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Radio Watermelon
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Radio Watermelon is a volunteer-led group working to enable Palestinians to connect directly to the World by platforming their words & amplifying their stories.
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🚨The last donation was 3 days ago🚨 Hassan El Daya's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: Please donate and share They’re Fighting Hunger and Bombs Help Them Survive One Hassan El Daya, a 39-year-old father from Gaza, lives with his wife and their three young daughters, Najwa (10), Jwan (7), and Joud (18 months, born during the ongoing genocide), at his in-laws' home after their apartment was destroyed in the siege. He also helps support his elderly parents amid the hardship. Having lost his job, the family faces severe daily challenges in securing essentials, including milk for the baby, while schools have remained closed for over two years, leaving the girls without formal education. Hassan has set up a donation campaign to raise funds for food, shelter, basic needs, and eventually schooling for his children. He kindly asks people to share a short video recorded by his daughter Najwa to raise awareness about their situation. Any donation, however small, would directly help provide safety, nourishment, and a chance for Najwa, Jwan, and Joud to heal from their experiences, resume their education, and look toward a more hopeful future. Despite ongoing difficulties, including persistent bombings, limited access to food and medicine, and high prices for what little is available, the family continues to persevere with the hope that support from others can make a meaningful difference.
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@BNetanyahood @OliveCampaigns @RadioWatermelon @PalestinePosts Trying to live a normal moment on Eid, my daughters went to the supermarket when a massive explosion shook the area meters away from them. Thank God they are safe, but the trauma is deep.
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🚨The last donation was 5 months ago🚨 AbdelHamid Youssef Abbas's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: Please donate and share Feed Gaza’s Families Because No Child Should Starve AbdelHamid Youssef Abbas, a 28-year-old married man, shares a cramped house in Gaza with six family members after their original homes were destroyed during the ongoing genocide. Before the siege, he ran a small shop that provided for the family and had worked hard to build his own home, but both were lost, as were the homes of his sisters Heba and Shahad, and his brother Mahmoud’s family, leaving them all without income or stable shelter. His elderly father, Youssef Ahmed Abbas, mother, Ibtisam Abbas, and stepmother, Amna Abbas, suffer from chronic conditions including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and rheumatoid arthritis, which severely limit their mobility and health. His nine-year-old niece Jana has an undiagnosed stomach illness that cannot be properly treated in Gaza and requires care abroad, while her mother Heba, who gave birth during the genocide under harsh conditions, continues to endure severe back pain from injuries sustained when their home was destroyed. Several young children in the family, including those of his brother Mahmoud (Youssef, Tala, and Dana), have contracted hepatitis C due to the poor living conditions. With no regular employment available, AbdelHamid occasionally earns money by cutting hair when possible and the family relies on a local soup kitchen for meals. They now depend entirely on external support and urgently need to raise funds for the approximately $5,000 per person coordination fee required to cross into Egypt via Rafah before conditions deteriorate further; even small donations or shares of their story would provide meaningful help to the family.
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The rain and wind are coming towards us; we are about to drown. Please support me 😭💔
🚨Campaign manager needed🚨 Dina Al-Qadi's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# If anyone can help by opening a campaign It would be a tremendous help to this family Dina Al-Qadi is a 22-year-old woman from the Gaza Strip who lived with her family in the Saudi neighborhood of Rafah before their home was destroyed during the genocide. As the eldest daughter of Sobhia, a single mother with heart disease raising eight children alone after the father left, Dina helped support the household through a small sewing job that she lost when the siege began. The family includes her siblings: Muhammad (20), Rana (18), Nour (17), Ashraf (16), Mahmoud (15), Rahaf (12), and Layan (10). Following repeated displacements, they now live in a tent in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, which offers minimal protection from cold, rain, and harsh weather. Sobhia's health is further strained by cooking over open fires with scarce fuel, while Muhammad has severe leg injuries, Ashraf requires urgent kidney treatment, and Mahmoud deals with persistent skin infections. With no steady income, the family of nine depends entirely on limited aid for essentials such as food, clean water, medicine, and improved shelter to meet their basic needs.
