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i feel obligated to talk about this bc i am egyptian and one of the central reasons people from gaza have been fundraising is because of egypt's border policy, which is no longer active since the rafah border was destroyed

i know nothing gets people more heated or self-righteous than the idea that they might be getting scammed, and i know the gofundmes here can be overwhelming in your inboxes and i know for many people in the west who want some kind of reliable process this can seem sketchy but palestinian bloggers on here (and palestinians across platforms including on gazafunds.com) don't want you to be scammed any more than you want to be scammed, and they have put in an extraordinary effort to verify information literally in the middle of a warzone

the truth is you all have no idea how difficult this entire process is from top to bottom, tech companies and fintech companies literally hate anything that passes through this area. i'm banned from uber and doordash because i used an egyptian credit card while travelling and it flagged their automated fraud systems and they never reinstated it lol like that's how arbitrary it is. and egypt is one of the better-connected countries in the area.

the entire reason people in gaza are relying on gofundmes is because the barriers to entry and exit are not accidental—they're deliberate! this is literally what being occupied and middle-eastern means. it means you don't have easy access to bank accounts, you don't have easy access to fundraising, you don't have easy access to your own records, and you are automatically mistrusted by the world at large of how thoroughly dehumanized your language and your people have been during a genocide where you are being bombed and living in a tent. this is also part of what it means to be a refugee from the global south or to be a refugee from the global north, where these processes are expedited (as they were for ukrainian refugees, for example) precisely because they are part of the structure of a war.

like just to explain to you guys how difficult it was for me (someone with access to networks across the world) to get money to a friend in gaza, because egypt's also going through an economic crisis and transferring usd here is close to impossible: to get 15k usd (enough to get 3 people out of gaza) to the office in egypt that registers people for evacuation, that family needed

a stable internet connection to communicate with us (they were only able to get in touch briefly every other day)

first-degree relatives in egypt to register for them

people from abroad who could raise the money for them (which they did; they were family friends who knew them)

an egyptian with a usd bank account and a foreigner coming to egypt who could carry usd in cash to divide it among themselves because there is no other way to receive that amount of money here at once

we managed to get the money to their relatives here, they managed to register them, and then the rafah border was destroyed. so now the are just waiting while being bombed and displaced from one area to another. and this is a family who had every connection needed. imagine how it is for people where only one of these links are dropped?

that's why the work the palestinian bloggers do here to support palestinians in gaza is necessary, because they fill in for people who don't have good language skills, who don't have friends abroad to fundraise or vouch for them, who don't have relatives in egypt who can receive money for them, etc

does this mean every fundraiser is 100% reliable? no. this is why the verification list exists! the things i would be wary of would be if someone sends you a false or phishing link, or if someone who is running the campaign from abroad decides to scam the palestinians they're raising it for and refuse to send the money, both of which i've witnessed personally

but the likelihood of someone faking being from gaza and getting onto the verified list is much smaller because the verification process is rigorous and like i said, palestinians themselves don't want to be promoting scams. but also most of these gofundmes protect your donation, meaning if someone disputes it you get your donation back. they are paranoid to the extent that they will sometimes refuse to pay out people in gaza even after the campaign goal is reached for no reason except that anything from the middle east is generally regarded with suspicion. i've seen paypal also refuse to do the same

as a matter of fact from a tech standpoint it's so, so much easier for someone located in the west to create a fake gofundme/phishing scam than for a palestinian to do so, but by that token it's more difficult for someone in the west to convincingly fake being from gaza. which is why the verification list and other initiatives (like again, gazafunds.com) are so important

i have tried to get gofundmes on gazafunds before and i can promise you their process is rigorous. you might not see a lot of the paperwork behind a specific campaign but i know they don't add campaigns unless they verify their IDs personally or through a network of trusted references. the bloggers on here are a volunteer network working independently, of their own effort, and they are doing their best in what is a genuinely horrible situation. the border is closed now but people in gaza have worked out alternate ways to receive money raised online (again, often via relatives transferring to each other outside gaza or other means) and aid hasn't been coming in for months and those regulating the aid were killed, which means extremely limited supplies and high inflation, so money raised and received now is literally survival money that goes wherever it can, and people are very desperate to raise as much as possible as things get more dire. there is no employment in gaza right now. people have been living off their savings for ten months.

