Bridge to life: Evacuate Maryam's family from Gaza

With a heavy heart I start this fundraising. I've exhausted all available solutions to evacuate my family from Gaza. the only option I have left is to start a fundraising which can help in this crisis and I'll explain why and how.

Hello, I am Maryam Abu Assi, a mother to two beautiful souls, Omar (9 years) and Jad (2 years). Not long ago, life was a tapestry of joy, warmth, and dreams. A successful career in digital marketing was complemented by the pride I felt for my well-raised boys and our haven of a home.

But everything crumbled on October 7th when the war began, I lost my job. Compelled to flee Gaza amidst relentless bombings and unfathomable living conditions, we became nomads—moving from Rafah to Khan Younis and back to Rafah—escaping a trail of destruction and chaos. Our once cherished apartment, now damaged, bombed, and looted, has plunged us into a desperate plight.

For the past four months, Gaza has been a place we cannot return to. Our children, victims of circumstance, haven't set foot in a classroom since October. Displaced six times, we endure the harsh reality of living in tents, with the relentless rain and biting cold stealing away our health. Each night becomes a battle.

The news channels and social media do not fully show the sad reality in Gaza; medical care is almost non-existentand, the spread of unusual diseases and epidemics, the phenomenon of queuing to secure the essentials of food and drink, living inside tents in the very cold season, drinking water pollution that has caused us digestive problems, difficulty obtaining medication for the most simple illness case we face, and hearing the sound of bombs continuously without stopping for several days.

The news doesn’t convey the feelings of the moments of displacement and evacuation that we felt as we left our home and city , while we knew in our hearts that we wouldn’t return anytime soon.

They don’t convey how dangerous it is, with the shelling surrounding us from all sides, and at any moment we can meet death. They also don’t convey how we wake up, for over 115 days now, to the teriible sounds of war, and the first thing that comes to mind is whether you’ll will survive today or not, and pray that no harm befalls you and your beloved from all the bombing. You cannot possibly comprehend the negative effects the war had on us, or comprehend the enormity of the panic attacks we suffered- and still do.

Therefore, we created an account here because we are in deep need to feel the life again and we don't want to continue living this circumestances, filled with fear and death.

We are currently seeking help to evacuate from Gaza to Egypt looking for a safe and healthy place. But Unfortunately, the costs are exorbitant and change dramatically and unexpectedly by the day, as Israel's grip on the south of Gaza intensifies in the coming days and weeks, the costs will continue to rise as the demand increases and the number of agents operating the evacuation routes drops.

As of late December the evacuation fee ranges between $8,000 and $10,000 per person, before processing and transport fees, and we will pay the higher end of the range since my husband and the kids don't have passports. Me and my family asking for 60,000$ based on the following breakdown: an evacuation fee at the Egyptian border of $8,000 - $10,000 per person as each day there is a different price for evacuation fee at the Egyptian border, plus a processing fee of $2,000 per person, $2,000 for transportation, and a 2.9% commission fee.

Any amount raised beyond the total will be used to supplement me & my family lives as refugees in Egypt.

My son, Omar, the boy who was once full of life and happiness, voiced a heartbreaking plea, "Mommy, I wish we died in Gaza rather than endure this horrible life."

It's a call for help,

your donation, no matter how small, will make an impact. You will be contributing to getting my family to safety. The funds will be used transparently and every dollar / euroe will go towards securing our evacuation.

Your contribution can help us break free from Gaza's grip, paving the way for my family to rebuild in a safer and brighter future.

How You Can Help:

Donate to support our urgent evacuation and relocation.

Share our story, spreading awareness like wildfire.

Keep us in your thoughts and prayers, providing the strength we need.

Your kindness holds the power to reshape our destiny. Let's unite to offer my boys the chance to dream of a tomorrow filled with promise.

Thank you for being the beacon of hope we so desperately need in our darkest days.

With heartfelt gratitude,

Maryam and her family