In Yemen the death count stagnated at 15,000 until the war ended and the people were able to count their dead. Today, it's commonly accepted that over 300,000 Yemenis have been killed by war and famine. We will see a similar situation in Gaza after a ceasefire.
18 year old Darry Curtis who is captain of the football team and one of the most popular boys in school who is admired and adored by everyone who sees him. 19 year old Darry Curtis who throws a hell of a spiral and is now captain of the football team and he just got voted Boy of The Year. 19 year old Darry Curtis who has a partial scholarship waiting for him, who can save for the rest of tuition in a year if he's careful, he knows it, whose future is as bright as the day is long, who is gonna get out of this town and do something with his life and get a job where he'll be able to buy his kid brother good track shoes and his other kid brother some junker car to fix up. 20 year old Darry Curtis whose future is waiting for him, who has enough money saved up he'll be able to start college in the fall, who is so excited he can hardly stand it. 20 year old Darry Curtis whose future and hope is ripped away in a moment. 20 year old Darry Curtis whose college money buys caskets and funeral payments, whose kid brothers suddenly look a whole lot younger and ten times more helpless. 20 year old darry curtis who goes from fighting bullies to fighting the government desperate to keep his dead eyed brothers with him, to keep the remnants of his family together. 20 year old Darry Curtis who wins custody after he has lost everything else, whose grand dreams are replaced with small ones- please let me afford the medicine, please let Pony leave his room for more than five minutes, please let Soda stay in school, please let me get this third job please-. 20 year old Darry Curtis who is suddenly a parent more than he is a brother, who is grieving and trying and failing and desperate. 20 year old Darry Curtis who watches as his baby brother loses himself and can't figure out any way to fix it. 20 year old Darry Curtis who watches his other brother drop out of school so they can afford rent and can't do anything about it. 20 year old Darry Curtis who skips meals so his brothers won't, who works with sore muscles and weary bones because he can't afford not to, who can't believe he was ever stupid enough to think he'd ever go to college. 20 year old Darry Curtis who wouldn't change any of it for anything if it meant losing his brothers.
This is very urgent so please share however you can. Islam, the mom of this family in Gaza, is eight months pregnant but has a fractured pelvis and therefore cannot give birth safely. She needs a C-section, but the conditions to perform those no longer exist in Gaza. For months women in Gaza have been getting C-sections without anaesthesia. We need to get her out before she goes into labor, which could happen at any time now. We're halfway through the goal and even if everyone just chipped in 5-10 dollars it adds up quick!