Hello all!

Please see below a request for donations for the family of Harun, who was shot in the neck by Israeli soldiers on the 2nd January this year. He happened to be in the wrong place when Israeli soldiers confiscated a generator and trashed solar panels from his neighbours. After they shot him, they just drove off, leaving him in a pool of blood.

He has been in hospital since then, but there are some improvements. Our friends at HIRN and The Villagers Group are working with the family to help them plan for the future and continue standing their ground on their land.

I have requested a small amount from the Cowgirls fund to donate, but if you have any spare pounds to give I am sure that would help, too! Details as to how to do that are below.

Thanks all!
Becs

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: The Villages Group <villagesgroup1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 08:53
Subject: Harun and Togetherness Manifested
To: Ehud Krinis <ksehud@gmail.com>

Dear all:

It was such a lovely night tonight. We had a wonderful Iftar with the family of Harun Abu Aram in their cave in Al Rakeez hamlet. Yes … they are still there DESPITE repeated demolitions and the almost-death of Harun. We (the Group and the Harun Family) were united in humanity. Harun, what took place to him and the countless hours we have spent over the past four-and-a-half months trying to secure a better future for Harun with multiple hospitals and people with authority have fused us into one bigger family. We did not feel like outsiders. We felt part of the family. WE WERE ONE.

It was a good chance to discuss the multi-layers of the Harun condition; we discussed his current health improvement as we have received the delightful news that he can breath on his own now, his blood pressure has stabilized and he is off addictive medication. There is a light at the end of this tunnel. Now we are looking into the possibility of removing him to a rehabilitation center ….. it took us a llllllooooooonnnnnngggggggggg time to get to this stage. While we are looking into the next stage, three parallel developments are taking place. They are as follows:

1) Improving the living conditions inside of the cave in Al Rakeez as the family have expanded the space inside of it through digging it from the inside. Currently the area of the cave has almost doubled. The family is currently waiting for additional building materials promised by the village council to finalize work inside the cave.

2) As the prospects of releasing Harun (we are at the early stage of this) are increasing, the family is currently working on establishing a suitable room that is compatible to Harun’s condition in the city of Yatta. We are working with the family to make sure that the building process takes into consideration the exceptional needs of Harun in terms of mobility, ramps, wider doors, specially-designed bathroom and multiple electrical sockets, among other things.

3) We are working with the family to provide them with a dignified source of income to enable them to face the mounting expenses related to Harun’s future medications and the impact of the loss of one of the main breadwinners for the entire family. We also have a breakthrough into this issue, but we need your help to reach our goal; the family have requested from us the assistance to secure a herd that would cost an estimated 50,000 shekels ($15,375). At the onset of the proposal, we said “ wwwwwoooooowwww ….. we can’t afford THAT !!!!!!!”. Yet, nearly only two days after that, we received the excellent news that a friend of ours would be willing to put forth 25,000 shekels IF AND ONLY IF we manage to raise the remaining 25,000 shekels. It would be GREAT if YOU could help us out to raise the matching. You can use one of the links listed below.

Why are we reaching out to you again??? Because YOU already ARE part of the Harun Abu Aram family …… and that is what families do ….. they stick by each other.

Looking forward to bringing you more good news about Harun and his family.

All the best.

For donation, in the US, you can use this link and get tax credit https://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/donate_hirn (using HIRN's Name)

In the UK, you can use our alliance with Amos Trust using this link

The Amos Trust - Donate now (using HIRN's Name)

In Israel, please contact The Villages Group for details.