Bay Area Islamic School Teachers Humanitarian Delegation: Inside with the Displaced Gazans in Egypt

My name is Hiam Sweilem. I'm a teacher in B Stars Academy. I get to know about Third Pillar when I when Ustaz Tamim joined B Stars in 2023. And that year subhanallah when the genocide started and I got to know him and start working with him doing some some events and to collect some money for those people and alhamdulillah First of all, I want to say thank you all for coming and join us tonight. And like I want to say thank you to Third Pillar for giving me this opportunity to go with them to Egypt and to witness and see what we saw what we like what how those people live their life what were they going through and that was big hit for us alhamdulillah was a good week. It was like inspiring week for us to be thankful for what we have how we live and what's those people going through. I'm a Palestinian myself. I born and raised in Palestine and I lived some of this tough life but alhamdulillah for me to see this after >> [clears throat] >> this genocide it was a little bit hard for me but alhamdulillah we today inshallah we will be sharing some of those people stories that we witnesses ourselves we saw in our eyes we listened to them personally it's different and inshallah we will sharing the these stories tonight. Thank you all. >> [snorts] >> Salam alaykum. I'm Zainab. Um I also work at Peace Terrace. It was a great opportunity on behalf of Billy to me. Of course, we were taken by when, you know, all the brothers planned a trip with how would that be when men are in control. But alhamdulillah, >> [laughter] >> it went well. Um it's definitely an experience of a lifetime. It definitely impacted us all in different ways. One thing that I took back from my trip is to remind all of us, and something I say again and again, after being there, we realize that um when we say we are blessed, that's an understatement. Um so we look forward to sharing our stories with you guys as we go through the the slide. Um and please feel free to ask any questions throughout. >> [clears throat] >> As-salamu alaykum, everybody. My name is Sahar. Um I am a fourth-grade teacher at Peace Terrace. And alhamdulillah, um about a year ago, just like Khayam said, when we when the genocide happened, like a little bit over a year ago, but a year ago was when I started getting involved. Um I would donate here and there, but um last year was when I wanted to sponsor some orphans. And so alhamdulillah, personally I was able to sponsor some orphans, and as as well as with my class. So, um it was amazing getting to go and and see where our money is going to. Um I've wanted to do something like this for a really long time, and alhamdulillah, the opportunity opened up for me to be able to go at this point in my life. Um and to to witness the struggle and the reality of other people's life situation, which is so different than my reality. Um like Zainab said, it does make you grateful for what you have, but it's just it's it can be difficult to witness the im- imbalance of the world and what um what someone is there day in and day out is so different than yours. But, hamdulillah, it was um I'm grateful that we were able to go and uh inshallah we will be able to share more about uh the types of things that we saw, inshallah. >> As-salamu alaykum. My name's uh Saif-Eddine. I'm a senior, about to be a senior in high school, inshallah. I go to Berryessa High School. And this opportunity came to me through my mom. Um she needed a mahram to come with her, so she was like, "Can you come with me?" I was like, "Oh, you know, I'm not really sure what to expect." So, I was like, "You know, I'll come with you." So, I ended up going with her. I ended up going to Egypt. I really wasn't sure what to expect. And you know, you see so much different things on TV. You see like so much propaganda that's like you do not you're not sure what to believe. And then you're going there, the first day was just like it was genuinely a movie. It was like we're going house to house and we're passing the money. And before I know it, there is four families in like one little room. And it's they're none of them are related, and they're just all forced to be in this room cuz they're all in dire need of shelter. And you know, it was really like shocking to see, to be honest. But, one thing that I learned was like how grateful I'm supposed to be. And I realized how these people are also unbelievably grateful. It was like genuinely like mind-blowing. One of the houses we went to, we had to go pass money out, and wallahi, I swear to you, they brought their dinner out. They hardly had any food. They brought their entire dinner out. And they're like, "You guys have to eat. You guys have to eat." And we're like, "No, no, no, this is for you guys. This is for you guys." I took a bite. The food was like amazing. I'm not even lying. The food was bomb. But yeah, to be honest, the people the people are great people and they try to spread them make them sound like they're animals. Some of the kids that I was talking to they were like they they were like, "Where are you from?" I was like, "Oh, I'm I'm from Palestine." They're like like, "You're you you you're in the hoods? You're in the You're in the West Bank?" And I was like, "No, no, like I'm in in America." And I would say