, and like.

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Your donation is not just a donation, it's saving our lives. Don't leave us to die here.

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It truly means a lot to us and gives us strength. ♥️

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My child has been exposed to a type of skin disease due to malnutrition and eating spoiled canned food, so I ask you with all my heart to help me and donate to me for the sake of my child’s health and to buy medicines and healthy foods for him. Please help me, please. 🥺🥺🙏🙏💔💔

Your donation, however small, helps my child, so do not interrupt us and watch us, we really need you.😢😢💔🙏

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Your donation, even if it is small, makes a difference in restoring health.

Please be compassionate and kind and help me. I want to buy medicine for my child. Does his treatment cover the amount or part of it? 💔😭😭

Donations to Fatens fundraiser have completely slowed down! They have received only 1 donation in the past few days! Fatens family and children are relying on her! Please keep sharing and keep donating!

Please, please help! Faten needs medication, milk, and diapers for the baby. Stop ignoring her pleas for help! Even $1 is something. You can also share this post to reach more people.

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nabulsi has commented again above

$20,542 USD / $21,000

after some wonderful donations today, we were able to pass the last temporary goal i set up - let's try again with another goal of about $500

as israel has started bombing gaza again, and the crossings are closed, faten needs as much money as she can get to care for her family

$20,764 USD / $21,000

after 4 days with no donations, faten was able to receive a small donation - thank you, i hope others will do so as well for her

another 4 days without a donation

Urgent help needed after the Israeli occupation prevent any aids to enter Gaza.

Please read!

After a fake ceasefire which does not guarantee a permanent ceasefire, the Israeli occupation has closed any crossings go to Gaza. Therefore, in the meantime, there is no any aids enter Gaza to feed people in this winter and Ramadan!

My family still in Gaza suffering from this horrible situation and need support to reach the basic life needs which is became very expensive after closes the crossings.

Also, I'm displaced in Egypt alone and need support for living expenses and rent.

Any donation whatever the value is, could help a lot.

as a short-term goal: $5200

Please donate to help my family to survive from this genocide.

✅️My Campagin vetted by @gaza-evacuation-funds #4 in the list here

Please share and donate if you can. This is urgent and belongs to my family.

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No donations last 9 days! please donate.

Gaza ceasefire end!

Urgent help needed!

Please donate and help! It's urgent in these time

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If this comic made you smile, please help us!!

We are a family of ten trying to survive in northern Gaza. We have a rent of $700 that we won’t be able to pay without help, and we will be at the mercy of the drones and the tanks if we have to leave, on top of having to leave behind all of our belongings. The only food we have left is a bag of flour infested with maggots, everything at the market has become insanely expensive.

My sister Soso is only four years old, what kind of life is this for her? My mother and I have been sick and thankfully we finally got the help of a doctor, but that means we had to pay for the medicine as well. The little money we have left isn’t enough to buy anything in the north.

Please help, I swear I’ll be thankful for anything. Share at least if you can’t afford to donate.

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Thank you to everyone who won’t ignore us 🙏❤️‍🩹

Has anyone of you ever felt like you wanted to complete your university studies but couldn't afford the fees? I am the student Marah. I cannot enter my university because of the harsh circumstances we are going through, as I lost my job and my father is the same.Because we can hardly provide food and cannot afford other expenses... I want to complete my educational and study goal. If you can help with that, please donate to me.

Help my friend save his family! Donate today! Vetted by gazavetters list at (#21). @sami--onley

Free palestine!

Hey guys i want to bring your attention to the isnad campaign which is an initiative to help gazan college students continue their online education during this genocide.

The initiative will provide them with a safe and suitable study environment with electricity, high-speed Internet, a break room, a toilet and a whole kitchen will be free for students.

If you can please donate what you can spare to this fundraiser, your money will be going towards supporting students during this difficult time.

Only 2 donations in the past day please help out if you can

Israel closes the crossings into the Gaza Strip and stops the delivery of food and medicine to besieged Gaza with the push of a button for the second day in a row.Let it be clear that Israel refuses to begin the second phase precisely because this phase of the agreement includes a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a final end to the “war,” both of which Israel does not want. here

This campaign is featured in the gazavetters spreadsheet, number 55

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Black Character Design Poll: Event Rules

I am an avid lover of graphs. I like numbers, I like trends and the absence thereof. I like the mindsets that make people make decisions, I like recognizing the biases, both conscious and unconscious, in sampled populations. I like how you'll always gain some sort of answer, even if it's not the one you expected (it's the scientist in me)! Best of all, I like making people question themselves! So... Why not a poll?

This is going to be a TWO-PART event. The first portion is going to ask the First Question, starting Sunday April 13th and I will stop taking submissions Saturday April 19th. The second portion is going to ask the Second Question, starting Sunday April 20th, and I will stop taking submissions Saturday April 26th.

See below the cut to find out all the details!

The Questions and the Voting Rubric

Tried to make this as simple as possible! Check under the cut for more details!

Would absolutely love for this to reach Black bloggers and other bloggers of color!

Reminder that notes/online attention are not a reliable indicator of how well a campaign is going.

You might see fundraising posts with thousands of notes on your dash daily and think to yourself "this person must be doing fine!"

I wish that were true. I saw a post earlier referring to people with fundraisers as "those fortunate enough to have internet clout" but unfortunately internet clout is not a currency that can buy food and other necessities. It's only a testament to how much effort that person spends desperately networking in order to make ends meet, and often not succeeding at that. These people do not have an advantage.

I spotlight for @dr-anas96 and his posts consistently get a lot of notes. He's vetted here.

Here's an interview in English and Spanish he did for AJ+. and also here's a recent article about him in Spanish.

And where does that get him?

He's barely at 19% of his goal, as of today, December 13th, which marks 6 months since he started fundraising.

Anas is slowly dying of starvation and of his illnesses that he cannot currently get treated for. Don't be fooled by the amount of notes this will get. If you can spare a dollar please don't hesitate to donate here.

UPDATE: NEW LINK! Yahya and his family were displaced by the IOF, and are currently residing in Deir al-Balah, south-central Gaza.

Life as displaced Gazans was already extremely difficult for them. Food is very scarce, and their living conditions leave them exposed to the elements. Here is the frequent condition of their tent now that the winter rains have come:

Then, Yahya’s father was injured. Some cartilage was damaged in his neck, and doctors say he requires IMMEDIATE surgery to avoid permanent paralysis.

Yahya and his family previously had another campaign, but it was suddenly shut down by GFM with no explanation. They have created a new one, but it has EXTREMELY LOW FUNDS.

The surgery is a stifling €15,000 euros (about $15,729 USD). Yahya and his family have no hope of paying for it without your help.

I am currently watching an elderly loved one lose their mobility, and it is an extremely heartbreaking and isolating situation. I cannot imagine what Yahya and his family are going through, having no social or financial support and only minimal medical care.

Please give what you can to this family. You are their only hope to save their beloved father’s mobility!

Major update on Yahya’s little brother Omar

As discussed previously, Omar remains hospitalized with severe burns. You all raised €700 EUR to attain burn ointment for the immediate treatment of his wounds. Thank you.

Unfortunately, this is just the beginning of Omar’s treatment journey.

At just 7 years old, little Omar has third-degree burns over much of his small body due to the IOF attack. The burns are severe in that they burned through his skin, through his ligaments and muscles, and down to his very bones. To say this little boy is in constant, excruciating pain would be a gross understatement.

The pain is not his only problem. The damage to his skin is so severe that his body is unable to heal itself. He requires a skin graft in order to transplant new skin that will be able to regrow.

Without this, Omar’s extensive wounds will remain exposed for a very, very long time. This makes him extremely vulnerable to a catastrophic infection, and his body will be unable to fight it off. Infections are widespread in Gaza right now due to the IOF’s destruction of sanitation infrastructure and the scarcity of antibiotics and other medicines.

This means that at virtually any time, Omar could contract an infection and die. He URGENTLY needs this skin graft so he can finally start to heal!

Please share the campaign widely, donate if you can, and share Omar’s story with your friends and loved ones in real life!! A little boy’s life is at stake!!

Current: €3,134 EUR

New temporary goal: €6,134 EUR

🚨🚨UPDATE!!!🚨🚨

You all raised the preliminary $1,500 for Omar’s skin graft! Thank you so much❤️

As described here, there is is still about $1,500 USD to pay on the bill, and it must be paid in the next 2 months

Current: €4,871 out of €6,134 EUR

yahya has informed me that despite all of the money that we raised, omar was only able to have a partial operation. he was able to have skin grafts on 60% of the burns he had, but they weren't able to afford the last 40%

due to all the high living costs of basic food and water, they were not able to pay for the rest

the rest of the operation costs €800 - after the 30% fees, this means they will need about €1,150

i have set the temporary goal accordingly, and hopefully we will be able to raise enough for the rest of omar's operation. i will keep updating if we need more once we hit this goal

€6,188 / €7,333

€6,458 / €7,633

yahya's family has now been told they need to move their camp in the midst of these bombings. that would cost €150 - i have heard from other families that the current people exchanging digital money for physical cash now ask for 50% fees.

if yahya's family also needs to pay in physical currency, they likely need €300.

i have added this amount to the temporary goal - of that €300, currently €65 has been raised

€6,558 / €7,633

another donation today! €165 of the €300 needed to move their camp has now been reached

i hope we can quickly reach this goal then continue with the goal for the rest of omar's operation

Anas has gastric cancer.

Anas (@dr-anas96) is severely suicidal and is dying on the inside in every sense of the word. Mentally he feels his life is over, and physically he's barely moving anymore, only occasionally coming to consciousness and vomiting blood.

I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart not to let my friend die. This entire time, during this genocide he's living through, he's been:

Now, with some reprieve for Gazans seemingly so close, he is dying. I don't use this word lightly because I don't want to believe my dear friend is dying. I am only saying it because I have no escape from believing it

But I still have hope that we can carry him through this so he can see the end of this difficult road. I am not giving up on him and I'm begging, begging, begging, begging you all not to give up either. We're so close.

His blog || His GFM || Vetting Link

I didn't want to share some of the more graphic photos Anas sent me, but his campaign goes days without donations, and he insisted I share these photos. CW for blood under the cut.

The situation in northern Gaza is very frightening. The world is now celebrating Eid al-Fitr, and in Gaza we see death every minute. We only want to live in peace. 😢😢💔 Please help me with a donation so I can survive.

@nohaibrahim-blogs @northgazaupdates2