#I'm begging you to help! if you can't donate that's okay but please please share! 🙏

[trashmuseum]

LETS HELP A FELLOW GAZAN ARTIST!

"Hello, my friends, this is Amr Al-Najjar, a 27-year-old from Gaza.

I am an interior designer and singer, I have my own band, and I am a theatrical and dramatic actor.

I find passion in spreading culture, arts, and music through musical artistic works in a private studio or through the theater.

I spent 12 years forming and building myself artistically and socially until I became a shining name among artists and engineers. I participated in the production of many musical and theatrical artistic works with local community institutions and international institutions.

I even established my own engineering office for decoration and design, and I used to design beautiful places and homes for every person who loves life.

But all of this was gone in the blink of an eye, in a few minutes, and in a moment of silence, it was October 7, there was nothing left, only rubble and ashes.

My dream, my passion, and my aspirations for the future were all gone.

I took refuge in Rafah, the safe area, and was surprised by the number of children who needed psychological support through music and theatre. I want to continue to provide support for them with my talents.

I hope that you will help me rebuild my home and my life, and achieve my dream- to put a smile on the faces of children and to restore artistic and musical works in Gaza.

All the musical instruments were destroyed and I lost some of my wonderful colleagues.

I need support from you in order to rebuild everything and achieve my dream.

My dream:

I need to buy new instruments and equipment. The cost of rebuilding is prohibitive, and I can't do it alone. Your support means the world to me and the kids. Your donation, no matter how small, would make a huge difference in my life. This will help me continue to pursue my passion for music and provide for my family. It would give me hope for a brighter future. Thank you for taking the time to read my story. Thank you for your generosity and kindness. Together, we can rebuild everything - music, theater, and my office - and keep the creative flame alive in Gaza."

How his house is now and how it was before being bombed (1ts picture). And where they're living now (2nd picture):

Please take a moment to appreciate his beautiful and talented voice.

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Thank you very much, everyone!

[chaoticreation]

10/29/23

This area is a death sentence without transportation. I'm running out of food, I can't get my prescriptions, can't flee in an emergency, and me and Syd have been freezing for like, a month, aside from the past two days because it's been surprisingly warm out for October. But November is around the corner, and it's gonna get cold. Fast.

I don't have the funds to repair my van, or the furnace.

Eventually, I'm gonna go homeless if the taxes aren't paid, but the van and furnace are extremely pressing matters right now.

If you can afford to donate, I'd appreciate anything you can spare. If you can't, that's okay. You can still help by sharing this campaign! Please don't donate if you can't afford to, but please SHARE no matter what!

OUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON IT. YES, I AM BEGGING. I'M TERRIFIED.

Gfm requires at least $5 donation, so if you can't swing that, you can send less to:

ven.mo: https://account.venmo.com/u/rroche90 pay.pal: roryjroche@outlook.com

Edit, 11/7/23: And we also don't have hot water now either. When the plumber came to give me an estimate on the furnace, he found that the hot water heater had a bad leak, so that was turned off to reduce damage.

Edit, 11/12/23: Septic problems now, too. Sinks are backing up. Woo! Still no heat, btw. It's been a month without heat and it's getting colder. Friend bought Syd a bigger hospital cage, but it hasn't arrived yet, so poor girl has to continue to suffer. Still no transportation, either. HEAP has said they'll pay half the furnace bill if I'm on the deed, which I can't and won't do until the taxes are paid off. I'm not about to inherit that debt.

@sydthetiel is being kept in a tiny hospital cage in my office with a space heater. Not ideal, but it's keeping her warm at least.

We're really not okay.

Edit, 11/16/23: Still no heat or hot water. Plumber isn't even actually getting back to us lmao. Mechanic got back to us, though, and they've found that the brake lines are rusted and need to be replaced. They want an extra $3500 for that. So it'd be roughly $6,000 to get my van repaired. Or I can just fix what I can fix at $2,000 and take my chances with rusted brake lines, and be an accident waiting to happen because I'm desperate to not be trapped in a freezing house with no meds or food or water lmao. Or I just don't get to have transportation back. Or I have to buy a new used vehicle, for like, $15,000+. So... mostly there's just no hope left for me. I'm ready to just give up. It's too much to fix, and my odds of survival are at 0 anyway. I won't last the winter here, and I can't even leave.

Edit, 11/22/23: That plumber ghosted us. We got a new plumber. He came out yesterday and got the furnace rigged to work, just in time. As he pulled into the driveway, it started sleeting and snowing. Throughout the night. The problem is, the furnace isn't fixed, so it could crap out at any moment. The water heater is off, but still leaking, so it's time sensitive to have it replaced. But he's pointed out another problem with that; Rex's hoarding. We need to be able to get rid of enough of her crap to get the equipment in and out. He can do it, but it's gonna cost. Additionally, the chimney isn't in great shape so we have to do something about that, or it's going to defeat the purpose of these replacements. Waiting for the quotes on everything.

As for my van, it's ready to be picked up, without the brake lines being finished. We found a new place that said they'd charge between $700-$1000 to replace the brake lines. A lot better than $3,500, but still not money I have. So until I can do that, it's a risk driving it, but I really don't have a choice. I can't stay living like this, trapped in the middle of nowhere. It's defeating me mentally and physically. But there's another problem too, that won't be covered under warranty. A knock sensor. No idea how much it'll cost yet, but it needs to be replaced in order for the van to pass inspection in December.

I'm feeling incredibly hopeless. I can't even run, because I have Syd, and I'm not going to abandon her. She's my kiddo. She's in a bigger cage now, happily. But I'm at such a loss of what to do. We're not going to survive the winter here without these repairs, and fleeing is going to be really difficult, and I may not have a home to come back to in Spring if I did manage to leave for the winter with Syd.

[ender-voidron]

Okay okay okay, this has happened enough, despite me clearly saying in my masterpost to not do so. Before you get too far in and start pointing fingers, I'm going to make this disclaimer:

THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON ANYONE!! THIS IS ME STATING HOW I FEEL!!

With that out of the way, let's get into it.

This morning, I woke up to a message in my inbox. I won't say from who to protect their privacy. They prefaced the ask with something along the lines of "it's okay, nobody else cares either." So right away I knew what this was going to be about. They then proceeded to ask to be asked about, whether they were doing okay and were still alive. At the end of the message, they asked why nobody answered their messages, and stated they were losing hope in humanity because of the silence they were receiving.

I did not want to wake up and see that first thing. I understand things are in an absolutely awful state in that area of the world. I understand that there are so many innocent people suffering over there.

However

This does not mean I want to be reminded of it every time I open tumblr. I come on this site to have fun and forget the horrible things that are happening worldwide. Call me selfish for it all you want, but this is how I decide to spend my time here. It's a cleanser to my own mind. I can't look after every stranger that comes into my inbox either begging for donations or acknowledgment. That's not what I am here to do. I am here to share my own art and see art from other people, along with animals just being their dumb little selves.

I understand things are hard for the people in that area of the world, and what is happening just isn't right, but I really don't have anything to give, nor do I want to be dragged into it. I have my own problems to deal with, and while they are definitely not as severe, they are still problems nonetheless. I can't keep my mental health in check when people are coming into my inbox and asking for these things, people I have never interacted with even once. It makes me feel bad when I see these messages that are begging for something from me, makes me feel guilty when I really don't want to.

Yes, I understand that this is the only way for some people to get the funds they need for basic survival. But asking just for simple acknowledgment in a way that is designed to guilt trip the one being asked is just not okay in my eyes. I don't know if manipulative is the right word here, but that's how it feels to me.

Please keep in mind that this is just my opinion, and if you disagree, then disagree with me. Just don't attack me for speaking my feelings.

I need to put this out because I don't want to close my askbox off from everyone. All I'm asking is not to fill my askbox with these cries for help, as that is not why I have my askbox open.

TL;DR, I don't want to open my inbox to see cries for financial help or acknowledgment. It makes me feel guilty, and I don't want to feel that way when I come on Tumblr.

Thank you for understanding.

[unbidden-yidden-deactivated20240]

Please feel free to ignore - do not want to burden you with anything.

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I want to help Palestine but I don't know what to do. I have neurological issues and struggle with memory. I'm suicidal - bearing full witness would break me. They are begging to be heard and I cannot ignore them - not as a Jew, not as a disabled person who struggles to put things into words and is often invisible, but I'm so scared I'm going about this the wrong way

I've managed to donate an e-sim - that was good - but I'm scared my other efforts were useless, that I won't be able to do good, that the posts I find which claim to be kind or helpful are hiding cruelty I can't notice. I donated but then I heard the donations weren't going through. Just. Scared my efforts are pointless or even worse harmful.

Current goals/moral standpoint:

-Do not share suffering without a means to ameliorate it. To do otherwise will induce hopelessness. Be practical.

-Do not reblog posts I do not understand.

Are these good? (Again - please only answer if you up for it. I just needed to share this someone kind and I'm okay if there is no answer.)

Little bit of context: I'm relatively divorced from my culture and know very little of it, which is why I'm wary of sharing things with hidden cruelty. I'm not adept at spotting hidden meaning or antisemitism. I did read Maus at a young age - carried that horror around permanently, I think.

Sea sheep of gratitude. I'm sorry to burden your inbox with this.

Hello there, friend! Thank you for the nudibranchs, they are delightful in a similar way to moth friends! 💖

I wasn't sure myself how best to answer your question about how to help, so I decided to phone a friend. Please see this post for some excellent suggestions by someone who has been doing the work from the Israeli side.

As for protecting your mental health: please don't torment yourself by doomscrolling or seeking out the horror. (Do as I say on this, not as I do - this is great advice that I personally cannot follow, but it sounds like you have plenty of other struggles of your own to worry about that I do not.) You are much more useful to folks if you are strong; outside supporters need to take turns so as not to burn out.

I think these principles you laid out are great and a lot of people would do well to hold by them.

Take care of yourself and stay kind out there!

[herhimthem]

I rarely post on this account. But I have to say something. I can't stay silent anymore.

(picture to catch attention)

Please. Don't scroll past this.

I'll be honest, over the past few days and weeks, I've been trying my best to avoid talking about the g3n0cide happening in Palestine. I've been trying to keep my eyes on the positive, to think about other things, doing everything in my power to not have to face the reality of what's happening.

I can't do that anymore, and now that I've realized that.. I've also seen that there are SO many others doing the same. Even in my own friend group.

People are being murdered. Families are being torn apart. Lives are being destroyed. Bloodlines are being erased.

Israel has killed more than 3,000 children. CHILDREN, who had their ENTIRE LIVES ahead of them, have been and ARE BEING killed.

As I write this, this is happening. Who knows how many lives are being taken as I type each letter.

And yet, there are people who seem to just.. not care.

Even one of my closest and dearest friends said it directly to my face, that she DOESN'T CARE.

All I can think about is.. HOW?

How can you NOT CARE? HOW can you sit there and openly admit that you don't care what happens to AN ENTIRE GROUP OF PEOPLE?

How can you scroll through ANY social media platform, from Twitter to Instagram, and willingly decide that you could care LESS if THOUSANDS of people, children, are being killed.

EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

This isn't new, either.

This isn't something that happened all of a sudden.

This didn't start in October of 2023.

This has been happening for DECADES.

This is not a "fair fight."

This is not "war."

This is the mass eradication of a people, a culture, of LIFE.

This is the deliberate killing or severe mistreatment of a large number of people from a particular national or ethnic group, with the aim of DESTROYING that nation or group.

Do you hear me?

DESTROYING.

On another note, how can that friend sit there and say that they don't care, when OUR OWN GOVERNMENT is actively supporting and funding this?

How can you just sit there and be OKAY with this? How can one be okay with the fact that the people in these EXTREMELY powerful positions are allowing- ENABLING this to happen? How can you ignore it any longer?

How can I ignore this any longer?

I tried. I tried to push it down. To look the other way. I tried to keep it in the back of my mind, despite me knowing in my heart that I was wrong.

