support Talb's Family

Hello, my name is Diana Abuseedou. I am a Canadian citizen and I am creating this go fund me for my relative,Taleb Iyad Abu Seydo and his family, Palestinians from Gaza. I find myself having to ask for help in a critical and urgent situation for me and my family members. Our family are victims of destruction, death and hunger. We have also had to witness these tragedies to countless families, friends and neighbours.

My family of 9, including my mother, father, and 2 sisters, my young brother, wife, and two daughters, have faced a series of painful challenges. Our home was bombed in October 2023. After the intense shelling in my family’s neighbourhood, they first took refuge in my house to flee after October 7, but the continuous attacks forced us to move to southern Gaza. Since then we have been displaced.

On Friday, October 13, 2023, we were forced to flee as we were under attack, leaving everything behind. After that, we were evacuated to multiple locations, including Nuseirat, Deir al-Balah, Zawaida and Al-Mawasi, desperately in search of a safe haven. Unfortunately, the neighbourhood where we live in northern Gaza has become in ruins, under constant bombardment, without allowing anyone to return.

After months of continuous movement and multiple evacuations, we found ourselves divided between southern Gaza and northern Gaza and both areas remain under threat of ongoing bombs and attacks. We have since lost our business in the auto and electrical appliances trade, in northern Gaza and suffered serious damage. This is what fed our families and it’s gone now. We have nothing anymore.

We are currently facing the tragedy of no homes, no reliable source of food or water, no medicine, and we live constantly under the threat of fire and shelling. The entire Gaza Strip is unsafe, making access to food and potable water a daily challenge. This not only affects us, but our young children.

My family has two young girls, and children under the age of one are particularly at risk due to the lack of children’s basic needs such as formula milk, medicines and supplies. Additionally, my mother needs medication for diseases of the vertebone. However, the destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system has left us without access to basic medical care.

As part of our efforts to save ourselves and family from this terrifying situation, we are working to evacuate us to a safer place while at the same time we seek to provide all the requirements of life.

However, the path to security is blocked by financial challenges.

They are demanding that people from Gaza are to pay an average of $7,000 USD per person to let them out of Gaza to Egypt. Flight tickets after that are another $1,300 USD per person, plus expenses required to stay in Cairo, Egypt for a few weeks in order to issue a replacement for lost documents from the embassy and waiting for visa application procedures. The average cost per person is $10,300 USD and a total of $278,000 USD. This is just to get our family out of Gaza, apply for our passports and visas, stay in Egypt during this process, and leave Egypt. Nothing more, nothing less. This is an extreme financial burden which we are not able to pay for due to losing our businesses and jobs since October 2023. We have nothing anymore.

Your willingness to listen to my family’s situation is deeply appreciated. The actual situation is more challenging than words can convey, and Palestinian voices often struggle to be heard, making it difficult to raise awareness and mobilise support.

At this critical moment, on behalf of my family, I strongly beg the kindness of all empathetic individuals. Your support can be a beacon of hope that guides us from the most dangerous place in the world towards a new and safe life. Our young children don’t deserve this, no one does. All we want is for our family to be safe and fed. That’s it. But we can’t make it to safety and proper food and healthcare alone, we need help.

Thank you for your support and understanding during this difficult period. We appreciate any help that we can get.