is that simple to convey to some blogger on tumblr donating 5$ to a gofundme? is it simple to understand? no. and that's part of the structure of genocide. you aren't going to be able to venmo someone and get a receipt like you do if you're donating to an org, so volunteers are doing their best to fill in the gaps for that by making sure you know how your money is helping real human beings while relieving the pressure on these humans, in a genocide with limited internet, to constantly post about themselves.

the fact of the matter is that your risk of being scammed by a gofundme from the verified list or gazafunds dot com is extremely low, but the damage of of assuming (and even worse, claiming) these campaigns are a scam is extremely high

if you don't trust a campaign, don't donate to it. if you notice a red flag you feel like the bloggers verifying might have missed, alert them to it. if you notice someone impersonating one of the verified campaigns on here (also common) alert people to it. i often have difficulty identifying which blogs are legitimate because they are deleted and remade so frequently, so i just try to reblog posts from the verified list or promoted by palestinians bloggers as i donate to them.

don't cast doubt on the process if you don't understand it, and don't be cruel about a situation you should pray you never experience—and odds are, if you have a US passport and a US bank account, you never will.

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I have now reached 91% of my goal and there is still about 9% left. Please donate anything, my friends.

My wish is that you donate to me Even a little and do not rule my heart ignores you please

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Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 - 2013), Nunavut - Our Land – 1992 Lithograph on paper

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Please take a few minutes to watch the video and read this post.

I am writing these words after losing hope in everyone… except for you, my friends. Tumblr has a very large number of users, estimated in the millions . That’s an enormous number! But imagine, with all those of people, how would you feel if people saw you and ignored you? You’d feel deeply disappointed, right? Or maybe you’d even wish for death.

Have you ever wished for death? For me, I feel like I’d rather die than be ignored by everyone. If I wasn’t in desperate need of help, I wouldn’t ask anyone for it. I really need help.

Imagine for a moment that you have a small child you love dearly, and you’re forced to watch her suffer in front of your eyes. This isn’t just an imagination for me; it’s my reality. My family and I live this pain every day.

Please, be our hope. Be our voice. Be the ones who save us from despair. Don’t ignore us. Donate, even if it’s just $5 .

There are so many people reading this post right now. I beg anyone who sees these words to donate if they can, and if not, to share this post. Please, don’t leave us behind.

Be our family, or think of us as members of your own family, and save us from this suffering. No matter how small the amount, your help means the world to us. And if you can’t donate, share this post and add a few kind words to inspire others to help.

Thank you so much, everyone. I wish you all the best.

✅vetted by The ButterflyEffect Projects #764 on verified campaigns list) previously shared by 90-ghost ✅

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israeli strikes across gaza have killed at least 50 palestinians in the last 24 hours. the UN has also run out of food aid due to israel's blockades. the genocide continues and the killing of palestinians is routine.

my friend nader's @abdalsalam2000 campaign is almost halfway to its current goal. he is only 17 and supporting a family of seven, with an ailing father and a baby girl iman.

please continue to share and donate to nader's campaign so he and his family can survive and escape these apocalyptic conditions:

€23,270 / 50,000

tagging for reach:

@iregularlyevadetaxes @rickybabyboy @sayruq @butchniqabi @akajustmerry @valtsv @r0zeclawz @marxism-lelouchism @opencommunion @boobieteriat @chokulit @ot3 @90-ghost @prisonhannibal @punkitt-is-here @i-am-a-fish @vampiricvenus @tamamita @omegaversereloaded  @catsgifsarefun  @fairuzfan @spongebobssquarepants @skipppppy  @paper-mario-wiki @xgoldenlatiasx @postanagramgenerator @memingursa  @certifiedsexed @afro-elf @11thsense @spacebeyonce  @fools-and-perverts @yugiohz  @neechees @evillesbianvillainarchive @taffybuns  @thatdiabolicalfeminist @beserkerjewel @beetledrink @specialmouse @grox @minmos @timequangle

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NEW CAMPAIGN FOR THE SHEHAB FAMILY!

The Shehabs are wonderful people, to whom came a great misfortune. you might remember me making a post for them before, before their old campaign was forcefully closed, the money seized and returned to the donors. they've started a new campaign, and unfortunately, only around 200€ was received in 3 months. you all know the situation in gaza. there is no amenities, barely any water, or clothes, but most importantly - no food. Mohammed and Mona have two lovely daughters and he had sent me messages of them crying and wailing from pure hunger. NO CHILD SHOULD GO THROUGH THAT, no matter where they are. Mohammed is willing to take pictures of the food they will buy with the donated money, so i can add it onto this post.

Little Iman and Toleen have no food!!!

