🫴 Collective fundraiser request
@Aseelsehwel is part of our big #GazaVerified family, and she has been documenting for months through her beautiful words the events occurring in #Gaza. Her blog @aseelsehwel has touched many hearts and provided a uniquely human perspective on this war as it unfolded.
Following the success of the collective fundraiser model for other verified accounts from Gaza, we would like to experiment this model also with Aseel.
⚡ How it works
Collective fundraisers are a more sustainable and dignified way of supporting our Palestinian friends.
Rather than competing for donations on a daily or weekly basis, we are trying to form more stable support networks that can guarantee our friends a more stable income (call it UBI if you wish) as they try to rebuild their lives shattered by the Zionist genocide.
Volunteers can commit to support one or more families by transferring fixed funds on a monthly basis. Anyone who wants to join can either:
- Respond to this thread
- Contact me privately (Mastodon, Matrix, Signal, XMPP, IRC, email, IP over Avian Carriers…)
You can commit to donate any monthly amount you wish, but if you join please commit to transfer that amont regularly, as Aseel’s family will rely on your commitment.
If at any point you wish to drop out of the donors pool please let me know with reasonable notice so I can find other volunteers.
🎯 Monthly goal
Aseel’s goal is to raise $690
This will mainly cover the medical costs for her father - which include medications, vitamins, routine kidney and blood sugar tests, regular X-rays and ultrasound and access to bottled water.
Note that the fundraiser’s main goal is to cover these medical costs. Aseel will keep running her Chuffed campaign and accept one-off donations there for all the other needs of her family (herself, her parents and 3 siblings).
I will update this post as new donors join until the goal is reached.
I will open with this collective fundraiser with my own commitment of $50/month.
Current state: $50 / $690
💶 Where to donate