Help Rawan from North Gaza 🇵🇸
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Help Rawan from North Gaza 🇵🇸
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Hi, I'm Sophie. My friend Rawan is trying to save her family of ten in northern Gaza.
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Rawan has lost her connection hours ago, my messages aren't going through. Imagine how stressed she is, unable to work on the campaign her family depends on. She's probably hoping to see many donations when she comes back. Can we make it come true? 🥹

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A cute drawing of Rawan with her knees drawn to her chest and an olive branch in her hands. The background is made of small squares colored in a way that makes it look like it's moving in waves when you scroll past.
November 7, 2024 at 12:51 AM
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Had this conversation with Rawan tonight. The bombs and ambulance sirens don't stop, and all she can cling to is the hope that her campaign will save her family. Please, let's not disappoint her 🙏

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Our WhatsApp conversation, with three messages in Arabic from Rawan (translation in the next pictures) He is not on my street, my sister, but he commits massacres near me. Ambulances do not stop transporting in front of me (Note : she is referring to the occupation army, not a single person despite the translation) My heart is shaking, the mosquitoes around me everywhere are biting, the smell of sewage outside is killing me, I almost suffocate 😓 Did the campaign achieve any success tonight, or are donations steady?
November 6, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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We need to reach $8,000 quickly‼️

Rawan spent a lot of money today on wood, medicine, nylon and winter clothes, and her landlord came early to collect rent, but she doesn't have it. She can only delay it for so long, please help her 🙏

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Rawan's campaign at $7,640 out of 50,000
November 3, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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Tonight's words from Rawan. This is what goes through her mind every second of every day, yet she still has to think of ways to get people's attention. Let's make her hard life a little easier, shall we? Please share and donate if you can 🙏

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I'm sitting on the sixth floor in the open air to write that tweet. I'm uploading my study videos for my university and I'm living in a day of unparalleled terror. I couldn't control my fear and collapse. I don't have the soul to study or publish. I just want rest and peace😭❤️‍🩹 I swear that fear possesses my body because I am a human being of blood & flesh. We are human beings. I hear the pulse of my sister, the child next to me, accelerating. What is her fault for living? This is her fault for crying and sleeping hungry and afraid. Where is humanity😭 I hear the Apache helicopters approaching us and the sounds of bullets The sounds of F-16 fire belts, the sounds of tank chains, the snipers approaching Phosphorus bombs, what's next? How much more do we have to endure😭 Stop this genocide. We don't want anything from anyone. I swear. We don't want our simple life. Just stop it😭 I will keep crying until the end of my life I cry for the dearest souls I lost. I cry for my health that is gone from me at the age of 21. I cry because I am forced to take the medicine that I hate to survive. I cry because I lost everything. Everything. Everything😭 My psychological state is collapsing, my health is getting worse day by day, the pain is increasing the fatigue and it is killing me. I cannot post anything anymore. This is not my life. Why am I here? How did I get into all this pain?😭 I feel like death is chasing me fast, getting closer and closer every second Damn this silent world that failed us I haven't been able to sleep for more than a year, and even painkillers didn't help. what can i do? What is the end of my life?😓
November 3, 2024 at 12:06 AM
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Words from Rawan tonight. Please be the one who makes a difference 🙏

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Tweet from Rawan saying : 🚨I feel sorry for those who have a large number of followers and ignore our suffering😓 No one cares about us. I was completely ignored. They just post pictures of us burning and dying You can make a difference💔 Quote and share this🙏
November 2, 2024 at 2:04 AM
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URGENT‼️

Donations have completely stopped. What can I tell Rawan when she tells me she wants to give up? She still can't afford winter clothes. She still has rent to pay.
Please help her, share widely and donate even just $5 🙏

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Screenshot from the campaign showing that the last donation was two days ago.
November 1, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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Donations have stopped again due to the loss of yet another account. This is happening more and more often and Rawan is exhausted. She had to deal with this mess while the headless body of a girl lay in front of her house. Please make it easier for her 🙏

