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Gaza
is essentially a walled kindergarten -- and it's
being bombed to dust.
Half of
Gaza's population are children.
When
Israel drops phosphorus bombs, it's kids
running from the deadly white plumes that would
burn them to the bone. There are no
bomb shelters in Gaza, Israel has cut off food
and water supplies, and hospitals will soon have
no electricity.
The horror
perpetrated by Hamas is unthinkable. But
Gaza's children are innocent. We
have the same responsibility to all children --
no matter which side of the barbed-wire fence
they're standing on. Gaza's children need help.
OUR help.
Avaaz is in contact with
Palestinian doctors and nurses still working as
the bombs fall.
Injuries
are catastrophic, and they need urgent funding
for medical supplies when and
if humanitarian corridors open. We'll also
fund emergency shelters, refugee camps, and
medical care as violence spreads in other parts
of Palestine. Together we'll empower
emergency teams to keep saving lives in the
ever-shifting chaos.
Read
more below -- but if you're ready to help,
donate what you can now. You'll
be powering a massive humanitarian response and
fuelling Avaaz campaigns for justice and peace,
from Palestine to Ukraine, Sudan to Myanmar.
Avaaz can have funds on the ground asap.
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Gaza
is a narrow strip of land, often called an
"open-air prison" and home to roughly 2
million people. Half of them are children, their
basic necessities restricted by an Israeli
blockade for the last 16
years. The children of Gaza are
trapped in a vicious, unequal war they were
simply born into. They have nowhere to
run and bombing is set to intensify. The
situation is incredibly volatile, but together
we can give emergency teams the power to adapt
and scale their response in the most horrifying
circumstances. Gaza needs aid,
right now. And those fighting against
an all out war in Israel and Palestine need a
global community standing for peace and justice
alongside them. Avaaz has been doing it for
years -- along with campaigns on the war in
Ukraine and Sudan's silent genocide. If
we raise enough, we could:
- Provide funding
for emergency, life-saving supplies for
civilians, including medicines, trauma
kits, fuel, and ambulances;
- Support
Palestinian doctors, nurses, and
volunteers, helping to ensure they have food and
shelter as horrors unfold;
- As violence and
instability spreads into other areas of
Palestine, we'll also support emergency teams in
those areas as needed;
- Accelerate a
rapid response campaign to save Palestinian and
Israeli children from all out war --
starting with freeing the children held hostage
by Israel and Hamas; and,
- Supercharge our Human
Rights Action Team to fight for justice for the
victims of war, genocide, and apartheid across
the world, and power Avaaz's work to make it all
possible.
Wherever you are right now,
this is a chance to help the children of Gaza
directly. The more we raise, the more
medical care, shelters, and aid we can
provide. Donate what you can now:
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From
Yemen to Syria, and again in Afghanistan, the
Avaaz community has been a powerful voice for
innocent children caught in the ravages of war.
Even in the darkest moments, our community can
shine a light -- and this moment demands nothing
less. So with all the love and generosity of our
shared humanity, let's show up for Gaza's
children, now.
With fierce hope
and endless determination,
always,
Kaitlin, Mike, Camille, Adela,
Fadi, Noor, Nell and the whole team at
Avaaz
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