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This is our situation with the rain; we're flooded. Please help your sister; our tent is uninhabitable, and all our clothes and bedding are wet.@PalestinePosts @RadioWatermelon @MissRinaIdrus @LeftieLeo
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Ramadan Nizam's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: Please donate and share Every contribution, large or small, saves lives Ramadan Nizam, a 29-year-old single artist from northern Gaza City and the youngest of eight brothers, now lives in a cramped 100-square-meter house alongside 24 family members, helping cover the $500 monthly rent after Israeli bombings completely destroyed their original home. The family has endured ten displacements amid the ongoing genocide. His father manages high blood pressure and diabetes, his mother deals with diabetes and a bone fracture, and his young nephew, whose father was martyred by Israeli forces, suffers from internal lung bleeding that urgently requires specialized treatment unavailable locally. In these overcrowded conditions, marked by nearby shelling, scarce food, and no secure shelter, Ramadan focuses solely on keeping his loved ones alive and united. The family aims to relocate south for greater safety and access to medical care, but they lack the necessary funds for transportation, basic housing (such as a tent), daily essentials, and particularly the expensive medical evacuation and surgery abroad that their nephew needs. Support through donations or sharing their campaign would provide critical aid for survival, medical needs, and a measure of hope.
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فقدت غزة شبابًا ووجوهًا وأصواتًا تُعادل شباب هذا العالم.. وداعًا يا رفاق ..❤️‍🩹
🚨The last donation was 3 days ago🚨 Heba Ahmad's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: Please donate and share Your spare change is someone's survival Heba Ahmad, a 30-year-old married mother of five, lives with her husband and their five children, seven people in total, in a small, rusty zinc-roofed room rented from relatives for $300 per month. The room leaks during winter rains and provides little shelter from extreme heat or cold. Since the onset of the genocide, the family has been displaced eight times, and their original home was destroyed by a rocket, resulting in the complete loss of all their belongings. Heba's asthma has worsened due to poor air quality and exposure to cleaning chemicals, while her husband is unable to work because of a neck disc injury. Their youngest child, an infant baby, requires milk and diapers, and each of the four school-aged children needs $70 in school fees, though earlier efforts to earn money by selling water were unsuccessful. After a piece of shrapnel pierced the roof of their current room, fortunately injuring no one, Heba, with her 16-year-old daughter Nagham, launched a fundraising campaign to cover ongoing rent, food, winter essentials like blankets and mattresses, medical needs including Heba's breathing medications, baby supplies, and educational support so Nagham and her siblings can resume schooling. Nagham, who has lived through five wars by age 16 and dreams of becoming a teacher, helps share their story to seek assistance in restoring some stability and dignity to their daily lives.
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$10/300 Unfortunately, we haven't been able to get any support to maintain the shelter we live in. We received a notice that we must keep up with the payments or we will be evicted. 💔Oh world, we are living through wars that you are not seeing 💔Please stand with us and help us before the day ends 😔
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🚨The last donation was 4 days ago🚨 Nader Nhal's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: Please donate and share Your kindness can feed more than just bodies It feeds souls Nader Nhal, a 31-year-old father, lives in a tent in Gaza with his wife Mera, 26, and their three young children, Zain, Sanad, and Aylool, after being displaced multiple times. Early in the genocide, the family suffered shrapnel injuries, their home and land, their primary source of income, were destroyed, and several relatives were martyred. Mera, who was in her fourth year studying law at Al-Azhar University and ran a small children's clothing business to support the family, lost both her education and livelihood when the university and business were bombed. With the genocide now over, they remain homeless and without steady income amid sharply inflated prices for essentials. The family struggles to afford weekly medical treatments costing $200 for their injuries, proper nutrition and diapers for the youngest child, warm clothing and blankets for the approaching winter, and materials to improve or replace their inadequate tent for better protection against cold, rain, and flooding. They also seek support to rent safer temporary housing, cover daily needs like food, and begin rebuilding a secure home, as they continue facing hunger, cold, and health challenges in their displaced situation.
