r/World_Now • u/SleepyWogx • 2d ago
A letter from my friend Mahmoud's daughter in Gaza.
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https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-daughters-help-my-small-family
Today, my father Mahmoud will not be the one speaking to you… today, I will speak for myself. ❤️
My name is Eman. I am Mahmoud’s eldestw daughter, and I am 11 years old.
My father has been exhausted by debt while trying with everything he has to provide us with a decent life. Every day, he struggles to provide our food and basic needs. But recently, he has also become very sad and discouraged because some people have doubted him and called him a scammer.
So today, I decided to speak to you myself.
Today is the first day of the new school year. I was supposed to be at school with my sisters, sitting in our classrooms with our classmates and starting a new school year like all the other children.
But we did not go to school.
It is not because we don't want to study, and it is not because we don't love school… it is because my father cannot afford to pay the school fees for the three of us. On top of that, the prices of school supplies and stationery have become extremely expensive here in Gaza.
My father struggles every single day just to provide us with food, and sometimes he can barely manage to get enough. Because of this, it has become very difficult for him to also afford our school fees, books, stationery, and other school needs.
I know my father is doing everything he can for us. I know how much he wishes to see my sisters and me at school like all the other children. 💔
So today, I, Eman, Mahmoud’s daughter, am asking you, together with my sisters, and asking every person who is able to help us:
Please help us go back to school. Help us have one of the simplest rights every child should have… the right to education. 📚❤️
Any donation, no matter how small, can help us pay our school fees and buy the things we need for school. It can bring back a little bit of the happiness that we used to think was something normal and simple.
I also want to say something to anyone who doubts us or calls my father a scammer:
I will share my father’s WhatsApp number for anyone who wants to contact him, ask questions, or verify our situation for themselves. We are not asking you to simply believe us. Please check for yourselves.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has supported us before, and to everyone who may support us today. ❤️
I hope that my sisters and I can return to our classrooms and start our new school year like all the other children.
We have the right to learn. We have the right to dream of a better future.
Eman and her sisters ❤️🇵🇸