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Help displaced Palestinian Afana Family and give them hope

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We are the Afana family ( 9 members)from Gaza-Palestine. Calling you for After October 7th, our lives turned upside-down. We were displaced 15 times from the northern part of Gaza to the central part and then to the southern part. We have escaped death many times and fought to keep living. On our first day in a UN shelter school, we tried to build a tent and make a fire to cook food. That same day, we were forced to flee again, terrified as bombs exploded overhead. Our home, filled with dreams and memories, was demolished.
***Now we need urgent survival assistance: As war is about to be one year and the family saving finished while ago and with the ongoing conditions:
1- 3000$ (Hanin is suffering from pre-diabetes (1 type) and also several infection that made her face swollen, and it keep spreading in her body. She needs every single day medication and now in need of physical therapy treatment to enable her to recover and walk again)this because the war) per month ( 200$ medicine and medical supplies) ( 200$) for physical treatment) (100$) for fresh food that contains zero manufactured sugar.
2- 7000$( The mother got heart attack during the war, jaw line was destroyed completely, eyes sight is very unclear for her. urgent help in paying for medication and access to food and accommodation)
3-5000$ (The two brothers need access to life necessity ( food- clean water- shelter -internet access to be connected with the rest of the family) Everything becomes very expensive in the North to the lack of food. Per day in North of Gaza (200$at least) they stay sometimes days without food and we very hard to be connected to them)
4-5000$ Grandma and the uncles in the south of Gaza ( food- tent, because of the many displacement orders- clean water- Shampoo and soap for daily use) (500$)per day.
5- 5000$ for the evacuation fees when the border opens for (2 brothers- grandma-2uncles)


Here is a brief introduction to our family members who had lives and ambitions before the war:

The father, (Wael)in the end of 60, worked all his life to build a beautiful home for his family. He is now a displaced refugee with a severe arm injury, dreaming of having his family around him again.
Amna: The mother, worked 30 years as a teacher and loved her job because she was educating a generation of children.




Haneen: The elder sister, is a women and children's rights advocate and a Palestinian writer. She volunteered in the UN shelter to help disabled children and GBV disabled women overcome their trauma during the war.


Waleed: is a computer engineering student who dreams of completing his studies and building his own family with his wife and children.

Mahmoud: is a medical student in his final year. He dreams of graduating and becoming a doctor.



Sara: The 15-year-old daughter dreams of completing school after hers was destroyed in the war. She believes in children's education rights, loves graphic design also a poem writer. Sara was injured in one of the Gaza wars, affecting her leg. She is dreaming of publishing her war poem collection in a book.



Grandmother: The 87-year-old loving grandmother dreams of escaping this genocide.



The Afana family is asking for your help after enduring so much loss and pain. They need support to reach safety and access necessary health treatments.
Please share their story so they can survive one more day !



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