Short Story
United States
Sharouk, her husband Khaled, and their babies Jude (1) and Aboud (2) are fighting to survive in a flimsy, leaking tent where:
Spring’s cruel swings leave them shivering at night and sweltering by day. Freezing rain still soaks their blankets. One meal a day is a “good” day (a bag of flour costs $200+). Aid trucks are blocked, and markets are empty. Khaled’s hernia surgery was canceled—hospitals are rubble. He stifles groans as he lifts his toddlers, with no pain relief. Bombs shake the ground nightly. When drones don’t steal their sleep, the boys’ hunger cries do.
They’ve lost everything but hope.
What Your Donation Provides $25 = A day’s food (whatever fresh food they can find, lentils, clean water). $100 = Pain meds for Khaled + vitamins for the boys. $400 = A sturdy tent to block rain and scorching sun. $1,000 = Emergency funds if bombs force them to flee
Past donor wins: ✅ A phone to call for help during blackouts. ✅ Tarps to patch their collapsing shelter.
Now, spring’s extremes threaten their last scraps of safety.
Why Act Now? Food prices are spiking: A single bag of flour cost over $200. Tents turn into ovens by midday, then freeze at night. Khaled’s hernia worsens—infection could be deadly without care. “We are ghosts in a world that ignores us,” Sharouk says. Prove her wrong.
Share this campaign—silence is complicity. #SavePalestinianFamilies #WarZoneSurvival #DirectAidForGaza #StandWithPalestine
I have news from Sharouk and Khaled. For the last week, their family has been battling a severe flu. Thanks to the offline donations you sent, they were able to purchase a small amount of medication and flour to see them through the worst of it.
Today, the illness has finally passed. But the medicine is gone, and the flour is gone. Now, the hunger is back, and it is relentless for the 12 souls in their tent – still shared with Khaled’s family.
The world has become a terrifying gamble. Every single day, people are killed while waiting for aid. Khaled, Muhammad, and Mahmoud know this risk all too well. Recently, they made the dangerous journey to an aid site themselves. They stood in line, hoping for a bag of flour, a can of food—anything to feed their children.
They returned empty-handed.
But they returned alive. In Gaza right now, that is considered a success. They risked their lives and came home with nothing but their lives. They have their health, but they have no food.
I am including a short video of their son, Aboud, finding a moment of joy, riding his bike. It is a glimpse of the childhood he deserves—one of play, not of terror and hunger. It is for him, and for children like him, that we must keep fighting.
We have proven that our direct support works. It buys medicine when they are sick. It buys flour when they are hungry. It keeps them from having to risk the aid lines that have become death traps.
They are not just asking for food; they are asking for the means to stay alive without having to gamble their lives for it.
We can give them that. Please, if you can, donate today. Share this update with everyone you know. We are their lifeline.
With gratitude and urgency,
Tristen
Tonight Sharouk and Khaled’s family woke up to the earth shaking – not once, but twice. Two air strikes hit just 50 – 70 meters (160 – 230 feet) from their tent, close enough for shrapnel to tear through the air above their heads. “We are fine, sister, all by the grace of God,” Khaled told me. Less than an hour, he is telling me that he worries for my safety. How can he say that? How can he worry about me – safe under a roof, with food, far from bombs – while his children, Jude and Aboud, cling to him in the dark?
This is the reality right now:
They have run out of food. No lentils to grind, no bread to stretch. Nothing.
⏰ They have run out of time. Evacuation orders creep closer; the bombs follow.
But there’s a tiny light: Sharouk and Khaled’s newborn nephew, born by emergency C-section on June 23rd, is fighting to survive in a world that seems determined to crush him.
Your support has kept them alive before. Now, they need you again.
PHOTOS ATTACHED:
1. Jude, Aboud, and Khaled – exhausted but alive.
2. Sharouk cradling her newborn nephew, his first days shadowed by war.
We cannot let their courage go unanswered. Donate now – for food, for diapers, for a chance to wake up without bombs. Share this campaign. Pray if you pray. They are hanging by threads.
– Tristen
The voice notes Sharouk sends me now come with a soundtrack of gunfire and drones—their constant companions as attacks close in. Yet in the photos she shares, her family smiles, their joy clinging to life like a defiant act of rebellion.
NOWHERE IS SAFE: Relocation is likely, but $500 is needed for transport and a new tent. FOOD PRICES ARE SURREAL: A single meal costs a day’s wages (when work exists). THEIR TENT IS FAILING: Ripped seams, flooded corners—$400 replaces it.
$50 = Emergency meal kit (lentils, oil, salt). $150 = Reinforced tent flooring to slow flooding. $500 = Escape funds if forced to flee.
“Listen to the airplane,” Sharouk jokes darkly after she sends me a voice note of a drone, “It’s a real pain in my butt.” But hunger doesn’t fade with laughter.
Share this campaign—use #WarZoneHope and #NoChildHungry to push it to Chuffed’s homepage.
