Lida Richardson

[Lida Richardson @lidabee21]

Thread of the four fundraisers I'm collecting donations for:

[The Sameer Project @sameerproject]

It took one night of rain for entire displacement camps in Gaza to flood. Urgent help needed: https://t.co/YR8kpxmtBQ

This morning, tens of thousands of families are facing another day of rain without shelter. The tents they slept in yesterday are underwater. The streets they would use to reach help are flooded and impassable.

We knew the tents were fragile. Even so, we were unprepared for this much destruction after the first rainfall. Families are still soaking wet, trying to salvage what they can and figure out where they’ll sleep tonight.

Please donate to The Sameer Project’s winter response and help us get emergency shelter to families who lost theirs overnight. Give to our General Fund: https://t.co/YR8kpxmtBQ

[Good Shepherd Collective @Shepherds4Good]

Can someone match our donation in part or whole, and get a chain going?

Shelter, safety, sleep — these are all the barest essentials and we can have a real impact on making sure people have access to them this winter.

[Good Shepherd Collective @Shepherds4Good]

The Israelis agreed to let 600 trucks a day. In reality, only a small percentage has made it in. This graphic helps put into perspective the continued Israelis intential denial of basic, life-sustaining products to the people of Gaza.

[Maura Finkelstein @Dr_mauraf]

"Consistency is solidarity" - please commit to an ongoing monthly donation to @sameerproject 🙏

[rasha abdulhadi @rashaabdulhadi]

"It's the same loop we've been stuck in since the fake ceasefire announced in October 2025. No relief, no improvement in living conditions, and no thought of anything bigger that could actually improve our reality."

[Good Shepherd Collective @Shepherds4Good]

It’s worth clarifying something as folks are sharing news of the West Bank being “shut down”. Importantly, it is not the entire West Bank which is shut down—it is Palestinian cities, towns, and villages. Settlers are free to travel through open roads and checkpoints, as always.

[rasha abdulhadi @rashaabdulhadi]

Settler-made famine because of settler siege & settler blockade, with cold & rain on the way.

These are the conditions of genocide. Not just the bombs, bullets, & torture chambers.

[Good Shepherd Collective @Shepherds4Good]

Please keep giving. The situation is just as dark as it has been.

[Maha Hussaini @MahaGaza]

The post-ceasefire Gaza Israel has sought to create is a simply place permanently on the brink.

It restricts food entering, and Gaza is suddengly on the verge of starvation again. It restricts fuel, and hospitals are on the verge of collapse.

Today, we woke up to long queues of people trying to get bread, bringing back scenes of starvation during the genocide. All it took was a few days of restrictions.

This keeps happening because Israel allows nothing that can sustain life independently of its decisions. It bans livestock but allows frozen meat. It destroys farmland but allows vegetables in. It destroys Palestinians' ability to feed themselves, then decides whether food can enter. Every aspect of life in Gaza hinges on an Israeli decision. A few days of restrictions are enough to threaten our survival again.

This is Gaza under the "ceasefire"

[Tamer Nahed @Tamer_Alnoaizy]

Please, I urge the world to take this tweet seriously.

A new famine is literally being created in Gaza. Free food distribution has almost completely stopped, major aid organizations have suspended their services, and now the World Food Programme, a key source of flour and canned food for hundreds of thousands of people here, has announced the suspension of its assistance.

For over a week, trucks carrying vegetables, fruit, and frozen food have also been prevented from entering Gaza.

Food supplies are shrinking, everything entering Gaza is being tightly controlled, and food queues are growing frighteningly long.

We are already witnessing the signs of another hunger catastrophe. Families are losing their food sources one by one. Please, don't wait until people are dying of hunger again before you act. The world must act now.

[The Sameer Project @sameerproject]

Let us reintroduce ourselves for those who are new here, we are The Sameer Project!!

Founded by three Palestinians in the diaspora who saw a gap in not just how humanitarian aid was being delivered to Gaza, but why.

Too often, aid comes with conditions, strips people of dignity, and creates dependency. We wanted to build something different.

A Palestinian-led initiative, by Palestinians, for Palestinians.

We listen to the people in Gaza. They tell us what they need, and we respond. Not months later, not when bureaucracy allows, but when the need exists.

Our mission is not simply to deliver aid. It is to restore dignity, autonomy, and agency to Palestinians whose ability to provide for themselves has been systematically destroyed by the occupation.

We don't believe Palestinians should have to depend on charity to survive. We believe in supporting their right to self-determination.

Humanitarian aid is our work. Palestinian liberation is our goal.

This is The Sameer Project.

Keep supporting our work: https://t.co/qHKZiu4Xu8

[Hind Khoudary @Hind_Gaza]

اسمعوا، بعتت لناس عندهم ملايين المتابعين يشاركوا حملة بلدية غزة «ما قبل الشتاء»، حملة تمويل عشان البلدية تقدر تفتح المجاري وتسلّكها، ونحاول نمنع ميّة المطر من إنها تغرق خيام الناس.. طنشوني 😬

يمكن عشان الحملة تطوعية، وما في مصاري مقابل نشر ستوري، مع إنه كل دولار فيها حق للناس اللي بدنا نحميهم من الغرق والشتا.

بتعرفوا حد ممكن يساعد في النشر بدون مقابل؟

رابط الحملة:

https://t.co/emKLLwvDFk

[Lida Richardson @lidabee21]

@nee_massey Oh my gosh this is so lovely

[Omar Hamad | عُـمَـرْ 𓂆 @OmarHamadD]

Very intense Israeli bombardment is targeting Gaza City at this very moment, with warplanes and helicopters filling the skies of Gaza, alongside the heavy buzzing of reconnaissance drones.

Do not forget Gaza, for it is being violently bombarded, and its blood is being shed.

[Lida Richardson @lidabee21]

@JTommins I love the fish

[Lida Richardson @lidabee21]

@possumpraxis I would do anything for this talent

[Omar Hamad | عُـمَـرْ 𓂆 @OmarHamadD]

The Israeli bombardment of Gaza is intensifying violently. I do not know who made the world believe there is a ceasefire in Gaza; every day we are slaughtered and killed with new bombs and new explosives, as if we are a testing ground for America and Israel.

All I ask of you is not to forget Gaza.

[Crips for eSims for Gaza | Request Account @Crisps4eSims]

We can't send eSIMS again!!!

As internet remains VERY weak in Gaza, Palestinians need eSIMs! An eSIM is about $5/month. Consider clicking a recurring option to sustain connection 🩵

USD: https://t.co/B8D9g7lm6n
GBP: https://t.co/jWb5qn7Wbx
CAD/other: https://t.co/jvIqBw14gN

[Lida Richardson @lidabee21]

@ali_sivi bald ann dowd i love you but what is going on with these holograms

[Lida Richardson @lidabee21]

I just think we should Notice which spectacles keep demanding our attention