Escaping Hell: A Family's Fight For Survival

In the heart of Sudan, my family's world was torn apart by fear, violence, and uncertainty when the war between the Rapid Support Force (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Force (SAF) broke out on 15th, April 2023 in Khartoum.

This is Elaf, a once passionate medical student and the oldest daughter of a single mom with no job and a responsibility of 5 children to raise, I was awaiting the moment to graduate and reward my mother for all her sacrifices, but the faith had another claim, my mother, 3 sisters, brother, and aunt were forced to leave our house by the RSF under all kinds of violence and terrorism, they have occupied our house and left us with nothing. Thankfully, they made it alive to escape to Al-Gizera where they thought it would be safe and in peace. A few months later the RSF entered Madani, bringing with them destruction, chaos, massacre and the threat of unspeakable horrors. My family got displaced for the second time and trapped in inhumane conditions, in a place without shelter, internet, or basic human needs, but with all the possibilities of attack, sexual abuse, and even merciless death. It's really beyond excruciation to be displaced and refugee inside a country that supposed to be your home, isn't it?

I am terrified about my mother who is a hypertensive and asthmatic patient and could develop any further cardiovascular/respiratory diseases due to the unimaginable stress and fear, lack of medications, and limited access to food. I am scared about my sisters who aren't safe among terrorists who use sexual abuse against girls and women to remark their false and illusory victory. I am afraid of the unknown future of my 12 years old sister who is deprived of her rights of education and forced to be homeless while other children are going to school, and I feel the pain for my young brother who is doing labor work to provide what merely could make them alive while he is supposed to study and build his future, without forgetting the race and color based discrimination against him that could identity him falsely as a terrorist and then get massacred.

Now I am reaching out to you to help us in our fight for survival, to give my family the chance to live the life they deserve. Your donation will re-birth a dream that has been deprived, a life that has been stolen, and a hope that never been felt by my family. I am humbly asking you to help me reunite with my family in a safer place and help them flee Sudan to unite with me in Rwanda.

Fundraiser Intro (as required by GoFundMe):

My name is Tull Osman, and I live in Maryland, USA. This fundraiser is to support my friend, Elaf, in efforts to raise funds for her family to escape Sudan and seek refuge in Rwanda, where Elaf currently is. Elaf and I are both part of Hajid's English Club, a virtual/in-person hybrid club for Sudanese students all over the world to learn and practice English. We both joined to support our Sudanese brothers and sisters in their English-learning journeys so they can establish themselves after being displaced because of the war, wherever they are.

If you’d like to contact me directly, please use the contact form that GoFundMe provides. You can also find me on Instagram: @tullosman.

Funding Process:

I will receive the funds in my bank account from GoFundMe and send them to Elaf's brother in Port Sudan via Western Union. This is a method that I've used to send money to my own family in Sudan and has been the most effective and immediate method to date. All receipts will be shared in this GoFundMe through updates.

Funds will be used to pay for traveling from Port Sudan to Rwanda through Uganda, as well as to meet entry requirements and basic living expenses when in Rwanda. A specific budget breakdown is included at the bottom.

Budget Breakdown: