I'd like to share how I came to work with @drdarine.

A family in Gaza reached out, asking if I could help illustrate their story. They had seen my art supporting verified fundraisers and hoped I could give a voice to their experience.

The Dawoud family shared a brief but powerful script describing their ordeal a journey of displacement, fear, and survival. Since then, I’ve had the honor of illustrating several of their stories, doing my best to capture both their pain and their resilience. You can see them here:

Love and the Shadow of the Tent

The Return to Home

Return to the Shadow of the Tent

Khaled's story

They are #15 on Gazavetters' list. I'm not a vetter myself, but I would also vouch for this family if the world depended on it; they are honest and respectful. I've never felt pressured or misled while working with them.

I'm honored and humbled to work with this family. Their dignity in the face of such hardships has astounded me. I ask you all to read their story and do whatever you can to help.

Support them here ! Remember, no one is free until we are all free.

I guess there's some confusion as to whether Superman actor David Corenswet was one of the actors who joined, but in the end it's more important we all keep up our support of Palestine and her people.

If you see this, consider supporting this family:

They are vetted at #703 on gazavetters' list. Low on funds: $3,605 / 231K ≈ 2%

There are several sources that are trusted for verifying campaigns. I recommend Gazavetters, a blog run by Palestinian vetters who work on the ground to verify people, they've published a spreadsheet of legitimate campaigns which you can see here.

Other groups/individuals who do this are Bees and Watermelons, Operation Olive Branch, and Bilal Salah.

Gaza-Evacuation-Funds also compiles vetted accounts from trusted vetters, check out this masterpost here . There is also 90ghost, a Palestinian blogger who frequently reblogs fundraisers he trusts.

There's also Sudanfunds, a website that boosts sudan aid fundraisers.

As for how to boost them, I've tried several things, I'm not sure how well they work in the grand scheme of things.

I've been told attaching artwork to a post helps it catch more eyes. Sometimes I attach them to posts of fanart that is likely to get a lot of traction. I noticed Stobotnik (Agent Stone x Dr Robotnik from the Sonic franchise) gets a lot of reblogs.

On the other hand, intricate art that tells a story about the family you're trying to help also gets a lot of attention, and spreads information as well. I also try tagging popular blogs who I know are sympathetic to the cause.

Another thing I do is on my birthday or Christmas, I ask my friends and family to donate to one of these fundraisers instead of spending money on a present for me, and that works too, although it's just a few people.

I think in general, sharing and reblogging multiple times is important to get people to notice.

Thank you for your interest, I hope this helps!

This is another drawing I made for my dear friend Hani @dawoudi to help him spread his fundraiser to support his family in Gaza. Right now, they desperately need help to stay warm and sheltered in the coming winter; their home was completely demolished before the current ceasefire began. The break in the bombing does not protect them from starvation and the elements. More info about their story on their blog here.

This is a vetted campaign, #15 on Gazavetters. This family is made up of some of the bravest and kindest people I know, please consider giving what you can, and spreading their story to whoever you can.

If you see this, please consider helping Nader and his family:

Vetting + more info here by 90ghost. Low on funds: $9,428 / 50k

Let me see if this works

Also Internet archive

'The Silent World'

"The sound of drones, the smell of smoke, and the silence of the world around us have become our new reality."

Please help this family, they are vetted here and at 408 on Gaza-evacuation-funds list. 26 743 € raised of 50 000 €

"Ready for School"

"My little children have suffered terribly.

Instead of going to school and getting an education, they now collect wood and plastic daily just to make a fire to cook the little food we can manage to find.

Instead of enjoying childhood trips, they fill containers with undrinkable water — water we are forced to drink."

Please share and help this family if you can. This campaign is vetted #575 on gazavetters' list. $12,343 raised of $15,000

"Can't Censor History"

Finished version from this post.

Again, the characters in "Can't Censor" aren't relevant to the message, they just have names that start with the letters and are so more people might see this. The people in "History" are all abolitionists.

In order: Harriet Tubman

Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil

Solomon Northup and Sojourner Truth

Nat Turner

Oren Burbank Cheney

André Rebouças

Martin Robinson Delany

This is a new idea for boost art, this time for a petition to tell Smithsonian to resist the Orange Man threatening them to erase slavery (link below)

I was gonna put different characters whose name's started with the corresponding letter they are drawn inside, then I thought I could put prominent abolitionists in the history letters (still researching them so I know what I'm saying). I wanted to get it out soon so here's the WIP. So far I was thinking of Harriet Tubman for H, Princess Isabel of Brazil ? for I, Sojourner Truth or Solomon Northup for S, Nat Turner for T, Samuel Oughten ? For O, Andre Rebouças for R, and maybe Martin Robinson DelaneY or Elijah LovejoY for Y? (I couldn't find anyone who started with Y

Anyway please check the link and sign to show support, bc historical facts don't care about white supremacists' feelings.

Please help this family of 8 in Gaza. @vettedfundraisergaza has contacted me about Islam Al-Najjar and his family. The fundraiser is meant to benefit Islam, his parents, his brother and three young sisters, and his 84 year old grandfather.

For more information, check Islam's blog @islamgzacc4 .

Vetted at #332 on this spreadsheet by Gaza-evacuation-funds:

€9,069 / 30k ≈ 30%

Give @sallymosworld the gift of hope for her birthday.

This is a verified campaign, #53 on Bilal-Sala7's list. They need to afford food and medicine. Can anyone match my donation of $10?