At first, I tried to reason with myself, I tried to come up with an excuse as to why I wasn't doing anything. Why I wasn't trying my best to spread awareness.

"I'm a minor, so I can't do much anyway." "I don't know enough about the situation to have a say in it."

"Even if I DID donate, or boycott, or do something else to help, it wouldn't do anything in the end."

STOP IT.

If you're ignoring this, if you're actively deciding to turn a blind eye and avoid the reality of what's happening.. if you continue to do this, you are apart of the problem.

By staying quiet, we are contributing to the harm and enabling it.

I had to say this to myself, and now I'm saying it to anyone else thinking these thoughts.

I thought I was "staying neutral," and "staying positive." I was just in denial.

I was in denial that my own government, the leaders meant to protect me, my family, and the MILLIONS of other people living in my country- the country that speaks of "freedom and liberty for all," the country that calls itself one of the greatest in the world, can sit back and enable something as HORRIFIC as this. It's disgusting.

I've always been somewhat bothered by the fact that I have to associate with this country nationality-wise, but now it's reached its peak.

I'm ashamed to call myself an American. I'm ashamed that many of the people enabling, and even AGREEING with this are FELLOW Americans.

I'm begging you, please don't scroll past this. Please reblog, share, tell people, do WHATEVER YOU CAN to keep this situation in the spotlight, as well as the other events similar to this going on in places like Congo.

If you STILL feel like you can't do anything, I have a place for you to start.

The website linked below uses ad revenue to donate, and all you have to do is click a button, for COMPLETELY free. You can click once a day, and If you want to donate more than once, you can open incognito tabs and click as many times as you want ↴

Help the Palestinian People with a Click | arab.org

On Twitter, under hashtags such as #CeasefireNOW and #FreePalestine, there are HUNDREDS of threads with resources to get updates on what's happening, places to donate, Palestinian-owned business to support, Pro-Israel brands to boycott, Pro-Palestine brands to support, etc.

I also suggest following Noury on Twitter if you have it. She lives in Palestine and has been documenting her firsthand experience and day-to-day life.

A link to her account ↴

Noury 🇵🇸 (@Noony_Boony) / X (twitter.com)

Please, don't be passive. Don't be silent. Keep reblogging, reposting, make your OWN posts if you desire to. Just don't let this movement be silenced.

I'll be tagging everything I can possibly think of to help this get to more people. If you do reblog this please do the so it can reach as many people as possible.

[midgetmoth]

🇵🇸 ‼️Hello, I hope you are well. My name is Mohammed Atallah. I urgently need an operation on my left hand and to rebuild my home and the home of my older sister Iman. I live with my parents, six sisters, a little girl named Malak and a little boy named Amir in northern Gaza. I created this link to fund a bone graft on my left hand that was hit by an explosive bullet, to rebuild our destroyed home and evacuate my family from Gaza to a safe place. And donate any amount for a safe life.. I would appreciate your help ❤️ Can you help as much as you can? Click on all the buttons on my wall, I beg you to visit my page, view it and donate via the link in my bio 💔 Donate and share widely 🆘🆘 Every euro will make a difference 🙏 I urge you to donate. Even the smallest amount can make a big difference. He not only needs to be evacuated with his family, but he is in urgent need of surgery! The IDF shot him in the arm with an explosive bullet. It's not normal. It's explosive. So he needs to be treated immediately! Otherwise, he'll get an infection and possibly amputation. We don't want that to happen, do we? So contribute! Make sure to retweet and share his story if you can't. Help my family. War is devastating. There's nothing left to live for. No schools, no universities, no home, no dreams. All dreams are shattered. I hope you can help before it's too late. Please share on Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram. The campaign is documented by @90-ghost 🍉

?? Sir I'm doing art requests but okay hi--

[lieutenant-fred]

I'm very sad. I don't have any celebrity friends to promote my "I'm Not Okay" campaign.💔😓

Just a reminder 🚨

There is no one left who does not know Gaza🇵🇸💔..

and does not know what is happening there🚀😓. It is a battlefield against everything.💔

Against humans, trees, animals and stones...❤️‍🩹

Please save what is left..

