Hello.

You are receiving this email because you donated to this fundraiser that I have been running to get formula milk to babies in Gaza. This note is to thank you for your support. I was concerned that no-one would see the merits of a small initiative attempting to counter the Israeli blockade of formula milk, but I’ve been so encouraged and reinforced by the response. It is also to update you on how this campaign is going.

The situation in Gaza

There’s a “ceasefire” in place, however history tells us this will be broken at some point and the Genocide will continue. Israel’s final goal to empty Gaza of its people has not changed. Aid is now flowing but for how long? A colder stormy winter is approaching with a starved and weary population still living in worn-out tents! The outlook is bleak and babies still need feeding!
 

Families have been helped by this campaign!

So far I have been able to provide funds ongoing to six families with small infants. They simply contact me ahead of when they need more. I’ve also sent money for milk to other families for older babies with specific health issues.

But the need remains…

I still see enormous need that can’t be met in the short term, so I will continue to feed as many small babies as funding allows. The condition of infants I find varies considerably. Many mums aren’t well nourished enough to breastfeed if at all, and the price of formula milk still in the markets is often well out of reach. There are posts all over social media asking for donations to buy a container of milk. Some are lucky but many are not and these babies get more malnourished as time passes. They cry and cry continually for food. The few I can feed are luckier than most as they will continue to receive milk as needed.

Families who have been trapped in the north around Gaza City have recently emerged often with very malnourished infants. Anywhere else in the world they would be hospitalised, but the few hospitals still standing can barely cope with the victims of airstrikes so this is often not possible now. The risk of “Refeeding Syndrome” in starved infants always requires caution when formula milk starts after a period of starvation.

The stories in Gaza are often tragic. One baby I help lost both parents in an airstrike. All the children survived including this one-month-old small girl. The oldest sibling has done her best to care for the others but with their house destroyed and little money this baby has had no nutrition, just water in a bottle for many months. She was extremely fragile when I discovered her, so very carefully she’s been started on milk is improving but really needs medical assessment.

Note: adding more babies to this program is dependent on the level of funding.

How you can help?

If you have the means, please make a further contribution but more important is to share this campaign to others in various ways /so it gets a life of its own and keeps moving. 
In round figures a two-month-old baby needs a 900 gram container of milk per week, the cost now (October 2025) EUR 50 to EUR 85, but with Aid coming in this will drop however it is still expensive!
 

On the website there are links which can be used to publicise this campaign more widely – in the bar “Share this fundraiser via:”. 

If you are a social media user then click for instance on the Instagram button, and that will let you post the fundraiser to Instagram. 

Or you can click on the “Poster” button which will download a PDF file which can be printed to A4 / A5 (flyer size) These small flyers are particularly useful in numbers.

Many thanks

Sarah