My name is Abdelmajed Elderawi. I am from Gaza. What I write isn't just a story; it's the shattered reality my family and I breathe every single day.
My campaign is verified by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is (#492)
The numbers you hear about Gaza – the thousands killed, the tens of thousands injured, the hundreds of thousands displaced, the near-total destruction – they aren't abstract. They are our neighbors, our streets, our homes. They were my family.
In one horrific moment, a missile strike took everything. It didn't just destroy our family home, the heart of our lives; it erased over 25 souls who made our world whole. My mother. My sister. My older brother, whose death was so complete his very existence was erased from records. His wife. Their three daughters. My uncle, his wife, their sons, their grandchildren. Generations gone. Lives filled with meals shared, laughter echoing, dreams woven together – reduced to dust and unbearable silence.
Somehow, my brother and I survived the rubble that buried our loved ones. We crawled out, not to freedom, but into a Gaza that is now a landscape of ruins, famine stalking its people (as international agencies confirm), and where disease threatens amidst the shattered remnants of a healthcare system. Only a handful of hospitals function partially, medicines are scarce, and clean water is a daily struggle. Over 90% of us are displaced, clinging to existence in tents or the shells of broken buildings.
This is the context of our survival.
My brother and I now carry a weight heavier than the concrete that crushed our home: the responsibility to rebuild something from nothing. For our grieving father. For our surviving siblings. For the memory of those stolen from us. We carry the responsibility to defy the erasure that tried to claim my brother.
Why We Fundraise (Amidst the Ruins):
This fundraiser isn't just about survival (though survival itself is a battle here). It's about defiance. It's about planting a seed of hope in scorched earth. We aim to:
Rebuild our family home: The physical anchor of our shattered family, completely destroyed. A place where our father can find some safety and dignity in his remaining years.
Provide basic support: Ensuring our father and surviving siblings have the essentials to live – food, water, shelter – in a place where these are not guaranteed.
Create a safe space: A haven, however small, where the next generation of our family, those who miraculously survived, might know a sliver of stability and peace instead of constant trauma.
Your Support is Our Lifeline:
We aren't asking for charity; we're asking for a chance to stand again. To reclaim a fragment of the life buried under the rubble. To honor our lost family not just with tears, but with action. To build a future where their memory has a home.
In a place where hope is rationed, your belief in us, your solidarity, is the fuel that keeps us going. Please, if you can, help us rebuild.
Please Share. Please Donate if Possible.
My campaign is verified by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is (#492)
With profound respect and gratitude,
Abdelmajed Elderawi
Gaza, Palestine
