Help Rawan & her family escape the genocide in Gaza

Meet Rawan Abu AlAish, a 26-year-old from Gaza, a Graphic & UI/UX Designer, striving to secure a peaceful future for herself and her family. Today, I reach out with a heavy heart, asking for your support to help us escape the destruction in Gaza and find a safe haven abroad.

Despite all the challenges and difficulties I faced growing up in Gaza, I have always found innovative and unique solutions to problems. I graduated from the Information Technology College at the Islamic University of Gaza, specializing in multimedia and web development. I worked diligently during the four years I spent at university, and thankfully graduated, working as a graphic designer and user interface designer to support my family of eight. I lived happily with my family in Gaza, seeking self-improvement and achieving my dreams. I had very big dreams, and I worked hard to pursue a master's degree. But in one day, in one moment, my life and my family's lives were turned upside down.

Dear free and supportive brothers and sisters in this world, I write to you after much contemplation and hesitation, but my hope to save my family's life has given me the courage to ask for your urgent assistance in evacuating my family from Gaza to a safe place. We were displaced from our home in Gaza after it was completely bombed, to the southern areas, under inhumane conditions where we have been suffering from illness, cold, hunger, and drinking contaminated water for over 6 months. Regret eats at me as I look into my mother's eyes, fading before me, and I am powerless to do anything for her and my siblings. Therefore, I ask for your support to help us escape the destruction in Gaza and find a safe place abroad.

Since October 7th, our lives have been completely destroyed. We fled from our home while starving, being bombed, and displaced. We have all lost our jobs and any sources of income. We have been without water, electricity, sanitation, fresh food, or medicine for almost 6 months now. We flee from continuous bombing and gunfire, and now we live a tragic life in tents, suffering every moment from injustice and oppression after being displaced more than 8 times.

These are pictures of our apartment in Gaza, which was completely destroyed.

After more than 180 days of this genocidal war, even our shelters and the areas we fled to are now under attack. We have no safe place to go, and survival becomes increasingly difficult every day.

I appeal to you - kind people all over the world - to help me save my family in our darkest hours. After our hopes for education were shattered, with our university and city destroyed, we had no choice but to seek refuge elsewhere. This is the place where I humbly request your assistance.

My brother Yamen, the innocent 13-year-old child, Yamen has growth retardation and was being treated in Egypt and taking growth injections. However, for 6 months he has not been able to take his injections due to the war and the inability to travel. Also, due to malnutrition and unclean water, Yamen has a smaller bone age than his actual age. He must travel and complete his treatment abroad, and I will attach his medical report here.

This is a picture of my brother Yamen on his birthday before the genocide began.

Please, my family needs urgent help. Your support is crucial to ensure their safety. I want to leave Gaza; please help me and help my family. The situation in Gaza is very dangerous now, so I want to leave Gaza, not only for the money but as an opportunity for us to have a new chance at life.

We ask for your help in obtaining a safe passage out of Gaza to receive urgent medical treatment so that we can survive this war. Every member of our family needs urgent medical assistance. We all suffer from physical and psychological trauma, and we have experienced hearing loss from explosions due to the bombing and continuous explosions.

The exorbitant cost of border crossing permits is a massive barrier to our escape, with each permit costing around $5000. For me and my family, the total amount is approximately $30,000. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us closer to safety and the opportunity to rebuild our shattered lives.

Please know that your generosity has the power to create a new future for us. It is like giving us a new chance at life and a future free from the horrors of war and destruction. From the bottom of my heart, I express profound gratitude for any support you can provide.

Every donation, no matter how small, gives us a ray of hope, and I ask you to share my story and message with the world. The war has taken almost everything from us, but we still have hope, and I hope our message has reached you.

If you are unable to donate for any reason, you can contribute by please sharing the link & spreading the word. Every donation and every share make a difference.

Thank you for your support and understanding.

With gratitude and love,

Rawan Abu Aish