With rage and love, Tristen
Saly Hnoosh
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Campaign Story
United States
Sharouk, her husband Khaled, and their babies Jude (1) and Aboud (2) are fighting to survive in a flimsy, leaking tent where:
Spring’s cruel swings leave them shivering at night and sweltering by day. Freezing rain still soaks their blankets. One meal a day is a “good” day (a bag of flour costs $200+). Aid trucks are blocked, and markets are empty. Khaled’s hernia surgery was canceled—hospitals are rubble. He stifles groans as he lifts his toddlers, with no pain relief. Bombs shake the ground nightly. When drones don’t steal their sleep, the boys’ hunger cries do.
They’ve lost everything but hope.
What Your Donation Provides $25 = A day’s food (whatever fresh food they can find, lentils, clean water). $100 = Pain meds for Khaled + vitamins for the boys. $400 = A sturdy tent to block rain and scorching sun. $1,000 = Emergency funds if bombs force them to flee
Past donor wins: ✅ A phone to call for help during blackouts. ✅ Tarps to patch their collapsing shelter.
Now, spring’s extremes threaten their last scraps of safety.
Why Act Now? Food prices are spiking: A single bag of flour cost over $200. Tents turn into ovens by midday, then freeze at night. Khaled’s hernia worsens—infection could be deadly without care. “We are ghosts in a world that ignores us,” Sharouk says. Prove her wrong.
Share this campaign—silence is complicity. #SavePalestinianFamilies #WarZoneSurvival #DirectAidForGaza #StandWithPalestine
I have news from Sharouk and Khaled. For the last week, their family has been battling a severe flu. Thanks to the offline donations you sent, they were able to purchase a small amount of medication and flour to see them through the worst of it.
Today, the illness has finally passed. But the medicine is gone, and the flour is gone. Now, the hunger is back, and it is relentless for the 12 souls in their tent – still shared with Khaled’s family.
The world has become a terrifying gamble. Every single day, people are killed while waiting for aid. Khaled, Muhammad, and Mahmoud know this risk all too well. Recently, they made the dangerous journey to an aid site themselves. They stood in line, hoping for a bag of flour, a can of food—anything to feed their children.
They returned empty-handed.
But they returned alive. In Gaza right now, that is considered a success. They risked their lives and came home with nothing but their lives. They have their health, but they have no food.
I am including a short video of their son, Aboud, finding a moment of joy, riding his bike. It is a glimpse of the childhood he deserves—one of play, not of terror and hunger. It is for him, and for children like him, that we must keep fighting.
We have proven that our direct support works. It buys medicine when they are sick. It buys flour when they are hungry. It keeps them from having to risk the aid lines that have become death traps.
They are not just asking for food; they are asking for the means to stay alive without having to gamble their lives for it.
We can give them that. Please, if you can, donate today. Share this update with everyone you know. We are their lifeline.
With gratitude and urgency,
Tristen
Tonight Sharouk and Khaled’s family woke up to the earth shaking – not once, but twice. Two air strikes hit just 50 – 70 meters (160 – 230 feet) from their tent, close enough for shrapnel to tear through the air above their heads. “We are fine, sister, all by the grace of God,” Khaled told me. Less than an hour, he is telling me that he worries for my safety. How can he say that? How can he worry about me – safe under a roof, with food, far from bombs – while his children, Jude and Aboud, cling to him in the dark?
This is the reality right now:
They have run out of food. No lentils to grind, no bread to stretch. Nothing.
⏰ They have run out of time. Evacuation orders creep closer; the bombs follow.
But there’s a tiny light: Sharouk and Khaled’s newborn nephew, born by emergency C-section on June 23rd, is fighting to survive in a world that seems determined to crush him.
Your support has kept them alive before. Now, they need you again.
PHOTOS ATTACHED:
1. Jude, Aboud, and Khaled – exhausted but alive.
2. Sharouk cradling her newborn nephew, his first days shadowed by war.
We cannot let their courage go unanswered. Donate now – for food, for diapers, for a chance to wake up without bombs. Share this campaign. Pray if you pray. They are hanging by threads.
– Tristen
The voice notes Sharouk sends me now come with a soundtrack of gunfire and drones—their constant companions as attacks close in. Yet in the photos she shares, her family smiles, their joy clinging to life like a defiant act of rebellion.
NOWHERE IS SAFE: Relocation is likely, but $500 is needed for transport and a new tent. FOOD PRICES ARE SURREAL: A single meal costs a day’s wages (when work exists). THEIR TENT IS FAILING: Ripped seams, flooded corners—$400 replaces it.
$50 = Emergency meal kit (lentils, oil, salt). $150 = Reinforced tent flooring to slow flooding. $500 = Escape funds if forced to flee.
“Listen to the airplane,” Sharouk jokes darkly after she sends me a voice note of a drone, “It’s a real pain in my butt.” But hunger doesn’t fade with laughter.
Share this campaign—use #WarZoneHope and #NoChildHungry to push it to Chuffed’s homepage.
With rage and love, Tristen
Saly Hnoosh
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