we are not numbers

emerging writers from Palestine tell their stories and advocate for their human rights

WANNers seek your help to support their futures

WANN writers have created fundraising campaigns for community and individual efforts to survive and thrive.

Writers and mentors with We Are Not Numbers have created fundraising campaigns for community and individual efforts to survive and thrive during and post the bombing of the Gaza Strip. Please contribute as you are able.

Red keffiyeh with text, The whole world supports Palestine.
Artist: Raffi Marhaba. Courtesy of the Palestine Poster Project Archives

Please note that all these opportunities to provide food or help displaced families involve WANN writers and/or mentors but are optional, extra volunteer efforts and are neither sponsored by, endorsed by, or vetted by WANN itself as an organization.

Why are we listing fundraising campaigns?

As a mentoring organization, we understand that it is very difficult for our writers to document and report the realities of their lives if they are hungry, thirsty, poorly sheltered, under fire, and physically and emotionally ill. We also believe that young writers who find strength and safety, either inside or outside Gaza, will be able to continue building their education and skills so that they can contribute back to the eventual rebuilding of their homeland.

Caveats

Donations to campaigns for seeking safety in Egypt may be used to help pay “coordination fees” and other unjust fixer fees.

People who leave Gaza may be at risk of not being able to return anytime soon.

Personal campaigns can lead to false hopes and put individuals at risk of being scammed.

There are no easy answers to the questions surrounding individual fundraising campaigns. Please think seriously and knowledgeably about how you lend your support to young Gazan writers during this unimaginably difficult time.

 

Community Projects

Roots

A youth-led organization provides support, empowerment, and reasons for hope to families displaced by the war on Gaza. Donations can be made to a U.S.-based nonprofit, Save Our Story. Read about Roots.

Repower Gaza

A WANN initiative, supported by the Middle East Children’s Alliance, to purchase solar power equipment already located inside the Strip and redeploy it to immediately restore power to WANNers, their extended families, and their neighbors.

Gaza Scholarship Fund for Displaced Students

A coalition of individuals, including WANN mentors, are working to match undergraduate and graduate students from the Gaza Strip (including several from WANN) with scholarships so they can continue their education. This initiative has already secured placements for 20 students at U.S. schools; arrangements for more placements are underway at schools in the U.S. and other locations around the world. The initiative needs to raise tens of thousands of dollars to assist students with travel expenses so they can reach their place of study and to cover  the gaps between scholarships and full funding (e.g., fees, books, room and board, living stipend).

"I still have a dream" in colorful typeface and dynamic font.
Artist: Ray Lalotoa. Courtesy of the Palestine Poster Project Archives

Individual Campaigns: Medical Treatment

Ahmad Wuhidi  / Help me escape Gaza for urgent medicine, or I die Completed!

Anas Jnena / Help Ahmad Walk Again!

Yusuf El-Mobayed / Support Hamood’s Recovery

 

Individual Campaigns: Surviving and Rebuilding in Gaza

Aseel Al Balaawi  / Urgent support for my family at Palestine-Gaza

Ahmed Abu Rizik/ Meet The Abu Rizik Family

Ahmed Dremley /Northern Gaza family needs our support to survive

Asil Alkabariti / A call for solidarity: Help Al-kabariti family

Nourhan Abu Mousa / Miss Nourhan supporting her family and students

Rawand Alagha / Please help the Alagha family in Gaza to have a future

Salah Eleyan / Help survive & rebuild Salah & his family’s lives

 

Flower on top of kaffeyih, with words "I'm still alive"
Artist: corinanirocc. Courtesy of the Palestine Poster Project Archives

Individual Campaigns: Finding Safety Outside Gaza

Abdallah Aljazzar /Help get Abdallah out of Gaza

Abdallah Nasrallah / A glimpse of Amal (hope) to reunite with my family

Alia Kassab / Help us continue our education

Alia Khalid Madi /Help Alia and her Family Evacuate from Gaza

Amal Alkhatib / A Journey from Gaza to Hope – The Alkhatib Family

Amir Hasanain / Help Two Young Activists from Gaza Save Their Family’s Life

Areej Kassab / Emergency Aid to Help Areej’s Family Survive

Aya Adwan / Help the Adwan Family Get out of Gaza

Ayah Alghazzawi Help Alghazzawi Family Escape Gaza

Aya Al-Hattab / Help a Gazan family of 6 escape the horrors of war

Basma Alafifi / Urgent Help Needed: Reuniting My Family from Gaza

Basman Derawi / Support Gazan Theatre Artist Bassem Hussen Al Diwari

Doha Hassan / Palestinian family in Gaza seeks refuge

Eman Abu Helal / Save Eman’s Displaced Family

Eman Alhaj Ali  / Urgent appeal: Rebuilding Lives Amidst Devastation

Eva Abu Mariam / Help us to evacuate from Gaza

Fatima Elzahraa Marwan Shaat / Save the Future of Three Young Girls.

Faress Arafat / Help Moe’s Family Evauate War-Torn Gaza, 7Members

Habiba Masood /Help My Friend and Her Family Evacuate from Gaza

Haya Abu Nasser /  Help Ahmad to live and to fulfill his dreams

Haya El-Refai / Please help Haya El-Refai’s Family Escape Gaza

Haneen Abed ElnabyEmergency Appeal for Palestinian Refugee Family

Hend Salama Abo Helo / Support Hend to Finish her Medical School

Ibrahim Badra / Help Ibrahim continue his studies and rebuild his family home

Israa Mohammed Jamal / Please help Israa and her family flee Rafaa, Gaza

Mahmoud Nabhan / Help evacuate Mahmoud Nabhan and his brother

Malak Haw / Help Malak’s family escape Gaza

Mariam Mohammed Al Khateeb / Help Mariam (20) get her family out of Gaza

Maram Faraj / Help Maram Escape [to] Egypt

Mohammad AlAgha / Help my family evacuate Gaza: our last choice

Mustafa Batnain Help baby Ayla find safety and medical care outside Gaza

Nada Almadhoun / My only one dream: Evacuate with family from Gaza urgently!

Nadera Mushtaha / Help Nadera in her study, in her dreams…

Noor Yacoubi / Help evacuate my family from Gaza

Rewaa Khella /Help Rewaa, her family & unborn baby evacuate Gaza

Riwa Abuquta / Please help Riwaa and her family flee Gaza

Sojoud Bakroon / Help Sojoud to flee genocide and assure her education.

Dema Albanna (and sister Tala) / Safe Future for Dema’s Siblings Post-War

Tala Albanna / Help Tala get to college to continue her education! Completed!

Waseem Ayesh / We still got HOPE!! PLEASE save my family…

Yasmin Matar / Help Tala, Mahmoud and their fam evacuate Gaza war

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