Update #1: We Didn’t Wait. 20 Families Have Received Aid

Gaza's Forgotten Families Has Kicked Off and Hungry Families Are Receiving Aid!

When we launched Gaza's Forgotten Families, our original goal was to raise $3,000 to complete our first milestone and reach 40 displaced families living in tents under severe humanitarian conditions.

But we made a decision:

We weren't going to wait.

Because hunger doesn't pause while campaigns process payouts.

As donations started coming in, we realized something important. The campaign payout schedule meant funds would not be released until June 8th, and we did not want families waiting for food if we had a way to begin now.

So the campaign manager made the decision to front the funds and begin the initiative immediately, allowing us to start purchasing and preparing aid before the official campaign transfer date.

Today, funds were sent into Gaza through cryptocurrency so work could begin right away.

For transparency:

• Total collected so far: $1,369

• Platform processing (Chuffed + Stripe): $49

• Amount advanced and sent to begin aid distribution: $1320

(Receipts and documentation will be included in this update and future updates.)

Chuffed campaign on 6/3/2026 at 5 pm EST

Stripe, chuffed’s payment processor dashboard on 6/3/2026

Receipt for cryptocurrency sent to Gaza on 6/3/2026

Funds were immediately put to work.

Last night, local purchases were made and 20 grocery aid bags were assembled for 20 marginalized families. Bulk food were purchased.

These bags contain staple essentials intended to help families secure meals and meet basic household needs under extremely difficult conditions. 20 food parcels created for distribution.

For transparency, we also want to explain how this first distribution was structured. A total of 22 aid bags were purchased and prepared during this first round. 20 bags are being distributed directly to 20 marginalized families, while 2 bags were allocated to local helpers who assisted with sourcing, packing, transporting, and preparing the aid late into the night on June 3rd. In addition, $100 was allocated toward labor and transportation support to compensate auxiliary efforts involved in moving supplies and coordinating distribution logistics on the ground.

We believe in being transparent not only about aid delivered, but also about the real work required to make sure food reaches families safely and efficiently. None of this work happens without people giving their time, transportation, and labor to make distribution possible.

By the time everything was purchased, packed, organized, transported, and returned to the tent, it was already after midnight.

The work continued anyway.

The bags were distributed at June 4th at 2 pm (Gaza Time)

20 families who may never appear on social media, never have a fundraiser, and never have anyone advocate for them online have received support because people chose to act.

This is exactly why this project exists.

Not for headlines.

Not for numbers.

For families.

For people who have no campaign of their own.

And we are not finished.

Our original goal remains:

$3,000

This first round allowed us to begin.

But we still want to complete this first milestone and continue reaching additional families with food, household essentials, and support.

Every additional contribution helps extend this effort further.

If you've already donated, thank you.

You helped move this from an idea into something tangible.

If you've been watching and waiting, this is your reminder:

This campaign is active.

The work is happening.

And we are still building.

Twenty families today.

Then we keep going.

No family forgotten.

https://chuffed.org/project/183781-gaza-forgotten-families-fund

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