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Screenshot from the campaign showing that the last donation was made a while day ago
October 31, 2024 at 1:53 AM
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Okay, I need someone who understands the mess that Twitter has become. The account is still there, Rawan can use it, but no one can see her profile or her posts. It doesn't say the account was suspended like all the previous times so we have no idea what's going on. Does someone here know?
Screenshot from Twitter. The app now says "This post is unavailable" where Rawan's posts should be
October 30, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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Rawan's youngest sister, Soso, was born during the 2021 bombings on Gaza. Now, her first memories are of a genocide. Of cold, fear, hunger, thirst, sickness, death. Please help us mitigate some of that with food and warm clothes 🙏

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Three pictures of Soso smiling with a kuffiyeh on her head and a fourth one where she is sitting on rubble.
October 30, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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Rawan is so exhausted today, she contemplated giving up, even though she simply can't. She took medicine and it made her even sicker. Can't you see how much she is struggling to help her family? Please help her, please make it easier on her 💔

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Our WhatsApp conversation. Rawan : Thank you, my soul ❤️🌸 I don’t know if I should continue. I’m really exhausted and my mind is very busy with many things and I don’t know how to control anything Me : Do you mean you don't know if you should continue today, or in general? Rawan : I mean, my sister, all the accumulations in my mind are very confused. I cannot think of anything. I am very sick, and my whole family is infected with the flu. I took the medicine a short while ago. It seems that it is also contaminated, and it hurts me to double the pain before taking it. This is a heavy burden. I don't know what to write, how to attract people's attention, I'm so distracted, why am I being ignored Me : I can't imaging how exhausted you must be, love. I wish I could take all the burden from you 🫂 I can try writing something for you to post. Which picture are you going to post now? I'll write something about it
October 29, 2024 at 12:59 AM
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Soso is slowly getting better, but the whole family has now gotten sick. It's milder for them but they'll still need medication. Yet another unexpected expense. They've had many of those lately and they still need to secure rent and buy clothes, please help them🙏

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Our WhatsApp conversation. Rawan : My sister, I will not tire you out today with drawing. I am unable to do anything all day. All of my family are in bed. We are struck by the flu due to the cold, unable to breathe, and have chest congestion. We all contracted the infection from Soso. The response will be tonight with these two posts, my sister. Every hour, several responses will be made, and we will not exceed 200 responses because the account observer. The internet did not work for me either. All day long, it comes back and shuts down. I will pray for my sister to achieve the goal tonight. I hope so. Forgive me. I will leave everything now. Me : Please rest, love. I hope you will feel better soon. I will respond tonight and try to follow more accounts 🫂❤️ Rawan : My sister, I don't feel sleepy, but I'm very tired and I can't breathe. I was using Belfluor for colds, but it was completely cut off. I will try to search for Flo tomorrow, my love. You are my soul. If you want to share accounts that also publish under the posts, please participate
October 28, 2024 at 12:20 AM
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Today Rawan couldn't walk. Her feet are swollen due to infected mosquito bites and she's in a lot of pain. I asked about bugs repellant. She said it's $3,000. What do I even say to that? Even if by some miracle she got $3,000 tonight, her own feet couldn't be her priority.
Message from Rawan : My sister, my soul, the price of our mosquito and insect repellent is $3,000 because they use it instead of smoke, and it is rare to find. It used to cost only $10. I am very happy because I had you, my soul
October 27, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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Donations have stopped again due to the loss of yet another account. Rawan has completely collapsed but has to keep going.
An acquaintance will bring her Soso's medicine, but she doesn't know how much it will cost. Let's make sure she can afford it 🙏

