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"These past 18 days feel more like 18 years" {NAME}, Last week I shared a devastating diary entry from one of our United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) staff in Gaza. The situation has only worsened, and we need your help to deliver as many resources as we can to those in need. Every day, the U.N. World Food Programme distributes fresh bread, date bars or canned fish to families in shelters. Since the conflict escalated in October, we have reached more than 700,000 people with food and cash assistance. Our work isn't over. For every person we've been able to support so far, we know there are many more in need. We are doing everything we can to reach them. [Please make a donation to support this work and provide emergency food assistance to children and families in Gaza and the West Bank.]( Thank you for all you do, Karen Turney
Senior Director of Philanthropy
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From: Karen Turney, WFP USA
Date: Tues, Nov 7, 2023 at 1:55 PM
Subject: [ð] A diary entry from Gaza
To: {NAME} 21 days until Giving Tuesday, {NAME}! [View in browser]( [World Food Program USA.](
[DONATE]( {NAME}, below is a diary entry from one of the many dedicated United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) staff members who are currently on the ground in Gaza. Tuesday, October 24, 2023 It's already day 18 of this brutal conflict that has stripped away the life we love. I wish I could say my family and I have made it through so far â but have we really, if our loved ones were killed along the way? These past 18 days feel more like 18 years. Conflict has shattered our dreams and forced our aspirations to shrink to simply scouring for drinking water and food. Those times we managed to secure clean drinking water have felt luxurious. I used to wonder how people who receive the U.N. World Food Programme assistance survive with the scant supplies they have. Now I know firsthand â although I think no coping mechanism could help even the most resourceful through these days. We made it through this past night. Nights are the scariest. We sleep together so we will all have the same fate. The conflict is eating away everything we know: people, buildings, hopes for a better future. The non-stop sound of bombs falling over the city â skipping our heads by luck â drills in my brain, draining me of sleep and the last drop of sanity I am holding on to. I've already lost seven family members and some friends; my university is demolished along with many of my favorite places. I am counting them all â I wish numbers never existed. There's no time to mourn anyone or anything and barely enough time to check on the survivors. For the past five days, I was disconnected from the world. Airstrikes destroyed the area where we lived. All the infrastructure has collapsed. Instead of the usual smell of grape leaves, we smell death. --------------------------------------------------------------- {NAME}, I know this is hard to read, but it's the reality of the people who are caught in the crossfire. And their words are living proof that you can make a difference. The U.N. World Food Programme is committed to assisting over 1 million people in Gaza who are facing critical shortages of water and food. Every dollar raised through this email will directly support the people of Gaza and the West Bank. [$75 is enough to provide a family in Gaza or the West Bank with an emergency food box, which contains food for an entire month. Please, make an emergency donation today.]( {NAME}, you make such a critical impact on the work we do. With a heavy heart, Karen Turney
Senior Director of Philanthropy
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