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My friend, I apologise for calling often and asking for help, but what else can I say but you are my only hope? I am a mother, unable to save my family. My child is injured and needs money to travel and undergo surgery abroad after many failed attempts in Gaza
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🚨Campaign manager needed🚨 Anwar Abdullah's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# If anyone can help by opening a campaign It would be a tremendous help to this family Anwar Abdullah, a 44-year-old father, lives with his wife and their two daughters, aged 13 and 15, in Gaza. The family has endured repeated displacement since the genocide escalated, having evacuated six times and losing most of their possessions along the way. Their original home was destroyed by bombings, leaving them without proper shelter; they often sleep in the open and currently rent a small room with a metal roof for $300 a month when possible. Anwar was shot in the leg by Israeli forces while attempting to collect aid, an injury that continues to restrict his mobility and prevents him from working regularly, though he spends hours in the sun trying to sell small items with little success. The family faces ongoing malnutrition, digestive issues due to scarce clean water (which once caused Anwar severe illness), and depleted savings amid soaring prices and no steady income. The daughters have been out of school since October 2023, with Anwar providing what online education he can when internet access allows. Recently, Anwar's father has lost his sight and requires urgent medical treatment and surgery that the family cannot afford. Anwar is seeking support to purchase a tent for better shelter, food and basic necessities, school supplies and fees to help his daughters resume their studies, and assistance with his father's care, in hopes of bringing some stability to their daily struggles.
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It's been a long time and no one has donated. I am in dire need To feed my children We are in Gaza and there is no work. We need your support to continue living. I have children and a family.
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🚨$0 raised so far🚨 Newly #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# today 🖇️: Please donate and share Gaza’s plates are empty Let’s change that Abed Algader is a 35-year-old father of three from northern Gaza. He, his wife, and their children, aged 4, 3, and 1 year and 4 months, have been displaced 11 times since the start of the genocide and now live in a tent on rented land, where the monthly rent is $265. Before the siege, Abed worked independently, but he has been unemployed since losing his livelihood. He was seriously injured after being shot in the leg while trying to reach an aid distribution site, leaving him with a platinum rod and an artificial kneecap. Despite surgery, he still struggles to walk long distances, making it difficult to support not only his wife and children but also his elderly parents, siblings, and an elderly aunt. His extended family includes relatives with significant medical needs, including a sister with cancer, an elderly aunt living with partial paralysis, another sister with calcium deficiency, and elderly family members managing diabetes and high blood pressure. His youngest child still needs diapers and infant formula, which cost around $30 each week, an expense the family cannot afford. Clean drinking water is scarce and is distributed only every two days, requiring a walk of about 120 meters to collect it, while the available water is unsafe to drink. Since food assistance stopped in their area, the family has not had access to a soup kitchen and can only afford to buy small amounts of vegetables every few days. With no income and growing medical and daily living expenses, Abed is seeking support to help his family meet their most basic needs.
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In every language, we are dying of hunger and thirst. Please help us! Our children are suffering from the intense heat in the tents.ساعدني في نشر الرابط @swilkinsonbc
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🚨The last donation was 4 days ago🚨 Ali Darwish's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: Please donate and share When Aid Is Blocked, People Starve Be the Aid They Need Ali Darwish, 36, lives with his wife and their four children, Nour, 10, Habeeba, 8, Osama, 3, and Yahya, 1, in a tent at a displacement camp in Gaza, having been forced to relocate four times amid the ongoing genocide and destruction. Their original home was destroyed, along with all their belongings, clothes, and furniture, after which repeated searches for safer shelter led only to further displacements into increasingly difficult conditions. The family pays no rent for the tent but faces severe hardships: they have lost their income source, so every bit of money goes toward basic food like flour and vegetables, which remain unaffordable at current prices. One-year-old Yahya suffers from malnutrition, delayed growth, teething issues, and difficulty walking or moving, largely because his mother cannot produce sufficient breast milk and the family cannot afford formula or diapers; he also requires surgery for a medical condition, but doctors deem him too weak from poor nutrition to safely undergo the procedure or recover. With no schools operating, the older children, including Nour and Habeeba, have lost access to education, while Osama, who has known only war since birth, and all the children lack safe spaces to play or normal childhood experiences like diverse foods and fruits. The family continues to grieve the deaths of grandparents, uncles, an aunt's entire family, many friends, neighbors, and other loved ones killed since the genocide began, compounding their daily struggle to secure even minimal necessities amid widespread hunger, fear, and disease.
