Donate To Help Aya's Family Survive and Escape Genocide

Hello, my name is Angel Lopez from Arizona, and I am organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Aya and her family. She is the sister of my friend Eslam Gheelan, who has her own fundraiser that you should consider donating to as well.

Their lives and home have been decimated and I plead for you to read her story in her words and consider donating:

"Hello friends, we will tell you our sad story

I am Aya, an outstanding high school student. I was very happy to be on the verge of achieving my dream of finishing my school studies and achieving what I aspired to, which is to become a doctor.

My family of 8 and a beautiful cat named Katie were living a beautiful and peaceful life, each of us striving to achieve our dreams.

We had our beautiful house in Khan Yunis. Recently, we were celebrating my sister Heba’s fourth place in the Gaza Strip in the Arabic language recruitment exam. Our life was like material and emotional perfection. We did not feel deprived or lacking anything.

My sister Lina is a university student. Her dream was to become a psychologist to help mentally ill people in the Strip.

My brother Ahmed was the most beautiful gift from God. He came after 20 years of being deprived of male siblings. After completing his studies, he became a water carrier and took on a great responsibility beyond his capacity.

We also had two little butterflies, the apple of the house, and Jana, the favorites of their teachers and friends at school.

Then the war broke out and everything was turned upside down. We were forced to leave the house after quadcopters surrounded us, tanks surrounded us, and we saw death right in front of our eyes, but we miraculously escaped.

We were displaced several times on foot. Feet, then our end was in a tent that did not protect us from the cold of winter or the heat of summer, and there were poisonous insects and scorpions around us, there was no clean water or healthy food, so my family and I got hepatitis and a lot of intestinal infections.

We were shocked that our house was bombed and destroyed and the features of the house disappeared from the face of the earth, so we felt very sad and despair took over us.

Life here in Gaza is expensive, we cannot buy the minimum necessities of life, imagine that the price of a kilo of tomatoes is $50, and the price of a bag of flour is $200, life here is like a famine! My father is a nervous patient and my mother suffers from chronic pressure and they need continuous treatment and medications. We suffer from bringing water from long distances, and from the high prices of food and cleaning materials and water pollution. What we have suffered most in this war is the loss of members of our family, and this is the hardest thing we have been through. We have lost 20 members of our family. Please help us bear the very high cost of living until we evacuate from Gaza and save our lives. The cost per person is $5,000. Help us, you are the only hope left."

Attached are photo's of Aya and her family and of some of the conditions they've been living under.

(This is Aya.)

(Aya's brother, Ahmed.)

(Aya's twin sisters, Hala and Jana.)

(Their family cat, Katie)

(This is a photo taken as they fled on foot to the Mawasi area, where Isreal claimed would be safe, on January 23rd.)

(Image of what was happening to their area before they were displaced from it.)

I will be wiring the funds directly to Aya's father's bank account.

Any funds provided will assist in their survival and eventual evacuation of Gaza if enough is raised. Please help them in any amount that you can!

Thank you.