‏Help My Large Family Escape Gaza: Urgent plea

Hi, my name is Sara Essam. My parents, Essam and Hana, my sister Rana, her husband, and her children, my brother and his wife Ahmed and Huda, and my brother abdullah, have been trapped in Gaza since October 7th.

All of their houses have been boomed and gone, and they don't have any other place to live in Gaza anymore. My family has been at war since the 7th of October. All of my nieces have had heart attacks because of the booming voices all around them. They have been moving from place to place, assuming that they are moving to a safer place, but unfortunately, there is nothing called ‘a safe place’ in Gaza at all.

For the last 144 days, I couldn’t sleep well and have been stressed and worried about them, and when they don’t answer my calls, I keep imagining something bad has happened to them.

Also, my mother (Hana) has lung cancer, and she needs to go to outside of Gaza in order to continue her chemotherapy.

The war hasn’t stopped, and a lot of people have lost all of their families. I have one last hope: to get them out of Gaza and to help them start a new life—a better life with clean water, electricity, and good food. Please help me to save them and not lose them.

I have lost many relatives and friends while being here in the US and have not been able to do anything about it. My only wish is not to hear the same news about my family.

The goal of my campaign is to get them out of Gaza through the Egyptian border, pay for their visas and passports, and have an amount of money for temporary stay expenses.

Your support means more than just financial assistance. It is solidarity, compassion in the face of injustice, humanity, and a commitment to preserving human lives. I humbly ask you to help me and my family get to safety. I also ask that you share their story and stand with them in the darkest time of their lives.

Their lives before October 7

With gratitude,

Sara Essam