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Good evening from the heart of the tents. We urgently need $25 to buy food. Is there anyone willing to volunteer generously to help? My family needs you now. Donate now. Please help us! 🙏😭👇🏻
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🚨Low donations - Only $190 raised🚨 Basem Wishah's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: The last donation was 7 days ago Please donate and share They Can’t Wait Help Feed Gaza Today Basem Wishah, a 19-year-old, has become the eldest brother and sole provider for his five younger siblings, aged two, four, six, nine, and eleven, after their father was martyred in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The family now lives in a damaged tent in Mawasi Khan Younis, where they face daily hardships. Two of the youngest children are ill due to unsanitary conditions, one sister sustained severe burns in an earlier incident and requires ongoing treatment with expensive burn creams, and another sister suffers from a chronic bone infection in her ear that causes persistent pain and may eventually need surgery, necessitating regular ear drops, antibiotics, and painkillers. The other siblings are weakened by malnutrition and insufficient food. With no stable income and essential medicines available only at high prices outside hospitals, Basem struggles to secure these supplies along with basic nutrition, doing all he can to protect and care for his family amid the continuing crisis.
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➡️➡️➡️ Uzun zamandır tedavi görüyorsunuz ve ağrı hala çünkü devam etmiyorum ve her dönem kesiliyor ve tedavimi tamamlamıyorum. Lütfen tamamlamama yardım edin. Bu hayat dayanılmaz ve kimse buna katlanamaz. Yardım edin kardeşler.🙏🙏
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Taghreed Abu Arab's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# Please donate and share You won’t end the war But you can end someone’s hunger Taghreed Abu Arab, a 52-year-old primary school teacher and former kindergarten owner from Gaza, now lives with her husband Abdul, 54, in a single tent in a displacement camp, along with the rest of their family of seven. Their original home and neighborhood were destroyed by bombing more than a year ago. The household includes their daughter Rital (10), sons Abdullah (16) and Ahmed (20), their son Moamen and his wife Razan, who recently gave birth to a baby boy named Muhammad. Taghreed manages chronic high blood pressure, while both she and Abdul experience ongoing weakness and joint pain; Abdul suffered a stroke linked to prolonged malnutrition. Razan, still recovering from pregnancy and childbirth, frequently feels dizzy and collapses. Despite these challenges, Taghreed has organized a small primary school within the camp using limited available materials, where she now teaches over seventy children who have had no formal education since the war started. She remains committed to providing the young students with structure, learning, and a sense of hope, while her family focuses on daily survival and meeting the essential needs of the new baby.
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ساعدوني أخوتي حفظكم الله
🚨Low donations - Only €418 raised🚨 Nesreen Ahmed Faraj's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: The last donation was 23 days ago Please donate and share Stand with the living Your spare change is someone's survival Nesreen Ahmed Faraj, a 33-year-old mother of four, now lives with her children in a worn tent in a Gaza displacement camp after being displaced eight times since the genocide began. Her husband has been missing for nearly two years, having disappeared after leaving for work, leaving Nesreen as the sole provider for the family with no steady income. She herself has kidney health issues, while one of her young sons lost his right kidney due to an injury and now risks failure of his remaining kidney because of severely reduced function and delayed medical care. Her daughter recently underwent surgery to address dangerously high eye pressure in an effort to preserve her vision. The family sustained injuries when an Israeli rocket struck their home, and even after seeking refuge in an UNRWA school, which they had hoped would be safe, they faced three separate attacks there before settling in their current tent, where they pay no rent but receive little protection from weather extremes. Although their physical wounds are gradually healing, the children's ongoing medical requirements and the persistent instability continue to exhaust Nesreen, who remains committed to sustaining her family through these hardships. Before the genocide, the family led a modest but content life, with both parents working to meet their needs and nurture their children, surrounded by love despite limited means; the siege has since taken their home, separated them from the husband and father, and forced this repeated flight amid constant danger.
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Good morning. My friends, I still need your support. Elias still needs more operations. Donations stopped for more than 23 days. #Gaza# #HelpGaza# #MedicalAid# #Donate# #HumanitarianAid#
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🚨Low donations - Only AUD 152 raised🚨 Asmaa Abdelhadi Masoud's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: The last donation was 4 months ago Please donate and share Aid isn't political People are people Asmaa Abdelhadi Masoud is a 23-year-old single woman from Gaza who lives with her elderly mother in a relative’s house, where they pay no rent. Since the genocide escalated, they have been displaced nine times, most recently from areas reclassified as dangerous red zones, forcing them to prepare for another move despite lacking the funds to cover the expensive fees required for safer passage. Asmaa's mother suffers from diabetes and severe joint pain, making mobility and daily care difficult, while Asmaa herself was injured in an airstrike that struck their neighbors. Earlier in the genocide, she lost her father and her brother to an Israeli airstrikes. Unable to afford university fees, she had to pause her studies in 2023 and now prioritizes securing food, water, medicine, and reliable shelter for both herself and her mother amid ongoing hardship and uncertainty.
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A powerful storm hits Gaza again, tearing down tents.💔💔💔 Please help me repair the tent😢⛺️
🚨The last donation was 5 weeks ago🚨 Mahmoud Amra's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: Please donate and share While the World Watches You Can Feed Mahmoud Amra is a 30-year-old married man from Rafah who serves as the eldest of eight children and the primary provider for his parents and six younger siblings, three brothers and three sisters. The family was displaced twice during the genocide in Gaza, and their home was destroyed in August 2024, leaving them now living together in a small tent without running water or adequate shelter. Mahmoud lost his job and all of their possessions in the process, making it difficult to secure daily essentials such as food, clean water, and basic hygiene items. He is seeking funds to rebuild a simple home for the family, purchase necessary furniture, and cover immediate needs so that his parents and siblings can regain some stability and a safer place to live. Contributions, whether large or small, would directly support construction materials, household basics, food, and water to help the family begin to recover and move forward.
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💔🇵🇸 IT HAS BEEN 5 WEEKS SINCE MY FAMILY RECEIVED OUR LAST DONATION. OUR HOME IS GONE. MY FATHER IS SICK. WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND FOOD. PLEASE DON'T LET OUR CAMPAIGN BE FORGOTTEN. EVERY DONATION MATTERS. 🤍 #Gaza# #HelpGaza# #FreePalestine#
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🚨Low donations - Only €358 raised🚨 Ibrahim Al Ghoul's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: The last donation was 4 months ago Please donate and share Food Shouldn’t Be a Luxury Donate for Gaza Ibrahim Al Ghoul is a 20-year-old from Gaza, the eldest son in a family of ten that includes his parents and seven siblings (four brothers and three sisters, including himself). Since their modest home in Rafah was destroyed in the genocide, they have lived in a basic tent since May 2024, having been displaced multiple times in search of safety. The family has no regular income, making it difficult to afford sufficient food despite slightly lower prices, and they are unable to pay school or university fees for the children. They sleep directly on the ground inside the simple tent, exposed to extreme heat during the day and cold at night, while facing ongoing shortages of clean water and medicine. Ibrahim spends most days waiting in long lines at aid distributions, but he typically returns with only small amounts, insufficient for the family's needs. They urgently require reliable access to food, clean water, medicine, and improved shelter to meet their basic daily requirements.
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I live in Gaza My life is very difficult. Here are my donations. I have not received any donations for 23 days This makes it difficult for me to live in Gaza because of the lack of money and food @ireallyhateyo @oliveegirl @RadioWatermelon @Lamis_Deek
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🚨The last donation was days ago🚨 Ammar Shaqalih's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: Please donate and share Starvation Is a Weapon Your Help Is Resistance Ammar Shaqalih is 16-years-old and has been displaced eight times due to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. After his father was martyred by Israeli forces, he became the primary provider for his ill mother and his five younger siblings, the youngest of whom is 10. The family now lives with friends, where Ammar pays $400 monthly for rent and related costs while trying to meet their total needs of around $900 per month, including $100 for his siblings’ school fees whenever classes are held. He takes on any available day labor, often returning home with no more than a single loaf of bread to divide among the seven family members and the small cat they adopted after finding her terrified during a bombing. The genocide ended Ammar’s own education and his aspiration to become an engineer, yet he continues working to provide food, medicine for his mother, and whatever education is possible for his brothers and sister, all while holding onto hope that his mother will recover and his siblings can still experience a childhood and future that circumstances denied him.
