🌙 My final Ramadan ask: please don’t leave Gaza behind. Here are 2 ways you can give right now.

Two ways to give: Iftar meals tonight or orphan sponsorship for the long road.

Ramadan is ending.

And I need you to hear me clearly: this is my final fundraising push of the month.

After this, I’m going to step back from fundraising for a few weeks to focus on my journalism—and on a special project I’m building for Gaza that I cannot wait to share with you later.

But I’m not ready to close Ramadan without doing one last thing the right way:

Finishing with mercy and charity.

First, I need to say thank you.

To every single person who donated, shared, forwarded, and carried this work with me—Muslim and non-Muslim—thank you. I mean that with my whole heart.

Here’s where we are right now:

Our Iftar meals campaign has raised $325,285 with 3,724 supporters. Alhamdulillah.
support the people of Gaza this Ramadan

Our orphan sponsorship campaign has 1,451 donors so far. Alhamdulillah.
support orphans with Shaun

That is real help. Real food. Real dignity. Real care.

But I’m going to be honest: it is not enough for what Gaza needs. Not even close. The hunger doesn’t end because our calendar changes. The orphans don’t stop being orphans because Eid arrives. The grief doesn’t pause. The need stays wide open.

So tonight, I’m asking you—before Ramadan closes—to do one last act of mercy for Gaza.

And I’m going to make it easy: two choices. Choose one (or both).

Option A: Fund warm Iftar meals for families in Gaza (immediate impact)
support the people of Gaza this Ramadan

Option B: Sponsor a newly orphaned child in Gaza (long-term stability for a child)
support orphans with Shaun

For my Muslim family: Ramadan is the month we train our hearts to choose discipline over ease, empathy over selfishness, and generosity over apathy. These final days are where the soul is tested—because it’s easy to feel spiritual and still do nothing.

For my non-Muslim family: Ramadan is a season of disciplined empathy—millions of people choose hunger so they don’t forget the hungry. Whether you share the faith or not, the principle is universal: when people are suffering, we show up.

And Gaza is still suffering.

If you’re stuck, here’s the simplest way to decide:

• Meals = “feed a family tonight.”

• Orphans = “care for a child long-term.”

Meals again: support the people of Gaza this Ramadan
Orphans again: support orphans with Shaun

A few things I always keep crystal clear:

• Donations are tax-deductible where applicable (you’ll receive a receipt through the platform/charity).

• This giving is Zakat-eligible / Zakat-verified. (For non-Muslims: Zakat is a required form of charity in Islam, and “eligible” means it qualifies.)

• And I want to be absolutely clear: I do not receive a percentage or a single penny from either campaign. I take $0.

Now here’s what I’m asking you to do tonight—so this last post isn’t just words:

1) Donate. Even $10 matters when thousands do it.
2) Share. Forward this to three people and tell them: “Before Ramadan ends, pick meals or orphans and give tonight.”

This is how movements survive. Not with one mythical donor. With thousands of people who refuse to look away.

Meals link one more time: support the people of Gaza this Ramadan
Orphans link one more time: support orphans with Shaun

Family, I don’t want to end this month with a quiet fade-out. I want to end it the way Ramadan taught us to live: With mercy that moves.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for helping Gaza. Thank you for making real impact in a world that tries to numb us into doing nothing.

Love and appreciate each of you.
Your friend and brother,
Shaun