Afnan & Nour’s Family Fighting to Survive in Gaza
We are Afnan and Nour Rayyan—two women, and the pillars of a family of nine. For 22 months, we have been surviving genocide inside the walls of Gaza.
Before:
Our home in North Gaza:
We live with our three children—Kinan, Mustafa, and Malak—and four other family members: our parents, our aunt and uncle. We have no safety. No rights. No peace. We are being bombed, starved, and silenced.
Every day, we wake up to destruction. The sound of drones. The ache of hunger. The fear that today might be the day we lose someone else.
Nour was married before the genocide began. Her husband has been missing for 22 months. We don’t know if he’s alive. We don’t know if he suffered. We only know that he’s gone—and that she is now raising their children alone, in a war zone.
We are trying to survive under the harshest conditions. Food prices in Gaza have skyrocketed. Rent is nearly impossible to afford. There is no work, no income, no aid. We are doing everything we can to protect our family, but we cannot do it alone.
They toll this is taking in the children is catastrophic as you can see by Kinan’s most recent photo:
This fundraiser will support our entire household—six adults and three children. Every donation will go toward:
- Basic essentials like food, clean water, and medicine
- Rent for shelter in a place that is still standing
- The dignity of survival in a world that has turned its back on us
We are not asking for luxury. We are asking for life.
Please, if you can:
- Donate whatever you’re able
- Share our story with others
- Help us stay alive
We are still here. We are still fighting. And we are holding on to hope because of people like you.
With love,
Afnan & Nour
Why the switch to SpotFund?
We have moved off of the GFM platform, possibly permanently as they have placed a freeze on Afnan's fundraiser and are withholding vital survival funds. We cannot risk this family's lives while they complete their internal process. -Jess
