Help Shahd Escape War in Sudan

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Shahd is a 26 year old black woman from Sudan. She was able to escape Sudan and relocate to the United Arab Emirates earlier this year. Since moving there, she has been struggling financially and experienced many dangerous situations. Shahd does not feel safe or welcome where she is currently living. She also has no personal funds, and despite job-searching since she landed in the UAE, she is still unemployed.

Due to the war, her family, like many Sudanese people, are facing extreme financial struggles. Because of this, she is constantly on the verge of returning to Sudan since she can not afford to stay in the UAE. Her mother has been ill for months and had to return to Sudan at the beginning of October due to lack of funds to support her living in the UAE.

Sudan is currently in war and armed troops have moved in on Shahd’s home village. Shahds’s sister who is pregnant, mother, and other close family members are stuck in Sudan with no way to protect themselves or escape. It is not safe for Shahd to return to Sudan since she would be living in an active war zone.

In the UAE, if you don’t have money, you cannot stay in the country. That is why it has been so dangerous for Shahd and her family staying there since they are struggling to cover rent, groceries, and other essential expenses. This is also the reason her mom had to return to Sudan, because she could no longer afford to stay there.

To help Shahd, we are trying to raise money to cover her basic living expenses in the UAE over the next few months, but we are also trying to raise money to help Shahd relocate to Toronto, Canada. Here in Canada, Shahd has friends and a community who can host her until she finds her own place to live, and support her in many ways.

Shahd currently needs at least $8000 to resettle to Canada. We are asking for $8000 to pay for Shahd’s flight to Canada, as well as her college applications since she is trying for a student visa.

Over the past few months, Shahd has experienced many dangerous events in the UAE. This includes her being unhoused and having to sleep on the streets and at parks since there are very few operating shelters for people in the UAE. In August, Shahd was sexually assaulted by 3 men which resulted in an unwanted pregnancy. The names of those men are Mohamed Hassan, Azoo Hassan, and Ahmed Ozmil. With the help of Women on Web, we were able to get Shahd an abortion pill. However, she was still in a lot of pain due to the lack of painkillers and she was extremely scared going through this alone as she was unable to tell her family or doctors that she was pregnant out of fear.

Please contribute anything you can and make sure to share this post with your communities. It is important that we support those who are escaping war and genocide. Please repost this and start conversations about Sudan. You can also donate by sending funds on paypal with the message “Shahd”. Our paypal is @xosummerlove

If you would like to help Shahd find safety on a closer level, please send us an email at [email redacted] or dm us on instagram/tiktok @444realchange or text us at 647…696…9821. We can add you to an online group chat with Shahd that will be her primary support throughout her travels and help her directly in other ways she may need.

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*UPDATE *********

Shahd has been safely relocated with her mother to the UAE where they are currently staying with family. Shahd still needs funds to support her with food, housing, visa application, and transportation costs as well as medical fees for her mom. Additionally, Shahd has decided that she wants to relocate to Canada where I am so please support her in her journey to freedom <3

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*UPDATE *********

Shahd has been safely relocated with her mother to the UAE where they are currently staying with family. Shahd still needs funds to support her with food, housing, visa application, and transportation costs as well as medical fees for her mom. Additionally, Shahd has decided that she wants to relocate to Canada where I am so please support her in her journey to freedom <3

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EMERGENCY MUTUAL AID CALL OUT TO HELP A BLACK WOMAN ESCAPE WAR IN SUDAN

My friend Shahd is a 26 year old black woman from Sudan who is currently living there with family. Her parent is ill and undergoing surgeries which is creating more financial stress for her family. Armed troops are closing in on Shahd’s home territory. She is no longer safe in Sudan and she needs our immediate help to rescue her from an active war zone.

Shahd currently needs at least $5000 to start her journey from Sudan to the UAE. There, she will find a safe place to stay until we can raise more funds to help her get to the United States where she will live with family. So for now, we are only asking for $5000 to get Shahd somewhere safe and help her find some stability.

Please contribute anything you can and make sure to share this post with your communities. It is important that we support those who are escaping war and genocide. Please repost this gofundme and start conversations about Sudan. You can also donate by paypal @xosummerlove

If you would like to help Shahd find safety on a closer level, please send us an email at contactrealchange at gmail or dm us on instagram/tiktok @444realchange or text us at 647…377…6883 We can add you to a groupchat with Shahd that will be her primary support throughout her travels and help her directly in other ways she may need.