50 KZ IN 50 DAYZ 4 GAZA & 4 MOB

Hey mates,

Zo here. I’m gonna swim 50km in 50 days (20 laps every day of the week) to raise some much needed funds for my friend Belal in Gaza, and for Dreamtime Aroha. The money raised will be split evenly between the two.

I’m aiming to raise 10k.

That feels wildly ambitious, especially given times are tough financially for so many. But if you can skip a morning coffee or two, this money is going to those who are trying to live and resist the endless violence of ongoing genocide in Palestine, and here in so called ‘Australia’.

As active settlers in a colony that is systematically designed to incarcerate and murder the First Peoples of this land, we must use whatever resources are available to us, our privilege, our pockets, to actively dismantle the systems we so directly benefit from.

So please give what you can. I’ll put some info about Belal and Dreamtime Aroha below. Also…

Any fans that donate over $100, add a note to your donation with your name and Instagram handle and I will send you a personalised video.

Anyone that donates over $200, I will do a public thank you on my Instagram stories if you want, just leave your name and Instagram handle.

Anyone that donates over $500 dollars I will write you a letter to say thank you and post it to you.

Anyone who donates over a grand I’ll get your name tattooed on my foot. I’m actually dead serious. As long as your name isn’t dick cheese or anything.

Ok.

Hope you’re all taking care of yourselves and each other. What a fucking time, eh.

Love youse.

Zo. Xxx

ABOUT BELAL:

“I want to live. I want to start over. I want a second chance at life. For 22 years in Gaza, I have endured all the hardships: 5 wars, 17 years of blockade, and stifling economic pressure. I was only 5 years old during the first war in 2008, and in 2012 another war broke out, followed by 2014 and a prelude to the last war in 2021. Now I find myself in the middle of one of the fiercest wars in the world. I have ever witnessed. Countless acts of violence are unfolding, and the scale of the destruction caused by this barbaric aggression is indescribable. My city has been destroyed, forcing us to move from the north of the Gaza Strip to the south, facing difficulties such as food and water shortages. Gaza is uninhabitable and if 500 people donate $100, we will achieve the goal and we will be able to survive this genocide. Your support is a lifeline for me and my family.” - Belal Salama.

You can follow Belal at @belalsalamagaza on Instagram.

ABOUT DREAMTIME AROHA:

Dreamtime Aroha is run by the formidable Jo Thomson, a queer Guguu Yimithirr Bama woman distributing aid to mob. Dreamtime Aroha has helped hundreds of families with nappies, food, toys, shoes, Christmas hampers and mutual aid causes paying for flights to get women out of DV situations, paying back rent, buying fridges and paying for essential medications. Most of you will be familiar with Dreamtime Aroha’s work, and if you’re not, check out @dreamtime_aroha on Instagram.

Funds will be deposited into Belal Salama’s gofundme at the end of the fundraiser. The link to his gofundme is here: https://gofund.me/01c90f11

The other half of the funds will be donated to Dreamtime Aroha’s bank account.

Receipts will be provided for both donations.