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Donate I need $400 surgical operation on my hand medicine My situation is difficult I am currently here Contact me Donate Thank you My followers
Newly #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# today 🖇️: Please donate and share Feed a Family in Gaza Every Dollar Fights Starvation Basma Al-Amoudi, 27, is a mother of five living in Gaza with her children, Jouri (9), Maryam (7), Hani (5), Habiba (3), and Sarah (1), along with her mother-in-law, making a household of seven in a rented room that costs $300 a month. Their home was destroyed during the genocide, and Basma says she lost her parents as well as most of her husband's family in the bombings. Her husband was seriously injured and later lost in 2024, leaving her to care for the children on her own without a source of income. The family has been displaced more than four times and now struggles to cover rent, food, clean water, milk, diapers, and other daily needs. Her youngest daughter, Sarah, was injured in the leg and still has shrapnel in her foot, leaving her unable to walk and in need of surgery, medication, and medical treatment that is difficult to access and afford. Basma says skin problems have also become common within the family because of the living conditions, and her current campaign is focused on keeping a roof over their heads, meeting basic living expenses, and raising enough money for Sarah's treatment.
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I am a woman from Gaza, and I am vulnerable. I don't want to be evicted from my rented home. Please donate to help me raise $300. I have collected $70 so far. Please, I only have five days left. Please help me.
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🚨Campaign manager needed🚨 Newly #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# today If anyone can help by opening a campaign It would be a tremendous help to this family Mahmoud, 25, is married and lives in two rented tents with his family, paying $300 a month in rent while supporting a household of eight people. He and his wife have two young children who need diapers, formula, and school supplies. Since his parents were martyred in the same airstrike that left his wife with a broken hip, Mahmoud has become the sole provider for his family and his siblings. His wife continues to live with the injury, relying on pain medication that costs about $100 each month while waiting for surgery that would require travel and ongoing medical care. The family has been displaced around 15 times, and with no stable income, Mahmoud has fallen into debt trying to cover rent
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I am Abu Mahmoud from Gaza. I am married with two children. My wife was injured in the war and needs treatment. My children need food, and I support my orphaned siblings after losing my parents. I am their sole provider. I am the sole provider for my family and my siblings.💔💔
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Speaker #3# Adam Mohamed @AdamMohamead8xv Adam Mohamed, 18, is the eldest of four siblings and lives with his mother and his younger siblings, aged 16, 12, and 8, after their father was martyred during the genocide. Their father worked as an emergency medical technician and was responding to a strike to rescue injured people when he was martyred in a second strike. Since then, Adam has become the family's sole breadwinner. The family has been displaced around seven times and now lives in a tent on rented land that costs $250 per month, with no steady source of income. Although the children are able to attend school without paying tuition, the family struggles to afford the costly school supplies they need. A soup kitchen provides meals three times a week, but the food is limited and they often have to buy their own. Water distribution is unreliable, and Adam's mother has begun experiencing respiratory problems after months of living in the heat inside the tent. The family's main priorities are covering rent, securing enough food and water, and keeping the children in school.
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🚨The last donation was 26 days ago🚨 Raghad Al-Najjar's Family #VerifiedByRadioWatermelon# 🖇️: Please donate and share Your Spare Change Can Fill Empty Plates in Gaza Raghad Al-Najjar is an 18-year-old high school senior living with her parents and five younger siblings in a heavily damaged apartment in eastern Salah Al-Din, Gaza. The family’s home has sustained multiple artillery strikes, leaving it in serious disrepair, yet they have returned after being displaced five or six times, and now all eight family members share a single bedroom for sleeping. Raghad’s father, who worked as a house painter earning enough to meet their basic needs before the genocide, has had no employment since October 2023, leaving the family without income and fully reliant on a donation campaign. Raghad has consistently ranked among the top students in her grade (2007 class), while her younger sister, one year behind (2008 class), is also committed to her studies. With final exams approaching, both girls face serious obstacles to continuing their education, as the family cannot currently afford tuition fees, school supplies, or other essential costs. Accumulated debts from the recent period of severe food shortages, combined with expenses from repeated displacements, have added to their financial strain. The ongoing donation effort aims to clear these debts, cover the sisters’ school-related expenses, provide food and basic necessities, and give the family some stability so Raghad and her sister can focus on their studies and future aspirations.
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