I don't blame you now because you see us in Gaza asking for your help, and many people are cursing me and wishing death upon me and my family.
I tell you, you are facing a true test of humanity. Everyone must share my message so that I can buy food for my children and live in a place fit for human beings.
Any amount, no matter how small, will help me buy even a simple meal. Please give what you can.
This is the format I'm using to boost fundraisers when demand is high, everyone's information is linked and sorted by vetter.
Please support these campaigns, the funds they raise will go towards helping families evacuate, rebuild their lives, and/or contribute to their survival/medical expenses.
he turned me into an object and i turned him into a god. how sick is that?
The War Is Almost Over… but Our Struggle to Rebuild Has Just Begun
Every day here in Gaza feels like a year carved into our chests. The war isn’t like it was in the early days—the sky is quieter, the air carries less smoke, and the nights hold fewer explosions. But the pain… it still lives under the rubble, inside our memories, and in the empty spaces where our loved ones once stood.
I’m writing this today not because the war has completely ended, but because for the first time in a long while, it feels like the horizon is opening a little. A small space where we can breathe, gather ourselves, and try to rebuild what’s left of our lives. Yet every step forward feels like walking on wounded memories, and every stone from our destroyed home whispers stories we never got to finish.
We lived through nights so heavy we thought morning would never come. We lost things that can never be replaced—homes, dreams, pieces of our hearts. But we are still here… holding on, trying, fighting to stay standing despite everything.
And in the middle of this long road… there is a house. A house that once carried laughter, warmth, noise, and life. Today, all that remains is an image holding a memory—and rubble longing for the people who once lived inside.
Today, we are trying to rebuild—not just the walls of a house, but an entire life that was shattered. We are trying to create a new beginning, to live with dignity again, to give our family a sense of safety that we’ve been missing for so long.
We’re not writing this to mourn what was lost, but to ask for a chance to start again. We ask for your support because rebuilding after a war is not something one person can do alone—it is a human effort, a shared act of compassion. We need you. We need your hearts. We need your help to stand again.
Every contribution—no matter how small—makes a difference. It becomes part of our story, part of rebuilding a home, part of reviving a life that nearly faded.
The war may be almost over… but our journey back to life begins now.
Thank you to every soul who still feels our pain, and to everyone who reaches out a hand to help us rise again.
After the war, so many children in Gaza lost not only their homes… They lost their classrooms, their notebooks, their teachers, their safe place to dream.
I’m Areej Khaled shatat an English teacher and That’s why I decided to start something small, but real:
📚 a community-based learning center for children after the war
A simple place where they can:
• Learn again
• Play again
• Feel safe again
• Slowly heal through stories, games, art, and language
This is not a big organization. It’s the heart project of a mother and an English teacher who believes that education is the first step toward healing.
“Hope Learning Center” (temporary name) – a small educational center that will:
• Host around 40–60 children divided into small groups
• Focus on:
• English basics
• Arabic & math support
• Emotional support through play, art, and storytelling
• Provide a warm, respectful, and safe space after everything they have seen.
I want to be very clear and transparent with the numbers.
Here is the basic monthly budget to run the center:
1. Rent for the place (5 small classrooms)
• Approx. 1,000 USD / month
2. Teachers & staff (for quality learning and care)
We plan to hire 4–5 teachers:
• 4 teachers × 400 USD = 1,600 USD / month
(English, Arabic, Math, and activities)
• If we add a 5th teacher / assistant: +400 USD (optional as we grow)
➡️ For the start, we calculate: 1,600 USD / month for teachers.
3. Basic furniture & equipment (one-time setup)
• Desks and chairs for 5 classrooms
• Whiteboards
• Shelves and storage
Estimated one-time cost: 1,200 USD
4. Learning materials (monthly)
• Notebooks, pencils, crayons, markers
• Printed worksheets
• Storybooks and simple reading material
Estimated: 250 USD / month
5. Activities & emotional support tools
• Art supplies (colors, clay, paper, craft materials)
• Simple educational games and puzzles
Estimated: 150 USD / month
6. Utilities & basic expenses
• Electricity, water, internet, cleaning
Estimated: 200 USD / month
Summary of costs
One-time setup cost:
• Furniture & equipment: 1,200 USD
Monthly running cost:
• Rent: 1,000 USD
• Teachers: 1,600 USD
• Learning materials: 250 USD
• Activities & emotional support tools: 150 USD
• Utilities & basic expenses: 200 USD
➡️ Total monthly running cost:
1,000 + 1,600 + 250 + 150 + 200 = 3,200 USD / month
To start the project and keep it running for the first months, my initial target is:
• 1,200 USD (one-time setup)
• + 3,200 USD (first month running)
➡️ First goal: 4,400 USD
Anything above this amount will help us secure more months and reach more children.
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Every child who enters this center will:
• Hear a teacher calling them by their name, not a number
• Learn a new word instead of learning the sound of bombing
• Draw a future instead of re-drawing the same scene of war
We cannot stop what happened to them,
but together, we can choose what happens next.
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• Donating (any amount helps)
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• Making duaa / sending prayers and kind words
Kpop demon hunters has shown the corporate world one thing... The people want more original projects. So I'd like to throw in my two cents by poking your curiosity with a book I've been writing. It's called Wisplight and the first draft of chapter 1 is up on AO3, I'd like to follow my dreams and use wisplight to help me sore through the sky! Plus any attention/traction it gets will help monkey brain to keep creative because monkey brain is wired very wrong... I have a roadmap for what I'd like to do including art(obviously) animation(should I get skilled enough) and I have a few concept ideas for games!
So what is wisplight? Wisplight is a story that means a lot to me personally, it is my garden named "hope" but in terms of story? It's a fun adventure following a goofy guy that holds his freedom close to his heart, it follows him and his friends in their journey across the world uncovering various acts of criminal neglegence, government corruption, and found family along the way.
I hope you enjoy Echo's antics enough to spread them like wildfire and allow me to prove to myself that I CAN SUCCEED based solely off my hopes dreams. I've never done anything with my life and this is the biggest thing I've tried so it'd mean a lot if you could come back and tell me how you feel if you give this nobody's work a chance, weather it shines or not!
Edit: OH ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION: I absolutely refuse to use AI in my work, I'll let my genuinely human shittery rain any day as opposed to letting a robot do the work. I want to learn how to properly draw and animate! Maybe code... I want to keep this project of mine truly human and partially because in and of itself this book of mine is also about what the experience of being human is like to some degree.
The ONLY exception is if a physical automoton is built and can draw. I'd rather treat a machine like a person than to cut out the people with a machine. So will it be the best, probably not but it's genuine human experience and soul. That I can guarantee
