Help the Hamad family get to Safety

Erin Loftin is organizing this fundraiser.

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Hello! My name is Erin/Razz, I am an American citizen from Alabama, making this fundraiser on behalf of a family who need to evacuate to safety.

Sami Hamad, Amna Hamad, and Ayham Hamad are a family of 3 living in Khan Yunis, Gaza in need of aid to raise funds to evacuate. Surviving death and fleeing to Egypt is the family's goal. Sami's sister-in-law Hanaa reached out to me online to aid their family. I have spoken with both Hanaa and Sami, and can verify their legitimacy. All funds collected will be transferred from me to Sami's bank account in Khan Yunis.

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As you may know, the conflict in Gaza and Palestine is extremely dangerous and deadly for those within the war-torn area. The only way out for Gaza's inhabitants is currently Rafah crossing, which is usually closed and sporadically opens while those at the border charge exorbitant fees for refugees evacuating to Egypt.

In order to get through the crossing, it costs around $5000 a person, and so I have set the goal for this fundraiser to be $15,000, to cover the cost of a family of 3 - a husband, wife, and their young child - Sami, Amna, and Ayham. اسمع سامي و مها و ايهم.

Sami's sister-in-law, Hanaa, also has a fundraiser for her own family here. I have been in contact with Hanaa for a while trying to help her, and she requested I help her brother-in-law's family as well. Usually I support pre-existing campaigns with donations - this is the first fundraiser I have run myself.

I asked Sami if the family wanted to raise medical funds as they needed medical care, and Sami said that he simply wanted enough to get out of the situation they've been suffering through. This family has been through a lot, and deserve a chance to live, to thrive.

The conditions this family and many others have suffered are inhumane - little to no food, no clean water, only a thin tent to protect from the blazing sun and bitter cold, clothing and necessities so expensive they cannot afford winter clothes for their already vulnerable children, fearing for their lives every day due to bombing, displacement causing them to lose shelter and what little belongings they had, unreliable internet and lack of electricity, buildings destroyed to rubble and rubbish piling high making a breeding ground of sickness and death. It is a heartbreaking, hellish situation to live in. It is not living, barely even surviving. Once beautiful homes full of loving families, reduced to rubble and heartbreak.

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This fund is strictly to raise evacuation funds. I talked with Sami and he gave me his bank routing information, so I will be able to transfer the money to him after collecting it. His banking is in Khan Yunis, his family's place of residence.

I hope you will help this family get to safety.

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I am a creative person, and so I am offering an incentive to donate. I am offering art requests to those who send me proof of donation. If you request a favorite animal and/or flower with your donation, I can include a drawing of said request as a thank you! I have a Ko-fi page here, if you need to get in touch with me elsewhere. Please help this family get to safety!