Gaza Bakery: Feeding Displaced Families

Update: Due to your generosity we have expanded operations and are now working with 6 other families to provide food and water to children, women and men displaced in Gaza.

Spending Breakdown:

Free meals & water for Gazan Displaced families in Gaza. A Living Space with Commercial Kitchen and employment for 12+ displaced family members. Plus kitchen equipment and Supplies for both Egypt and Gaza operations.

(GFM Fees Estimate- $3,000) (Cash Transfer fees are between 5-15%)

About My Family:

As-salaam 'alykum. My name is Mohammed. I am a proud Palestinian from Gaza. Currently living in Belgium.

In Gaza, my family owned and operated a restaurant called Bab Al-Hara on the beautiful coast of Khan Younis. We served comfort food to joyful beachgoers in cabanas as the waves rolled. It was our joy and our life.

In 2014, our restaurant was bombed and many people were killed during occupation raids. Our family was subject to catastrophic loss and my cousin Hamdr was killed. Like many Palestinians, we lost our livelihood and became homeless. We struggled to get by for nearly a decade.

Since October 2023, as families sought shelter and safety, we again found purpose in feeding people in the camps. We were able to do so thanks to resources provided by generous international donors like you.

We may have lost our home and our restaurant, but not our know-how and our will to feed others. My mother devised makeshift pastry recipes with what ingredients my father could find, and our family began our project of realizing home through food. We consider ourselves lucky to have found purpose in helping others.Thanks to the generosity of strangers, my family has been able to use our talents to cook hundreds, if not thousands, of meals for displaced Palestinians in Gaza. We plan to keep doing so, but we need your help.

We have been able to evacuate family members to Egypt, including my mother, Hanan, who is a master baker and pastry chef. My father remained behind to prioritize other members' safety, but is now stuck in Gaza after the border closure. Despite the ongoing danger, he is still serving and helping displaced people find supplies.

With your support, we will open Gaza Bakery - a living, working space in Egypt where we can continue to feed others and from where we can help break the cycle of displacement. We will utilize the proceeds to help those who have escaped as well as those still trapped in Gaza. We are currently fundraising to purchase the space and outfit it with the necessary elements to achieve our mission.

Gaza Bakery Family Members:

In Egypt: Mother: Hanan 55 (master baker and chef), 1st Sister: Fedaa 31 (baker), Her children: Afaf 8 years (Down Syndrome), Hassan 9 (Epilepsy), Rawan 7, Ayman 1, Her Husband: Hani 41, 1st brother: Mahmoud 23

In Gaza: Father: Ayman 52 (manager), 2nd Sister: Reena 20, 2nd brother: Khader 21, Aunt: Ibtessam 54

Find us on Instagram at Gaza.Bakery