Help Dina and her children survive through the war

Hello everyone, I have created this campaign on behalf of Dina and her three children, who desperately need our help in getting through the war on Gaza. Listen to her story in her words:

I am Dina, a Palestinian mother of three children, my first is Noor, who is 7 years old, my second is Omar, who is 5 years old, and my little girl Farah, who I gave birth to under the bombing a week ago. My children and I are victims of this devastating war on the Gaza Strip.

After October seventh, my life turned upside down due to the war on Gaza. On the night of October 28th, the neighborhood we lived in Gaza – the neighborhood where my children grew up and where we started our family – was completely bombed.

Unfortunately, northern Gaza was completely destroyed, or what is called a ghost town. I lost my home, my husband’s livelihood, my memories, and a large part of my soul that hung in the walls of my bombed home. We never imagined that we would go through such an endless genocide. I never imagined that my children would be exposed to such horror, fear, and hunger.

My heart aches whenever I remember the first moments of the neighborhood where I live being subjected to violent and severe shelling that caused severe damage to my home before it was finally shelled, shattering the glass on my children and spreading suffocating gunpowder throughout the house, which forced me, as a mother afraid for her children, to embrace them and bandage the wounds of my little son Omar resulting from the shattered glass caused by the shelling, amidst extreme terror that filled my heart for the state of my children. I could not comprehend what had happened. I carried water compresses to put them on my children's noses in a desperate attempt to reduce the intensity of the gunpowder and protect my children from suffocation.

Goods became scarce and expensive. My husband tried every possible way to provide something to feed our children, from weeds growing in the ground to bread made from animal feed.

Eventually, we were forced to flee to the south, the supposedly safe haven that turned out to be otherwise. Rafah was overcrowded with displaced people, and we could only find a small tent lacking the necessities of life. My children suffered from epidemics and skin diseases caused by the pollution in the camp. Unfortunately, my little daughter Noor was infected with viral hepatitis due to the shared bathrooms in the camp.

We lost everything: our home, our jobs, our dreams. My biggest worry is for Noor, Omar and my baby Farah, their future is uncertain. Where will they live, study, and grow up? Gaza offers little hope now, as the essentials of life are being destroyed. My children's future seems bleak, overshadowed by uncertainty.

You can all change the world with a little giving. I invite you to help my children and build them a bridge to a better tomorrow. Your unity will make a real difference in their lives, every drop of your contribution really matters. Thank you for your generosity of heart and your generosity of thought