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Appalachia needs help.

I have safely evacuated myself and my children from Asheville, NC following Hurricane Helene. We are seeing levels of devastation that none of us could have imagined or predicted. So many people are stuck, either literally physically stuck, or don't have the resources to get out. Many areas are expected to be without power or running water for an extended period.

Please help with what you can.

Asheville has been my home for 4 years now. This place is where I found myself through a divorce and through so many big life changes. When I worked for the Red Cross, I got to know the surrounding communities working on blood drives throughout the mountains. So many places I grew to love are gone now. People have lost everything. Our communities need help to recover, now more than ever. The road ahead is long and difficult.

How to help:

Donation Links:

NC Gov Hurricane Relief Fund - State fund to bring in supplies to the WNC region

American Red Cross Helene Relief Fund - Red Cross hurricane response fund

BeLoved Asheville - Local organization that has been on the ground assisting Asheville area folks

Samaritan's Purse - Organization with feet on the ground in Boone, NC

United Way Buncombe County Relief Fund - Collecting donations to help Buncombe County recover

Appalachia Service Project - Fund to rebuild Appalachian communities

East Tennessee Foundation Neighbor-to-Neighbor Fund - Distributing funds and supplies to local non-profits

Please let me know of any to add!

Give Blood:

There are thousands of people injured by the effects of the flood. With a national blood shortage already making it difficult to give lifesaving transfusions to regular patients, now more than ever blood is needed to help those hurt. No matter where you are, giving blood can save a life here.

American Red Cross Blood Donation - Nationwide blood donation organization

The Blood Connection - Local to NC, SC and GA, pays up to $70 in e-giftcards per donation

OneBlood - Blood drives from SC to FL

Please let me know if there are more to add!

Supply Drops:

PLEASE DO NOT TRAVEL TO APPALACHIA TO DROP SUPPLIES YOURSELF.

We are critically low on resources such as water and gasoline. Well-intentioned people attempting to deliver supplies are getting stranded and causing harm to the relief effort. Check in locally with organizations that are collecting supplies and bringing them in to us.

Operation Airdrop - A group of folks with private planes/helicopters who are airdropping supplies to the region in coordination with local governments

Please let me know of any links to add!

If you are in Appalachia and need help:

FEMA disaster assistance - Providing both funds to repair damage from the storm and special unemployment (NOTE: from my understanding you must first apply for unemployment through NC state to receive unemployment/lost wages help https://www.des.nc.gov/individuals/apply-ui )

There are several Discord servers for real-time updates from locals. These include information about availability of supplies, mutual aid posts, missing persons information, and more. Join AVL Helene

A crowdsourced Google Doc with resources available here

Please let me know what other links to add!

Please stay safe out there.

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🔴can you help me 🇵🇸🍉

This is my home Which was destroyed by the accursed occupation yesterday I'm not sad about the stones I'm sad about the memories I hope this damned war ends 💔💔😔 🍉🇵🇸

vetted by @90-ghost

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ADHD, a week in the life

Mon: (excessive heat watch, advised to stay inside) hyperfocus=the mulch

Tues: (excessive heat watch, advised to stay inside) hyperfocus=the mulch

Weds: (excessive heat watch, advised to stay inside) hyperfocus=the mulch

Thurs: (still hot) hyperfocus=the mulch

Fri: (still hot) hyperfocus=the mulch

Saturday: (still hot) hyperfocus=the mulch

Sunday: (no longer hot!) hyperfocus=the who?

And this is why it looks like laziness: I literally forgot I had 15 bags of mulch in my yard for two days -- while stepping around them! -- after spending the previous week obsessing on them

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In case you were wondering, although I think we would considered a speckled banana to be overripe nowawdays.

Anyway, that's a wrap on the nanners -- thanks for keeping me company for this one!

Yes! 100 Ways to Enjoy Bananas, 1925

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Here in the West literally no media outlets talk about anything to do with Kenya (or the entire African continent for that matter). But maybe go ahead and give this a read and help if you can, because unfortunately the entire planet is a community sh!tshow rn and everyone's liberation is connected

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Hello, I hope you and your family are well. Can you please help me recycle the post on my account? 🌺 And help rescue my family from the war in Gaza? 🙏🙏

https://gofund.me/b477b817

Verified by @palestinegenocide @queerstudiesnatural @90-ghost @el-shab-hussein @northgazaupdates @apollos-olives @riding-with-the-wild-hunt

I can absolutely give you another signal boost! I've added a link to your campaign here:

Everyone please help them out if you can -- and as always, please boost either way

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Hello dear, I hope you receive the message and you are well. In good shape. I wanted to reach out and participate in a donation campaign aimed at saving my children and family who are facing very difficult circumstances. You can contribute and learn more through the link https://www.tumblr.com/nabulsi/753715707609530368?source=share Thank you very much for your support and participation in this important cause.

