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i want to talk about my friend Bilal @bilal-salah0. for over a year now, Bilal has been living in germany, trying to adjust to his new living situation in a foreign country, learning a new language and working full time.
when the war started, he was far away from home and his family and has been living in daily fear for their lives ever since.
being forced to work long hours and promoting his family’s fundraiser at the same time, he has taken on more responsibility than anyone ever should. still, he managed to raise money for their evacuation fund and helped take care of his family’s daily needs with the money he was making while working.
in a cruel twist of fate, all of this got taken away in an instant. he lost his job and his apartment and even his residence permit. which means he is at danger of deportation from germany that could happen as soon as next week!
i have been in daily contact with Bilal for a while now and connected him with some of my friends in germany. together, we are trying our utmost to make sure he can stay in the country. anyone who knows german bureaucracy knows what kind of hell it is. but we won’t give up.
without his job, he was forced to dip into the money of his family’s evacuation fund to cover their daily expenses like food and shelter. this meant he had to raise his goal from €70,000 to €100,000. this was not an easy decision for him to make, he even asked for my advice on whether or not to do it, because he did not want anyone to think he was scamming people.
even in such a desperate situation, Bilal does not want to be seen as someone who would ever take advantage of people’s generosity
his family is comprised of 18 members, 10 of them are adults and 8 are children under 16 years old, some of them newborns who were born amidst the chaos of war and displacement.
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currently, he is sitting at:
€71,817 / €100,000
donations have been slowing down ever since he reached his original goal. i cannot stress how important it is that they pick back up!
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! HE NEEDS TO REACH HIS GOAL BY AUGUST 15TH!
THAT MEANS HE HAS TO RAISE NEARLY 30K IN THE NEXT TEN DAYS. THIS CANT WAIT.
his campaign has been verified and can be found on @/el-shab-hussein’s and @/nabulsi’s list of vetted fundraisers here (#132, line 136) so PLEASE don’t hesitate to share and donate.
With such a tight deadline, i cant do this on my own. So i implore you to PLEASE share this wherever you can– on your whatsapp groups, on your discord servers, please share his story on other platforms wherever you have reach! Please share his story wherever you can, so that we can ease this burden from his shoulders.
[ID: a gfm link with a picture of two small children sitting in the sand in front of a cooking pot. they are looking up a the camera, eyes half-closed. the title reads “Donate to Help Evacuate My Family from Gaza to Safety, organized by Bilal salah” End ID]
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Oh god, I haven’t been able to post and boost @yousefmoner’s fundraiser lately because I was focused on promoting his brother’s fundraiser and then I had to take a break from tumblr and other socmed sites.
I’m only just now seeing this update that Yousef had gotten sick and collapsed a few days ago and according to the latest posts on his insta, is still unwell and malnourished.
Please donate what you can to Yousef’s fundraiser today. It’s crucial that they are able to collect funds so that they have something to spend for their everyday needs especially now that Yousef is sick. But also, we need to help them reach their goal so that when the border crossing reopens, they will be able to have the needed amount ready to pay the crossing fees, and Yousef can get treated as soon as possible and work on restoring his health.
This is a vetted fundraiser that has never had a steady stream of donations ever since it started. They are still only at £6,539 / £50k with only 1 donation today and before that was 3 days ago.
Yousef is @mohamedmoner1994’s brother and his gfm is #65, line 69 on the list of vetted fundraisers by Hussein and Nairuz, just above his brother Mohamed.
when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. when all you have is a paintbrush, everything looks like a canvas. when all you have is a cock, everything looks like the exhaust pipe of a 2014 honda civic. so yes, to answer your question, i am stuck. please call the emergency services
Rawan is a recent communications graduate who has been documenting the war on her Instagram since October. In this video, shared in mid-June, Rawan shows how bathrooms are built in the camps.
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[Note: I used Google translate and it confused the word bathroom (حمام “hamaam”) for pigeon (حمامة “hamama”). ]
In the camps, access to basic hygienic necessities is difficult, but people have engineered ways to survive and reduce the spread of disease however they can. In the video, a group of men construct a toilet and sewage waste pit. They start by mixing sand, gravel, and water into cement to form a base. Then, they place the toilet on the cement base. They dig a deep pit for the waste and line the pit with salvaged metal to keep the sides of the pit from caving in. The men cover the hole with plywood, plastic, and a final cement layer, but leave space for a pipe connecting the toilet to the waste pit. Finally, once construction is finished, the men erect a tent around the toilet for privacy.
Rawan is on Instagram @ rawan.m.saleh. You can donate to her Go Fund Me to evacuate her family here.
Available Go Fund Me campaigns for people whose stories have been shared on watermelllonarchive can be found in the resources post.
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