The family is vetted by @gazavetters, #111!

They also have a blog on tumblr, @mohammedshehabtt, through which you can contact them. They would really appreciate having more contact with the outside world and people to help them in crisis. i personally talk to them through whatsapp.

Please donate, or if you can't, share to those who do. Thank you for caring.

253€/15k€

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Abdul Rahman is in ICU, suffering from severe burns. I need help to buy his treatment before it’s too late. Please, don’t leave him alone in this pain.

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My Palestinian friends need help!! (UPDATED AGAIN)

1- Nad is a 17 years old Palestinian boy whom I've been trying to help get evacuation funds for months now. The funds are for him and several family members, including his father who's a cancer patient and his little niece whom he loves and whose health has been heavily impacted by the post October 7th phase of the genocide in Gaza.

Nad's campaign was going incredibly well, until GFM locked their original one and for half of it he had to start all over again. :/ This is deeply unfair and no one should have to campaign to survive a genocide, let alone a 17 years old kid.

€21,075 €22,465/€50,000 +€1,390

2- Anas Ayesh is a 23 years old Palestianian medical student and a dear comrade. Through a scholarship he was granted the chance to study abroad in Venezuela, his dream is to become a doctor so he can help his people. Right before October 7th of 2023, Anas had returned to Gaza to visit his family and, well, you can imagine the rest. Besides all the horrors, he's developed gastric cancer and I worry I'll be informed sooner or later of his passing. He's deeply suicidal and very, very unwell both physically and emotionally. Please, help him reach his goal.

€20,025 €20,130/€25,000 +€105

3- Fadel is another friend of mine I've been talking to for a bit. He and his family were injured in an attack amongst the rubble that used to be their home. They were almost martyred. From this attack, there's shrapnel stuck inside Fadel's body that they couldn't safely remove. The surgery he needs is very complicated and cannot be performed in Gaza as of now.

He lives in intense, inhuman physical pain every single day. Please, help Fadel, his situation is so miserable, and as someone who suffers from chronic pain I can completely empathize with his suffering and wish it on no one.

€105/€30,000

I'm afraid Fadel's campaign was arbitrarily deleted by GFM for a second time and now he's starting from scratch for a third time. Please, we need to get him donations as soon as possible so that he can get the money wired quickly before GFM decides to fuck him over again.

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didnt expect to be talking abt starbucks so much after i quit but it just keeps getting worse

8 human trafficking survivors are suing Starbucks, exposing years of forced labor and child labor. the article starts with the story of a man who was enslaved at age 16 and was just rescued last year. if nothing else has convinced you to boycott, please let this sway you...

it also says the NGO CoffeeWatch is filing a complaint with US Customs and Border Protection attempting to block these corporations from importing coffees produced wholly or in part by slave labor in Brazil.

but this isn't unique to Starbucks, this is the unspoken truth of many of our goods in the west, relying on the exploitation of people in the global south. i pray all the survivors secure a massive payout, but still.. i cant imagine anything would ever make up for this kind of treatment.

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the cats on this latvian stamp look like a nice lesbian couple inviting you into their home

[ID: a postage stamp with an illustration of two cats in an open doorway. end ID]

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URGENT! SURVIVAL FUND FOR A TRANS COVID LONG HAULER!

I've been trying to meet my goal for months and still no luck...and i had to lower the goal multiple times and still nothing I barely made it half way..im so tired and so suicidal, I need money for meds, medical bills, food etc. and I need it by monday. I'm unemployed because I have long covid, my sister is too disable to work, mom still hasnt found a job and my abusive father is not longer supporting. I need to finally meet this fucking goal please share this post I don't know what to do anymore no advice I've been given for crowdfunding has helped me much

0/899€

P4ypal & Kofi @/ninandrej

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nader is almost halfway to his goal!!!

please share and donate to support him and his family as they raise funds to survive and eventually evacuate from gaza <3

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URGENT! SURVIVAL FUND FOR A TRANS COVID LONG HAULER!

