Help My Family Find Safety Away from Gaza

Hi everyone,

I'm Shahenaz and I'm reaching out from Italy, where I've built a new life as a web developer. Despite the peace I've found here, my heart remains heavy with worry for my family back in Gaza, where daily life has become a perilous struggle for survival.

For over four months, Gaza has been engulfed in relentless aggression. The simple necessities of life—electricity, food, safety—have become luxuries. Prices have soared, and the value of human life has tragically diminished. Amid this chaos, my family was forced to flee our home, leaving everything behind in hopes of finding safety, however fleeting.

The situation has reached a critical point. My family which consists of my parents, a sister and three brothers, like many others, is trapped in a cycle of displacement, with each day bringing new threats, they have been displaced 4 times till now!

My family had to endure sleeping in their car on the street for two days following an urgent evacuation call. Can you fathom the peril of a family forced to seek refuge in a car amidst such danger?

The only escape from this nightmare is to leave Gaza—a journey fraught with an exorbitant cost of €5,000 per person.

Before this turmoil, my family's life was filled with dreams and aspirations. My father's business, our home filled with love and laughter, and my siblings' ambitions—all have been shattered by the aggression. Now, survival and the hope for a semblance of normalcy are our only dreams.

Here are some details about my family:

My dad likes to plant, we had a balcony full of plants. My dad and I chose them together, he was sending me photos of them every couple of weeks to tell me that the plants had grown up and waiting for me to go see them in reality. He had a small business, but in the first month of the aggression, the place was bombed along with everything inside.

My mom is a housewife, she always wanted to make our home the best place for us, she is the kindest person in my life. There are a lot of memories in my mind of her. Still, the one that touches my heart is her sitting on our balcony with my dad every night, having their coffee together, listening to their favourite songs and thinking about the family's future. But now everything was gone, the plants, the balcony, and our house were partially destroyed and stolen. Even our neighbourhood was bombed and destroyed

Here is our home before and after the aggression

My oldest brother likes programming so he was a self-learner and worked as a web developer freelancer. He was planning to get engaged in the Summer of 2024, but now he lost his job due to the situation of not having electricity, internet and a quiet place to work and think. Now his only dream is to survive and stay alive

My second brother was working with my grandfather for over 4 years but now the place was bombed, stolen and disappear like never been there before.

My sister is a UI/UX designer, she is a smart girl, and she designs web/mobile applications, before the aggression she worked remotely with many companies, but she lost her job as well.

My youngest brother is a student in his second year of university, he’s studying business and management, but now his university has been destroyed and already lost this year of his studies. That wasn’t all, on January 4th, he got injured and had a surgeon's operation on his legs, he still can’t walk yet, he’s in a recovery period, and he needs a medical follow-up which doesn’t exist in Gaza right now.

I'm launching this campaign with a heavy heart, seeking your support to raise €32,000. This will cover the cost of safely evacuating my family from Gaza and the GoFundMe fees which cost €2000. Your generosity can light a path to safety for my loved ones, helping them rebuild their lives and dare to dream once more.

Every contribution, no matter the size, brings us a step closer to a safer future. Your kindness is more than a donation; it's a beacon of hope during our darkest times. We are profoundly grateful for your support and solidarity.