For the past two years, our support has been a private affair \u2013 personal fundraisers through art with direct donations to families like Jamal's and Hamed's. The links are verified and safe.<\/p>
I'm Antonia Zotti, one of the co-founders of ZottiForYou.com<\/a> and the artist behind Resisting is Art. In March 2024, I<\/strong> began sharing my collages and mixed media about Gaza publicly \u2013 a step taken to raise both funds and awareness. I have collaborated with associations, non-profits, private individuals, and businesses in Italy and the USA \u2013 including ArteVie in Fiorano Modenese, OvestLab in Modena, and most recently Wolverine Farm in Fort Collins, CO \u2013 an ongoing and ever-expanding body of work and donations.<\/p> Each of these communities opened its doors, its hearts, and its wallets to support two people who have become central to our<\/strong> ongoing private awareness campaign: Jamal Abu Al-Ata<\/strong> and Hamed Sbeata<\/strong>.<\/p> <\/p>"},"borderRadius":{"id":133718332,"value":"#{text.border.radius}"},"textColor":{"id":133718333,"value":"#{text.color}"},"backgroundColour":{"id":133718334,"value":"#0000"},"truncateHeight":{"id":133718335,"value":null},"padding":{"id":133718337,"value":"6"},"fullWidth":{"id":133718338,"value":"0"},"fullBackgroundColor":{"id":133718339,"value":"#{text.fullBackground.color}"},"published":{"id":133718340,"value":"1"},"conditions":{"id":133718341,"value":"[]"},"template":{"id":133767878,"value":"text"}}},{"id":5263652,"type":"newsletterSubscribe","published":1,"size":{"x":12,"y":0},"order":5,"items":[],"properties":{"padding":{"id":133718447,"value":"6"},"spacing":{"id":133718448,"value":"64px"},"font":{"id":133718449,"value":"#{newsletter.title.font}"},"title":{"id":133718450,"value":"Don't miss out."},"copy":{"id":133718451,"value":"Don't miss out on the latest product launches and updates. 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Jamal is an organizer and manages aid projects in Deir al baher. He is the heart behind the Food Not Bombs chapter in Deir al baher Gaza \u2013 a communal project dedicated to distributing food and aid.<\/p> Jamal Abu Al-Ata and his family \u2013 eight people in total \u2013 have been displaced for over two and a half years. They live in a tent, facing famine, violence, and random bombing every single day.<\/p> \"The Food Not Bombs project serves displaced families in camps across Shuja'iyya, Daraj, Rimal, Jabalia, and Tal al-Hawa. Goods exist in the markets, but prices are insanely high. We cannot buy what people need without your support. There is an ongoing famine. No free aid enters through Rafah or Kerem Shalom. Families are in desperate need. The war has not ended. It has been more than 2.5 YEARS. We still live in a tent, facing famine and violence every day. What is happening is beyond logic. We just want you to stand by us.\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote> Learn More About Jamal<\/strong><\/p> Jamal Abu Al-Ata is the heart behind the Food Not Bombs chapter in Deir al-Balah, a central Gaza city, dedicated to distributing and feeding starving families. He and his family of eight have been displaced for over two and a half years, living in a tent, facing famine and inhumane living conditions every day. Jamal continues to organize ongoing bread distributions in his community.<\/p> Follow Jamal's story on Instagram<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p> We've known Jamal for about two years. face timing with his mom and my sister, calling us when he can not sleep because of the pain in his broken hand and the sound of bombs and drones in the back ground of our conversation. Jamal is an organizer and manages aid projects in Deir al baher. He is the heart behind the Food Not Bombs chapter in Deir al baher Gaza \u2013 a communal project dedicated to distributing food and aid.<\/p> Jamal Abu Al-Ata and his family \u2013 eight people in total \u2013 have been displaced for over two and a half years. They live in a tent, facing famine, violence, and random bombing every single day.<\/p> \"The Food Not Bombs project serves displaced families in camps across Shuja'iyya, Daraj, Rimal, Jabalia, and Tal al-Hawa. Goods exist in the markets, but prices are insanely high. We cannot buy what people need without your support. There is an ongoing famine. No free aid enters through Rafah or Kerem Shalom. Families are in desperate need. The war has not ended. It has been more than 2.5 YEARS. We still live in a tent, facing famine and violence every day. What is happening is beyond logic. We just want you to stand by us.\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote> Learn More About Jamal<\/strong><\/p> Jamal Abu Al-Ata is the heart behind the Food Not Bombs chapter in Deir al-Balah, a central Gaza city, dedicated to distributing and feeding starving families. He and his family of eight have been displaced for over two and a half years, living in a tent, facing famine and inhumane living conditions every day. Jamal continues to organize ongoing bread distributions in his community.<\/p> Follow Jamal's story on Instagram<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p> I've known Hamed for about two years.<\/p> He is a 24-year-old Palestinian journalist and filmmaker from Gaza. He has collaborated with international media, including TF1, to share the reality of life under siege. He came into my life through the same network of solidarity that connected me to Jamal \u2013 artists, activists, and organizers across Italy and the US who refuse to look away.<\/p> Hamed suffers from Alport syndrome, a genetic condition that destroyed his kidneys. In 2020, he received a life-saving kidney transplant. That gift of life hung by a thread when Gaza's healthcare system collapsed and his supply of daily immunosuppressant medication \u2013 the drugs that prevent his body from rejecting his transplanted kidney \u2013 was almost exhausted.<\/p> He was on an evacuation list prepared by Reporters Without Borders, but the bureaucratic gates remained closed for a long time.<\/p> I am relieved to share that Hamed has now been evacuated and is in the EU.<\/strong> He is safe. But he misses his family terribly.<\/p> He is a young man who has already survived so much \u2013 a transplant, a war, a genocide. He used his voice to tell the world what was happening in Gaza. 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Hamed Sbeata<\/h2>
Support Through Art<\/h2>