I've been trying to meet my goal for months and still no luck...and i had to lower the goal multiple times and still nothing I barely made it half way..im so tired and so suicidal, I need money for meds, medical bills, food etc. and I need it by monday. I'm unemployed because I have long covid, my sister is too disable to work, mom still hasnt found a job and my abusive father is not longer supporting. I need to finally meet this fucking goal please share this post I don't know what to do anymore no advice I've been given for crowdfunding has helped me much

0/899€

P4ypal & Kofi @/ninandrej

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I cannot take "fraud" talk about benefit programs seriously because I know what can get labeled as fraud. Taking a tupperware of leftovers home from a friend's birthday can be argued to be food stamp fraud. Exchanging SNAP for cash is fraud, that makes sense, except in many cases, people will let someone else use their leftover SNAP at the end of the month in exchange for cash they need for shampoo, toilet paper, Tylenol, or other essentials not covered by SNAP. Paying the nurse or attendant for the full shift even though you asked them to leave early because you wanted to go to bed is fraud, even though the alternative is either they get less pay for no fault of their own, or they have to hang around while you sleep. Meanwhile, paying someone for the full shift when the jobsite has to shut down early is policy in many workplaces. Giving your attendant or nurse cash to go pick up your medicine and letting them keep the change is fraud. In some states packing your kid lunch if you are on free lunch is fraud. Because of how strictly benefits programs are defined and regulated, for the recipients, basic human acts and impulses are defined as fraud.

If people want to talk about benefits fraud, they should be talking about third party administrators, nursing homes, and farms. That's where big ticket fraud that is malicious, deliberate, and with the aim of ripping off the government happens. It's the province of large scale service providers and contractors, not people who use benefits or the workers directly assisting them. So unless you're explicitly talking about that, shut the fuck up about "oh I'm sure there *is* fraud."

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PLEASE DON’T SCROLL BY!!

I don’t know what to share about my life anymore to get people’s attention. We are a family of ten trying to survive in northern Gaza. Our landlord keeps increasing our rent, and we will be at the mercy of the drones and the tanks if we have to leave, on top of having to leave behind all of our belongings. Every kind of food at the market now costs a fortune and there are no jobs available due to the dangerous situation outside, so we have to fully rely on this campaign.

This is my dear sister Soso, with a bittersweet caption added by my brother, sifting the only flour we have left, which is rotten and full of worms, having fun despite everything because she doesn’t understand the implications of 25kg of flour now costing $300. I want a better life for her.

Please help, I swear I’ll be thankful for anything. Share at least if you can’t afford to donate.

✅Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #347 )✅

PLEASE DONATE HERE

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Messages between me and Ibrahim @wolf-aid on the 17th of april 2025, shared with his permission

Ibrahim is only fifteen years old, and this is the kind of things he has to deal with because of the occupation. He dreams of continuing his education, but this genocide has taken that from him. Ibrahim’s home, school, and the places he used to spend his time have been destroyed, and he has been displaced multiple times and lost many relatives in the bombings. No one should have to go through this, and especially not at his age.

On top of this, both of his parents suffer from health issues, which is scary enough for a child to experience even outside of a war zone where they can’t get adequate treatment.

Prices in Gaza are sky high for food, medications and other necessities, and evacuations are expensive too. If you can donate to Ibrahim’s campaign, you are helping this family survive until the border reopens, and making sure they can afford to leave when they have the chance.

Thanks to Ibrahim’s hard work campaigning for his family, they have reached almost 90% of their goal, but they still have a little under 10,000 to go. Please don’t ignore him and don’t let this campaign slow down when they are so close to reaching their goal 🙏🏼🇵🇸

€70,433 raised out of 80,000

@90-ghost @tamamita @rhubarbspring @heritageposts @dirhwangdaseul @neechees @butchniqabi @socalgal @newporters @pikslasrce @vampiricvenus @danlous @loumandivorce @jackiedaytona @deepspaceboytoy @autisticmudkip @nashvillethotchicken @femmefitz @pitbolshevik @sawasawako @iregularlyevadetaxes @omegaversereloaded @hotvampireadjacent @boobieteriat @mens-rights-activia @ot3

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URGENT!! Disabled family in north Gaza needs to evacuate NOW!!

Ibtisam and her children are currently under fire RIGHT NOW in north Gaza!

Ibtisam’s oldest daughter Noha sustained a head wound and a serious burn on her hand after narrowly escaping IOF bombing. They are trying to evacuate to a relatively safer place and get Noha treatment. Her injuries are very concerning and her hand is severely blistered and unusable, requiring urgent treatment.

The family NEEDS to get to some kind of safety, and Noha URGENTLY needs treatment or she could lose her hand!!

Evacuation and medical treatment costs amount to about $1,000 USD needed

Current: $57,559 CAD

New temporary goal: $58,959 CAD

Need to raise: $1,400 CAD, about $1,000 USD

@nohaibrahim2025 @nohaibrahim-blogs