I can absolutely give you a signal boost! I've added a link to your campaign here:

Everyone please help them out if you can -- and as always, please boost either way

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https://www.gofundme.com/f/ne9gzx-help-them-to-survive?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet-first-launch&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

Dear Friends,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to share an urgent plea for help. Due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, my family and I have been forced to flee our home and seek refuge in Khan Younis. My mother, who is pregnant, is in critical need of assistance to ensure her safety and the safety of her unborn child.

We are facing severe hardships and are struggling to provide her with the necessary medical care and basic necessities. I have launched a campaign to raise funds for my mother's survival during this perilous time.

Your support in sharing our campaign on social media could make a life-saving difference. Please help us spread the word and gather the support we desperately need.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Sincerely,

Please help us by sharing the post on your page so that we can collect donations and get out of the war. You are our hope. I will be very grateful to you . ❤️🙏🏼

"this fundraiser is vetted by nabulsi, fallahifag, el-shab-hussein, ibtisams, sayruq"

Hello! Sharing your ask & here's a link to the gofundme for easy clicking:

Please help them out if you can and please signal boost either way. Hopefully we can help this family to safety!

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Hello dears! I am asking you to support my campaign to help me reach my goal. I am now in bad need your support to help me stay alive and safe. Gaza is a very dangerous place either on the level of livelihood or on the level of souls. I need your monetary support to enable me to get the basic needs for my family till Rafah crossing point reopens to move my family to safety and peace. Please help a family be alive through your small donations or througn your shares to others. Thank you so Much for your stand beside people in need.

Of course!

Sahar's fundraiser has been verified by @90-ghost and here is the direct link:

Please help them out if you can and please signal boost either way. Hopefully we can help this family to safety!

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Hello ! Thanks for bearing with me , I am a Palestinian educator from Gaza whose life is dire and gruesome. Nothing has left for my family except the hope you can support and help us. After 9 months of war we became exhausted, hopeless , desperate , and displaced. Houses and livelihood sources have been lost and gone with the wind. Things are driving us insane and made. The least level of life can't be attained. Healthy water and food have become a dream we need to realize. What worsens our life more is the constant bombings and killings. That is why I am asking in this post to help us survive this unbearable circumstances , moving from hell to safety and peace. Your support can help us be safe and alive so friends you can support us either by directly donating whatever you can or by sharing my campaign links so that generous people can know about our tragedy and pain. Remember your small contribution can make a big difference for the lives of many children whose heath gets worse and worse everyday. Let their life change and let them feel happy through your kind contribution.

https://gofund.me/9b764ae7

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very important‼️🥺

Siraj's family is between disappointment and hope

When the hope of returning home evaporates, and you become displaced and displaced without housing, for an open term, and without a date for the end of the tragedy, you feel that all your energy has been exhausted, and terrifying nightmares begin to dominate your mind.😔

I worked long hours and borrowed a lot to complete the house, and I am not happy with it yet. Now all I have is the tent, in which I will remain until an unknown date. I have lost the house that could have protected us from the humiliation of homelessness and misery in the ruins of Gaza if life had been given to us.😢

My children are living in a state of despair and loss, with no education or recreational games, and how difficult it is to stand in front of them when you are unable to provide them with food, drink, and housing.😭

Some pictures of the effects of the house's destruction

The tent we currently live in is a convection oven

This is the place where we prepare our food. It has a clay oven and needs wood daily.

My young son, Muhammad, is tired of frightening, polluted water in which diseases and epidemics spread, but there is no alternative to that

My goal now is to rebuild the house, and I am very far from the goal that has become a big dream for me. I ask you for your help, participation, and serious attention. How difficult it is to become homeless indefinitely.💔

20$ can make a difference

My campaign is documented by Nabulsi✅

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I want to bring another fundraiser to your attention. In the link above, Fadi Ayyad has told the story of his family, who lost their home in Northern Gaza and have been forced to evacuate to the south.

Fadi is a high school student who wishes to graduate and further his studies. And his father, Ayman is a well-respected and known Gazan educator, who has lost his source of livelihood during this war.

