Let’s help those in need in Aleppo right now.
On December 12th, over 100,000 people in East Aleppo were trapped in a 5 square kilometer range as they were being bombarded by airstrikes from Russia and the Syrian government to attempt to overtake the rebel-held area. “The Russia-backed ground offensive, which began on November 26, followed an intensive aerial bombing campaign that knocked out most of the medical facilities, targeted civil defence and municipal vehicles and blocked roads with rubble.” The world is sitting and watching a genocide happen before their eyes as civilians are being massacred. Families posted on various social media platforms to say their final goodbyes.
Donate to:
Syria Relief: They work to provide many life-saving essentials including food, medicine and medical care, winter provisions including warm blankets and bedding, as well as an orphan support programme. 88.8% of your donation goes into relief, the remaining go into raising money, and a small portion into admin.
https://www.syriarelief.org.uk/donate/?aleppo-appeal
Save The Children: Provides food and water, helps repair water systems, supports hospitals, helps schools, and provides emotional help for children. They have helped over 500 000 children in besieged areas so far. 88% of your donation goes into relief, the remaining goes into fundraising efforts.
Islamic Relief Worldwide: They distribute food packs, clothes and medical supplies to communities under siege within Syria and displaced people along the Turkish border. They are also running or supporting camps and providing livelihood programmes, education and psychosocial support for refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq. 90% of your donation goes into relief and development, the remaining goes into delivery of relief, campaigning, and generating future income.
https://donations.islamic-relief.com/? (Click Current Appeals and donate to Syria Crisis Appeal)
Karam Foundation: An NPO that develop Innovative Education programs for Syrian refugee youth, distribute Smart Aid to Syrian families, and fund Sustainable Development projects initiated by Syrians for Syrians. They distribute clothes, food, water, flour, blankets, infant formula and other basic necessities. 100% of profit goes into building programs, providing relief, and sustaining development.
https://app.moonclerk.com/pay/m084arkxtho
I also sell items on www.arabstreet.co and will be donating $10(CDN) of each sale until the end of 2016.
If you are up right now, pray 2 rakah nafl for Aleppo, Syria.
Assad & Putin’s army has taken over 98% of the city and the 2% of people left are sittig with their families, saying/tweeting their goodbyes and waiting to be killed.
This is happening RIGHT NOW. And nobody is doing anything at all to stop it before the entire city of Aleppo falls.
Pray some nafl for Syria. Pray for Aleppo. Syria with its streets filled rivers of blood and murdered innocents.
Pray so that when we stand before Allah SWT we can at least say that we prayed for them once. How utterly pathetic.
When the Syrian child asks us why we didn’t stop the war and we say but we didn’t have the power.
And the Syrian father asks why we didn’t donate and we say we didn’t have the money.
And the Syrian mother asks why we didn’t spread awareness and we say we didn’t have the influence.
When the Syrian elders ask why we didn’t attend a protest and we say we didn’t have time.
When the Syrian girl asks why we didn’t write letters to our parliament and we say we were busy.
When the Syrian boy asks why we didn’t even speak of their pain or sign petitions for them and we say we were busy.
When the Syrian baby asks okay so why didn’t we at least pray? At least we won’t look completely pathetic right?
Pray nafl for Syria right now. Allah SWT is the Most Powerful and in His hand is control of the heavens and the earth. He works in unimaginable ways. Ask Him to help.
Pray for Aleppo.
It really drives me insane that I don’t know how people feel about me. Like am I nice??? Am I funny???? Am I mean???? Am I rude??? Am I obnoxious??? Am I dumb???? What am I????????????????????
Advice I was given today:
- When you wake up in the morning, eat a warm breakfast
- Get at least 7 hours of sleep.
- Do NOT study in your room. Only spend leisure time or sleep in your room.
- Spend lots of time around people, especially when working. If social interaction is stressful, then spend time in “in-between” places–coffee shops, libraries, places where people are around you but you may not know them and you don’t have to talk to anyone.
- When working, listen to music. Make sure it’s music without lyrics (or lyrics in a foreign language you don’t understand) so that it isn’t distracting.
- Take breaks, especially if you feel like you’ve been “working” for a while and not been productive. Just standing up from your seat will change your blood pressure, heart rate, and body temperature.
- Exercise as much as possible. Doesn’t have to be much, just 10 minutes or more at a high intensity to increase endorphins.
- Hang in there!
this was helpful I guess. I feel like they are all things I used to know how to do and are all pretty basic, and just forgot about after being in crisis mode for like this entire semester.
tbh I don’t even care if my GPA for this semester is a 3 out of 5, I just want to finish it without failing any classes so I can graduate on time. Even if I’m actually the worst student in the class of 2018. And to think I had grand dreams of boosting my academic stats at the beginning of this shitshow of a semester dear god…apologies to everyone for being an actual piece of trash…
sigh.
this is great advice
also “#still finding it difficult not to burst into tears mid-pset though” is 500% me