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Messages from Rawan saying : It's okay, sister. I've been trying to calm myself down since the morning. I'm completely collapsed. My legs can't even move them. Let's stay calm and try the next temporarily Message from Rawan saying : We do not know its price yet, my sister, but we hope that it does not cost much, my soul. We found it for a long time, as it is rare, and an acquaintance will bring it to us
October 26, 2024 at 11:07 PM
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A fourth account suspended. We had JUST managed to get engagement and donations again. Rawan is devastated, she put so much work into it. We'll have to create a new account and peuple will start ignoring us again
Suspended Twitter account
October 26, 2024 at 12:36 PM
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Soso is feeling slightly better today. She ate a bit for the first time in days. Her family still hasn't found the medicine she needs, only fever reducers, which are also expensive. Next month's rent is coming up. Can we reach $7,000 today?

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Picture of little Soso crying
October 25, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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Whoever just gave $15, thank you so much ❤️ Please let's keep going, Rawan had to spend $300 on firewood yesterday to keep the family warm, she doesn't have much left 🙏
A message from Rawan : My sister, I am replying now. I have not been able to go out because of the boils in my feet. They are burning me. Thank God, I was able to buy this wood, each kilogram, for $2.00, meaning these are $300 I asked Rawan how much money she had left, she answered : Everything stopped working. My sister is here. The rockets are like crazy now. They are falling on us. We bought some quick medicine for Soso and some supplements. My sister does not know how much is left, but it is only a little. I must secure the next month quickly with rent and food immediately
October 24, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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URGENT‼️
I am BEGGING anyone who can donate any amount to do so. Rawan's sister is very sick. Her family has looked for antibiotics today but couldn't find any. They have become rare, meaning that when they find it, it will be expensive. PLEASE help 🙏

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Our WhatsApp conversation. I ask how Soso is doing, and Rawan answers with pictures (undisclosed) and a message : This is Soso in my lap, sitting frightened and trembling from the Jabalia massacre. Her temperature is still high. Every few minutes we put water compresses on her and her body is trembling Messages from Rawan saying : My sister, Soso, has not been eating anything for days. She has malnutrition. We bought her supplements more than a week ago and we are giving her intravenous vitamin needles because there is no food and her bones are thin. That is, if someone holds her hand and pulls it, she needs immediate physical therapy. Since she was young, today she had a severe fever and flu that caused infections. From cold and fear. She must finish this to ease her condition a little. We have not yet found other nutritional supplements and antibiotics in pharmacies. We have searched a lot and will continue tomorrow A message Rawan sent to someone on Twitter. It says : Yes, she has severe malnutrition, meningitis fever that does not come down since the night hours, and severe influenza. And internal infections from contaminated water. She has not eaten anything for days Another message from the same conversion : We have been exterminated for a year, so I am devoting my effort to save her now and provide her with food and medicine urgently. She has been receiving solutions and vitamin needles since the morning. She is a 3 year old child 😔
October 24, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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Here is Rawan's message for tonight. She has also told me how cold she is at night, unable to afford winter clothes for everyone. Please help her with that, she won't be able to get through winter without donations 🙏

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Rawan's message in Arabic (translation in next picture) Translation : The fire belts are falling near Jabalia. We are only separated by the path of shells. Bullets are directly on us. What is happening around me is madness that no human being can bear. We are besieged without food and water. What will my grandmother and my little sister do? How will they be patient? 😭💔
October 23, 2024 at 11:31 PM
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Rawan still can't afford winter clothes for the whole family, far from it. I'll put the prices again in the thread. In her state of malnutrition, her body barely produces any heat. Her last donation was almost a whole day ago... Please help her 🙏

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Message from Rawan : I hope you find people who have humanity, so I feel very cold now. The weather has become very cold and there is no window to cover it. The situation is unknown to God. It will all be for God and I wait for the results. Screenshot of the fundraiser showing the last donation was made 19 hours ago
October 23, 2024 at 12:20 AM
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Last night's joy was a fluke, albeit a very welcome one. The truth is, getting donations has become very hard, to the point where Rawan doesn't dare look at her campaign because seeing it unmoving breaks her heart. Please don't let her think we've abandoned her.

