Help a family evacuate Gaza

Hello, my name is Tamara and I live in Canada. I am fundraising on behalf of the Abu Odeh family, who I got to know on Instagram through Faraj, one of the members of the family. I am in contact with Faraj regularly (@farajabuodeh) and regularly send him money transfers via PayPal and Western Union. He is currently residing in the West Bank receiving cancer treatment, however this means he is away from his family in Gaza (including his wife and newborn baby).

The Abu Odeh family are incredible people and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for any help you can give.

Sincerely,

Tamara

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Hello,

My name is Muhammad Rafiq Abu Aouda from Gaza. I am hoping you can help me move my family from Gaza to Egypt.

We were displaced from our five-story house after it was destroyed by the Israeli occupation. We were displaced from northern Gaza to Khan Yunis after two and a half months of displacement. My father was martyred and after that we were displaced to Rafah.

We are now displaced in Rafah, and we are without shelter, food, or heating in this cold climate. We have no place to live. We have lost everything. Our home and workplace have been destroyed. We lost in this war my father and a number of my cousins, and our homes were destroyed. There is nothing else left to lose, and now I am trying to save what is left.

My family is from Gaza, but unfortunately we do not have the financial capacity to pay the costs of leaving Gaza, and this is what prompted me to resort to collecting donations. My family’s situation is getting worse day by day.

The number of members of my family consists of 8. Lina is my wife. My children are: Amina, 11 years old; Rana, 9 years old; Malak, 7 years old; Siraj, 6 years old; Dima, 3 years old; and Zeina was born in the war. She is a month old.

My mother suffers from heart and blood pressure and needs to have a joint installed in her knee. She needs her medications and painkillers because she suffers from health problems. My father’s family consists of my mother, who is 52 years old; Yara, 16 years old; Ahmed is 12 years old.

My nephews need milk and food, and they are young. My brother’s family consists of 4, Wadih, 32 years old, Baghdad, 21 years old, and her daughters, Hadeel, 2 years old, and Angina, 3 months old.

My brother Faraj is suffering from chronic leukemia and is 33 years old. Faraj’s wife just gave birth to their long awaited (eight years of trying) baby boy a couple of weeks ago under very harsh conditions & little to no postpartum care, & we are very fearful for our new little baby.

My brother Faraj is in a difficult health condition, and he needs his special medications. Faraj’s wife just gave birth to their long awaited (eight years of trying) babyboy a couple of weeks ago under very harsh conditions & little to no postpartum care, & we are very fearful for our new little baby.

My brother Tahseen is 30 years old and his wife Amna is 24 years old.

The situation is getting worse day by day

In order to facilitate the transfer of my family from Gaza to Egypt, I am raising an amount of $95,000 to cover the expenses associated with obtaining permits to leave Gaza, in addition to the crossing fees at the Rafah crossing on the border between Gaza and Egypt. This amount is divided into $5,000 to $7,000 US dollars per person, including the families of my brothers, their wives, and my father’s family.