Their lives have become a constant struggle for survival, from trying to secure what food and water they can to the constant bombardment and raids by the Israeli military which threaten to take their lives at any time.

Their situation is dire. They require $35,000 to evacuate their 8 family members and after 1 month they have not even gone over $1000 yet.

Help this family reach their goal and evacuate to Egypt, where they can get back a semblance of stability and safety. Donate if you can, and please share!

You can also reach Ayman on tumblr @aymanayyad81

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I am Ahmed Al-Nabih from Gaza, and this is my twin brother Abdul Rahman. I am 30 years old. I used to live a beautiful life with my family and my brother. The idea of ​​marriage was on the table and we were going to continue our lives in our beautiful house, but something happened like a nightmare. The war came and took all our dreams and destroyed our house. Our lives became very difficult and arduous. We lived in tents. In the extreme heat, my mother suffers from chronic diseases, heart disease, blood pressure, and diabetes. Please help me save my family and my elderly mother. I ask for your support and participation. A small donation makes a difference. I have only collected 1,60euros in about five months! Thank you all!❤️🙏

Verified by @palestinegenocide @queerstudiesnatural @90-ghost @el-shab-hussein @northgazaupdates @apollos-olives @riding-with-the-wild-hunt

Pictures of me and my twin brother before the war!

Pictures of us with my mother before the war, when our lives were beautiful and stable!☹️

A picture in the war of my mother, who is 62 years old, due to the lack of medicine because she suffers from chronic diseases, blood pressure, heart, and diabetes. Her health condition deteriorated due to the difficult life in Gaza and famine, and because we live in tents in the extreme heat.!🥹

I am during the war and my life has become arduous and tiring!😌

Now we live here, it is a terrifying life, more like a nightmare!☹️

Our beautiful house has become rubble!😢

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Hello, my name is Yousef Hilles from Gaza. I followed my campaign and was verified by @el-shab-hussein I hope you can help Campaign number (206)

https://www.gofundme.com/f/btuqqt-save-my-familys-life

Of course!

This family is extremely low on funds and could use all the help any of us can give them. Their campaign is just under 20% of their need, at €4,560 of €23,000 needed. Please consider helping them if you can, and signal boost either way.

Here’s the campaign link directly, just in case it’s not working in the ask:

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Another fundraiser I'd like to bring more attention to is that of Munna and her family.

Munna has 3 children, Rima, who is a teenager, Salah, an 11 year old, and Lina, who is only 5 years old. Their family has been forced to evacuate and they've been living in a small tent for the last 9 months of this ongoing genocide. They've faced countless dangers, from the threat of Israeli artillery to the famine and shortage of clean water.

Below you can see a video of young Lina, speaking about her family's situation

This family is saving up the funds currently to evacuate to Egypt, where they will be safe and the children will be able to continue their education and receive proper nutrition and healthcare.

This fundraiser is extremely low on funds, having not even reached £1000 of their end goal of £30,000. Every donation will go towards helping this family and every share spreads young Lina's message further.

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Please take a minute to read our story in Gaza, after I lost my home for the third time, we lost our work, and we are in a tragic situation.

This sums up my daughter's situation with her four siblings. She cannot continue living without your help. Donate, share the story and send it to your friends. Any small amount helps save my children's lives, share now on your account.

https://www.tumblr.com/monashamali/755533032132395008/donate-to-help-the-munna-tashmali-family-rebuild?source=share

Hello!

I've just reblogged @nabulsi's mention of your campaign so everyone who sees it gets a fulled, vetted view of your situation. Those who'd like to donate should use the reblog link below!

I also want to mention that this family is extremely low on funds, having received only £2,291 of £30,000 needed to escape into Egypt -- that's only 7% of their need.

If you can, please donate to help, and either way please signal boost the post: https://www.tumblr.com/nabulsi/754393532315353089/donate-to-help-the-munna-tashmali-family-rebuild?source=share

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Hello, Im Aseel from Gaza. I hope you are well. I am living in war and fear. I lost my family, my home, and everything I own. We are living in difficult circumstances. I hope you can help me by donating even a simple thing or publishing my page.

1100 Swedish krona = 100 dollars Every $5 will make a difference 🙏

My campaign was vetted by 90ghost

https://gofund.me/36072769

Of course! I hope the reblog helps <3

Please donate to Aseel and her family if possible, they're at only 5% of their need -- and signal boost either way!