We do not want to lose more...🩸🩸

Life no longer has value...

We have become strangers in our own country.😭

We are begging to live our days with fear and extreme caution...💔

We don't want any more blood.

To know my story, visit my page. ..

Thank you...🙏

Please support and share as a favor, not an order💚..

Donation link here..👇

https://gofund.me/45f50996

Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #80 )and a-shade-of-blue

Hello there! While I can't help much, I do hope things get better out there

[sweetandspicyhehe]

🇵🇸 ‼️Hello, I hope you are well. My name is Mohammed Atallah. I urgently need an operation on my left hand and to rebuild my home and the home of my older sister Iman. I live with my parents, six sisters, a little girl named Malak and a little boy named Amir in northern Gaza. I created this link to fund a bone graft on my left hand that was hit by an explosive bullet, to rebuild our destroyed home and evacuate my family from Gaza to a safe place. And donate any amount for a safe life.. I would appreciate your help ❤️ Can you help as much as you can? Click on all the buttons on my wall, I beg you to visit my page, view it and donate via the link in my bio 💔 Donate and share widely 🆘🆘 Every euro will make a difference 🙏 I urge you to donate. Even the smallest amount can make a big difference. He not only needs to be evacuated with his family, but he is in urgent need of surgery! The IDF shot him in the arm with an explosive bullet. It's not normal. It's explosive. So he needs to be treated immediately! Otherwise, he'll get an infection and possibly amputation. We don't want that to happen, do we? So contribute! Make sure to retweet and share his story if you can't. Help my family. War is devastating. There's nothing left to live for. No schools, no universities, no home, no dreams. All dreams are shattered. I hope you can help before it's too late. Please share on Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram. The campaign is documented by @90-ghost 🍉

hello hello, I hope everything is going okay at the moment. I would love to help but I am under the age of 18 so I don't have anything to donate because I don't have any money but I am sending thoughts prayers and hope your way. I hope that you get the surgery you need and have a safe home soon! I wish I could help you out but I'm not able to. I pray for you and your family.

[yooniesim]

Hi! Sorry to bother you! I hope you don't mind this very mini rant: early access was annoying but not even the main issue before - but now that some creators have shown their true face these past couple of days I don't think I can go back to supporting early access stuff. Okay, mini rant done.

I'm glad it's legal and they can be supported by people who can afford and more importantly want to support them. But! This is not about them anymore.

I don't know if I'm the only one feeling this way, but if you or anyone else feels like only keep going forward to supporting always free cc content creators (or the previously early access who have decided to go always free crowd) I feel like it'd be nice to have a place to hang out with like-minded people where we can focus on the things that we do want to support. And I was just thinking, would you happen to know of any discord servers like that? Or if there's anyone like that? I want to bond with other simmers and gush over always free cc and support the people that matter to our community 😭 but I feel like we need a place for that and I'd love to see happen! If anyone reading this wants to do it please share your server with uuuuuuus I beg!!

I agree with all of this nonny. I already wasn't a fan of early access but this just cemented all of my worries and fears over it. It's impossible to discern who you can trust and who you can't; people i thought could possibly be trustworthy were planning on continuing eacc, or showing even worse behavior. It just reinforced to me that anything other than donations aren't an option for me personally. And I think that resonated with a lot of other people here too.

Also- tbh I'm thinking about making a server myself but I'm not the most discord savvy person so I'm looking for a mutual (or multiple mutuals) to help start it and moderate 🥰 if any of my mutuals are interested don't hesitate to reply or send me a DM.

[galaxyandromedae]

please stop scrolling!

