Aral BalkanSep 20

Hi everyone,

I’ve just launched the Gaza Verified Emergency Appeal to get our remaining 8 families who are stuck in the danger zone in the North to relative safety in the South.

https://gaza-verified.org/emergency/

Based on conversations @joynewacc and I have had with them to ascertain what they need (transport, land, tents), we have set the campaign goal at $15,000.

To kick things off, I’ve made a personal donation of $1,000.

These families are living in terror under nightly bombings by Israel. Please, if you can, help them survive Israel’s ongoing genocide. And please share this as widely as you can.

Thank you!

💕

PS. The donations are being collected by our not-for-profit, Small Technology Foundation and the entire sum, minus Stripe’s fees, will be transferred to the individual fundraisers of the families. We have suspended our own fundraising for Small Technology Foundation for the duration of the emergency appeal (https://small-tech.org/fund-us/).

PS. If you keep the campaign page open, you will see the progress meter update and donations coming in in real time.

#GazaVerified #EmergencyAppeal #GazaVerifiedEmergencyAppeal #Gaza #Palestine #fediAid

Gaza Verified

Emergency appeal to get the Gaza Verified families stuck in the danger zone in the North to relative safety in the South.

Show threadAral Balkan

@joynewacc Hi everyone,

This is my final push for the Gaza Verified Emergency Appeal.

We are $474 away from our final goal of $40,000.

https://gaza-verified.org/emergency/

This little remaining amount will actually make a difference in being able to help one more family today, so if you can, please support us this one last time for this campaign and let’s hit that final goal.

Thank you!

💕

#GazaVerified #EmergencyAppeal #GazaVerifiedEmergencyAppeal #Gaza #Palestine #fediAid

Gaza Verified

Emergency appeal to get the Gaza Verified families stuck in the danger zone in the North to relative safety in the South.

Sep 28 at 3:12pmWeb
Show threadAral BalkanSep 28

@joynewacc Thank you so much, we’ve reached our goal!

💕

#GazaVerified #EmergencyAppeal #GazaVerifiedEmergencyAppeal #Gaza #Palestine #fediAid

Show threadAral BalkanSep 28

@joynewacc I’ve now ended the Gaza Verified Emergency Appeal

https://gaza-verified.org/emergency/

Thank you all so much for helping our Gaza Verified families with the evacuations South.

This doesn’t mean that the emergency situation in Gaza is over. Quite on the contrary, things are getting worse every hour. And there are more friends from Palestine entering the fediverse looking for help.

We are going to focus on verifying them and boosting their voices and their individual campaigns.

And you can do so by following them and helping them personally (see https://gaza-verified.org for links to their accounts).

Also, others, like the inspirational @divya have ongoing campaigns to help families in their circle that you can contribute to:

https://sunny.garden/@divya/115282517168973531

I will write up a final impact report after we’ve distributed these latest funds.

And I will share some of the stories of our families who have been able to move South because of your help in the coming days.

Words cannot express how grateful I am to you for your continued support in helping our families in Gaza survive genocide.

Thank you!

💕

#GazaVerified #EmergencyAppeal #GazaVerifiedEmergencyAppeal #Gaza #Palestine #fediAid

Gaza Verified

Emergency appeal to get the Gaza Verified families stuck in the danger zone in the North to relative safety in the South.

Show threadCiaraSep 28
@aral @joynewacc @divya 💚
Show threadAseelSep 28
@aral @joynewacc
I was hoping to be part of the second group, but thank you for your efforts🥹
Show threadShatha MohammedSep 28
@aral @joynewacc
❤️🫂🫂
Show threadbrendan (ジャンク品)Sep 28
@aral looks like you made it! are you still taking donations past 40K?
Show threadAral BalkanSep 28

@bnys Oh wow, yes, thanks for the heads up!

I’m going to close it now but any money that comes in before I manage to do so will also be distributed today :)

💕

Show threadbrendan (ジャンク品)Sep 28
@aral I just put in $50 more dollars thank you for this important work Aral!!
Show threadlick here for more infoSep 28
@aral @bnys are you planning any more of these in the future? Thank you for the work you've done on this, I'm one of those people who never donated to Gaza fundraisers before Gaza Verified, since they're all in someone else's name (understandable), and sadly scammers are better equipped for outreach than actual people suffering.
Show threadAral BalkanSep 28

@virtulis @bnys We’re planning on boosting individual verified accounts but I won’t rule out a very short, focussed campaign should we feel it can help our families.

💕

Show threadSarah WSep 28
@virtulis @aral @bnys
Same here. I would never before donate as I couldn't tell real stories from scammers. Thanks for your work and giving us confidence to donate. Thanks for helping the people of Palestine.
Show threadAral BalkanSep 28

@Sarahw @virtulis @bnys Thank you so much for standing by them.

💕