🏫 We are now just $11,273 away from construction beginning on our school for young orphans in Gaza! Can you please help us get there today?

The competitions are over. The work is not. Help us cross $200,000 and start building this school.

As-Salaam-Alaikum and good morning from Minneapolis.

Just a few weeks ago, building this school for young orphans in Gaza looked impossible. Now we are just a few donors away from beginning construction!!

The LaunchGood competitions are now over.

The bonuses, the leaderboards, the daily deadlines — all of that helped push us forward, and I am grateful for every single donor who fought with us through those final hours.

But now the work is simpler.

Now it is just the school.

As of this morning, 1,641 supporters have raised $188,727 to help build a school for young orphans in Gaza. That is extraordinary. It means thousands of acts of mercy, sacrifice, prayer, trust, and generosity have already carried this project farther than most people thought possible.

And now we are close to a threshold that matters deeply.

When we reach $200,000, construction can begin.

That means we are just $11,273 away from the point where this school can start moving from a campaign into an actual build on the ground in Gaza.

🏫 Donate now and help us reach $200,000 so construction can begin

I want to slow down and say that clearly.

We are not $100,000 away from construction.

We are not $50,000 away from construction.

We are $11,273 away.

After all of the emails, all of the posts, all of the asking, all of the small gifts and large gifts, all of the people who gave $5 and the people who gave $5,000, we are now close enough that one strong morning can push this project into the next phase.

That matters because Gaza’s children do not need another symbolic promise. They need classrooms. They need teachers. They need washrooms. They need counselling space. They need a courtyard where they can play safely. They need a real place where orphaned children ages 5–9, serving Grades 1, 2, and 3, can begin to learn again.

A school will not erase what these children have endured, but it can give them rhythm again. It can give them a morning routine, a desk, a whiteboard, a teacher who knows their name, a place to ask questions, a place to breathe, and adults who are invested in their future.

That is what we are building.

🤲🏽 Give your Zakat, sadaqah, or tax-deductible donation today

The full goal is still $250,000, which means we have $61,273 left to fully fund the school. I do not want to minimize that. We still have real work to do, and I am going to keep pushing until we finish.

But this morning, I want us focused on the next door in front of us: $200,000.

If we reach it, construction can begin.

And after that, we keep going until the entire project is fully funded.

We are also now at 1,641 donors, which means we are 359 donors away from reaching 2,000 supporters. If 359 more people give an average of about $171, the entire school would be funded. Some will give less. Some will give more. That is how this has worked from the beginning.

This school has been carried by every kind of donor:

• The person who gave $5 and stretched themselves.

• The person who gave $50 and forwarded the campaign to friends.

• The family that gave $500 because they wanted to help build something lasting.

• The donor who gave $5,000 and changed the pace of the campaign.

• The people, families, masjids, churches, businesses, and foundations who still have the capacity to give $10,000, $25,000, $50,000, or more and help us finish this.

Allah knows what each of us is capable of giving. Allah knows what is easy and what stretches us. No one should be ashamed of a small gift given sincerely, and no one with the capacity to give more should underestimate what their gift could make possible right now.

📚 Help us finish this school for Gaza’s young orphans

This project is organized by Human Concern International. It is LaunchGood verified, tax-deductible, and for Muslims it is Zakat eligible.

And I want to say this clearly, as always: I am a full-time employee of Human Concern International and have been for more than 2 years. I do not receive fees or personal compensation from this fundraiser.

Not a penny.

I am doing this because these children deserve more than survival. They deserve education. They deserve safety. They deserve healing. They deserve teachers, books, structure, play, and a future worth preparing for.

The competitions are over.

But the school is not built yet.

And now we are close enough that I need everyone who has been waiting, watching, praying, or considering whether to give to please step forward.

We need $11,273 to reach the point where construction can begin.

We need $61,273 to finish the entire school.

And we need to keep moving until these children have a real place to learn.

🇵🇸 Please donate now and help us cross $200,000 today

After you give, please forward this email to 3 people who care about Gaza, children, education, mercy, and justice. Tell them we are less than $12,000 from the point where construction can begin, and less than $62,000 from finishing the full school.

We have come too far to slow down now.

Let’s build it.

Love and appreciate each of you.

Your friend and brother,
Shaun