[psa: he is okay now!]

my name is andromeda.

and this is orion. he is my baby. unfortunately, i am disabled, and orion has suddenly developed a condition that may take his life. he has gut stasis. rabbits have a digestive system that needs to constantly move, and when it stops moving, it's dangerous for them. he is currently being held in an emergency vet clinic for overnight monitoring.

anyone who knows me knows that i hate to ask for money of any kind, but i am begging for help here. i'm not ready to say goodbye to my baby yet. he's been with me through the worst of my depression and when my chronic illness was getting worse, and he's helped me through it all. he's such a loving little bubba, and i would do anything to make sure he's safe.

it has been estimated that the total cost of the overnight stay would be almost £600. and even after that, if he makes it through the night, we'll have to take him to his regular vet to get medication for him, and if he's still at high risk, he'll have to go back to emergency.

like i said, i'm disabled. i can't work anymore. we don't have a lot of money. i hate to ask this, but please... if you can spare anything, please donate to my paypal:

if you can't, please share this. spread the word. please help me save my sweet bubba.

this is the most recent picture i have of him. it was taken a little while before we took him to the vets, and you can see my worry in my face.

thank you for your help, no matter how small.

[yuugimutouandatemu]

If you can't donate, please spread the word. She's my best friend and I can't stand to watch her suffer any more. I know I haven't posted in a long time but the truth of the matter is I lost my job because I was stabbed in the back by my coworkers (they wanted to open my position so their friend could come back to work). I was forced to find a job elsewhere in a completely different state, away from my new friends, away from the life I worked so hard to make for myself. I lost my HOME. I lost my ability to trust. Now I'm at the bottom all over again, making way less money (about half), entry level, and it's enough to pay for my apartment, which I'm very grateful for. I still haven't made any friends. My pets have kept me sane. I knew she was on the decline last December and I estimated she wouldn't make it to April but all this stuff happened and she's been a champ, but I can't pretend that things are okay anymore. It'd just be selfish of me to ask her to hold on after she's already been through so much and watching her struggle with every cough and every wheeze is just killing me. I blame myself for my weakness. Maybe if I stood up for myself better I wouldn't have lost my job and I could give her everything she deserves. It's not fair to her, so here I am begging. I'm usually the one giving out a few dollars here or there or buying a commission so a kid can afford lunch the next day. I feel like I have no right to even ask b/c it's not like I ever expect anything back in return. I just love helping people. But now I am unable to provide for someone I love very much and I am ashamed of it, but I'm not ashamed to admit that I need help. So please, if it's all the same, any little bit can help or a share. This weekend, I'm hoping to take her to see Santa Claus. After that, I'm not sure how much longer we can wait...maybe a week or two? I hope I can make it in time.

[trashmuseum]

Here's another video from Amr, please help if you can, thank you!!

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LETS HELP A FELLOW GAZAN ARTIST!

"Hello, my friends, this is Amr Al-Najjar, a 27-year-old from Gaza.

I am an interior designer and singer, I have my own band, and I am a theatrical and dramatic actor.

I find passion in spreading culture, arts, and music through musical artistic works in a private studio or through the theater.

I spent 12 years forming and building myself artistically and socially until I became a shining name among artists and engineers. I participated in the production of many musical and theatrical artistic works with local community institutions and international institutions.

I even established my own engineering office for decoration and design, and I used to design beautiful places and homes for every person who loves life.

But all of this was gone in the blink of an eye, in a few minutes, and in a moment of silence, it was October 7, there was nothing left, only rubble and ashes.

My dream, my passion, and my aspirations for the future were all gone.

I took refuge in Rafah, the safe area, and was surprised by the number of children who needed psychological support through music and theatre. I want to continue to provide support for them with my talents.

I hope that you will help me rebuild my home and my life, and achieve my dream- to put a smile on the faces of children and to restore artistic and musical works in Gaza.

All the musical instruments were destroyed and I lost some of my wonderful colleagues.

I need support from you in order to rebuild everything and achieve my dream.

My dream:

I need to buy new instruments and equipment. The cost of rebuilding is prohibitive, and I can't do it alone. Your support means the world to me and the kids. Your donation, no matter how small, would make a huge difference in my life. This will help me continue to pursue my passion for music and provide for my family. It would give me hope for a brighter future. Thank you for taking the time to read my story. Thank you for your generosity and kindness. Together, we can rebuild everything - music, theater, and my office - and keep the creative flame alive in Gaza."

How his house is now and how it was before being bombed (1ts picture). And where they're living now (2nd picture):

Please take a moment to appreciate his beautiful and talented voice.

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Thank you very much, everyone!