Rebuilding Hope: Initiatives for Gaza's Recovery
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I can no longer bear and endure life here in Rafah after more than 6 months of suffering and displacement. My children suffer from gastrointestinal diseases, recurrent abdominal pain, and diarrhea. My children have become depressed as there is no place for joy. The situation is unbearable here, with constant shelling around us in Rafah.
This is my daughter. I wanted to take her out for a stroll, but it turned into a disaster due to environmental pollution, epidemics, and various diseases.
Help me spread the link and help me get out and cover the travel expenses."
From the depths of pain, where there used to be something called life, there were small details and beautiful days gone by, where there was warmth, family, and security. Simple days we lived without pain or troubles. This is the simplest of wishes: to be in our homes without fear, a goal and aspiration for everyone. I will recount my story, filled with fear, loss, and hope.
I am Mohammed Al Madhoun, an educated young man with a beautiful small family consisting of a wife and two children. I got married at the age of 28 and have a daughter named Celine and a son named Hamdi. This is my small family. I have always been a striving youth, seeking to secure a decent life for myself and my wife. I earned two bachelor's degrees and always sought to build my modest home for my family until this devastating nightmare destroyed all my dreams.
Here I am, for the past six months, unsure of how to take care of myself or my children. Do I maintain my own health or my family's health? My house has been destroyed, members of my family lost, my friends lost, everything beautiful in my life consumed by fire, swallowing our dreams. We are all living in a vortex of fear and hunger, unsure if we will be alive the next day or if we will die a thousand deaths from hunger and fear each day.
These are some of my current pains, and I ask for consideration in this matter to try to escape from this hell, to save my children from this ordeal. I need your help and support to travel away from this pain.
Organizer
Mohammed Al Madhoun
Organizer
Manns Harbor, NC