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Messages from Rawan. She says : My sister, it seems that today is not in our favor at all. Damn all the blame in the world that makes me so exhausted like this and my thinking like this. I trust in God and we start again. God will not let us down. I won't open my campaign until tomorrow because I will be exhausted if I see it
October 22, 2024 at 12:39 AM
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Although yesterday's big donation was a huge relief, Rawan is still very far from her goal. As happy as we were, it won't even be enough to buy winter clothes for her whole family. Please keep sharing and donating, even if it's just $5, we'll cherish it 🙏
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Screenshot of Rawan's fundraiser. She has made it to $6,432 out of a goal of $50,000 Our WhatsApp conversation. Me : Do you mean your Bluesky account or your Twitter account? Her : On my sister's Twitter account, it's okay. I'm exhausted from fatigue. I feel like my eyes have become somewhat tired. I will leave the phone for a while and come back to answer again Me : Please get some rest, love. Take a nap if you can. I will work on expanding our following on Twitter and Bluesky Her, half an hour later : My sister, I really can't rest. I really can't. Fear is taking over me Me : What's wrong, love? Are they bombing again? Or are you anxious about your situation? Her : I'm worried about everything happening around me, my sister. I can't control anything like before. I'm trying to contact people to recover my account. I'm still responding from the morning until now. This won't help. We'll entrust it to God and start honestly shortly
October 21, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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Thanks to donations, Rawan was able to send herself $650* from her PayPal account. She will now try to find vitamins to fight malnutrition and medicine for her grandma. Then she'll start buying warm clothes.
Please keep the donations coming, share, anything helps 🙏 🥹
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Screenshot of a donation from PayPal Our WhatsApp conversation. Rawan says : My sister, this PayPal transfer is done in stages so that my account is not closed. Yesterday, I transferred $1000, my love. If you send them once, the account will be closed immediately because America bans Palestinian accounts. When we withdraw them now, they only receive $650 because our commission rate is 30 percent because the banks are closed. Merchants charge people a commission and freeze their money in the banks. A message from Rawan saying : Yes, sister, I will first try to find some vitamins that I need for myself And to my grandmother, because it has become a sight of existence and very expensive, especially since my grandmother suffers from high blood pressure, chronic headaches, and a stomach that she cannot give up on every day♥️🫂
October 21, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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Update : Rawan is also crying from pure joy. In these messages she is expressing how she had lost hope and how exhausted she is (she collapsed from exhaustion earlier) but that she put her trust in God. Thank you, whoever did this, thank you so much. Thank you to anyone who donates, truly 😭❤️
Our WhatsApp conversation, in Arabic because Rawan has a limited connection (I am using a translator so she doesn't have to). Lots of crying emojis and hugging emojis.
October 21, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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This is what's happening in northern Gaza right now. Pure chaos. Extermination. Please help Palestinians however you can. Surviving the night is hard, please help them make surviving the day easier so that they can rest 🙏

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WhatsApp messages Rawan sent to me in Arabic (translation in the next pictures) Translation of a message Rawan sent in Arabic. The translation says : "My sister, I have no internet now and I am trapped between the fire belts. Now my heart will stop. Tonight is very violent" Translation of a message Rawan sent in Arabic. The translation says : "They are bombing everywhere now like crazy, with planes, fire belts, shells, tanks, bullets, phosphorus bombs, drones, all at once, surrounding me now" Translation of a message Rawan sent in Arabic. The translation says : "The ambulances do not stop passing in front of me, their sound increases my fear and anxiety. I don't know why all of this is happening to me today. I am almost losing my mind, but thank God"
October 20, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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Here are the messages in case anyone has doubts.
The WhatsApp messages that were translated earlier
October 20, 2024 at 6:37 PM