like I live in America, they were like taken aback. They were shocked. They're like It's like bad bad cuz like no they know what like people are doing to them and you know, harming them. And I was like, "No, no, like like So, you like Trump?" I was like, uh I was like, "No, no, I don't like him." And then one of the kids was like, "You know, Trump killed my brother." I was like subhanallah like I don't I don't even know what to say to the kid. I was just at a loss for words. But that whole entire trip really taught me like how grateful to be. And yeah. >> So, um the picture that's up there is one of the days where we were at a water park and um distributing funds directly to the orphans and their mothers who are there. Um all of which their fathers have been killed. Um so, we did some home visits. And like Safe was saying, the first family that we went to was two families that were living in a two-bedroom apartment with one bathroom. There were four kids that we saw there. Um but there were no toys or activities for the kids to play with. So, um being a mom of two kids and knowing how many toys I have to occupy them, it was really um it was kind of sad just to see that they're just in a room. And this particular boy that you see on the couch that's looking directly at the camera um like just the trauma that I could see in him um was really heartbreaking. Um but uh did you guys want to share anything about this visit? >> Yeah. So, um the grandma that's sitting there um she's actually the grandmother of all the kids. Um their kids' parents are still back in Gaza. Uh they could not leave. Um when they left um the way the grandma described is a building collapsed and whatever they had they took and they ran. But, what the kid kids witnessed was that they had to go over many bodies to flee from there to save themselves. And and the boy that's there with the trauma, he's completely numb. So, he's unable to communicate. He's able to express his feelings and thoughts because of what he has witnessed. And this is just one story. Um grandma had a surgery uh with one eye. She was telling me actually that whatever clothes that she's currently wearing is all she has. Um and it's it's a hard um hard life and hard situation. Uh but despite of that she didn't want us to leave because she wanted to make sure that something was served. Something that they would give us because that's the hospitality. And no matter how little they had, that's something they wanted to make sure did happen. So, they did serve us water um because that is what they were able to give. But, this is just one house and this was the first house we visited. >> Third Pillar Charity is here today on the grounds in Cairo Egypt. And alhamdulillah, we're currently visiting a family that has been displaced from Gaza. And this family currently has two families living in this two-bedroom apartment, which is in a very not in the greatest condition, one bathroom. And we have with us the auntie which has lost her eye due to the war. And during the during the the bombing of in Gaza. So, alhamdulillah, we are giving her $300. It's going to cost about 15,000 Egyptian pounds, which is $300, to help her with the surgery. Alhamdulillah, we're also going to help her help them with the monthly expenses, inshallah, for this month. And alhamdulillah, there's seven people that live here, and many of them are children. Their fathers are stuck in Gaza. They came here on medical relief. So, we ask everyone to continuously donate generously for these causes. Alhamdulillah, the teachers here are here with us seeing it firsthand, talking to them, and being with them. Alhamdulillah, the ulama are with us as well, and another group. So, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reward one and all, and please continuously donate generously. Jazakum Allahu Khairan. Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. >> Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi. >> Um this family, um Saleem, is the victim of the trauma that he cannot digest food and is only able to drink milk. He needs uh medical attention. Um Saleem was um he born in the genocide. And because of the bombing and what he um what he breathe, he cannot eat food at all. He's only on milk. He has to stay like this until 9 years old. He cannot eat food at all. So, the mom um Alhamdulillah, we were able to help with some money and to buy some medication and stuff, but she said even that milk, it's so expensive to buy because I don't think it's um like the milk we buy. It's a special milk he need to drink to to live. And the mom she has another two girls and they live with her aunt. Her husband in Gaza this one but the her aunt husband got killed like got armed he shaheed. And we were able to help with some fund and the place they were in it's sponsored by Third Pillar. Yeah, this is just showing you like what the outside view like living situation is. It's very crowded like very vertical buildings. This is the the story that Safe had mentioned. If you can see just the living situation of this family but they rushed to their kitchen and were busy assembling a big platter of food which like he said was their dinner and they were so insistent on on us eating before we leave but mashallah it's just like beautiful to see that despite the fact that these people have very very little and are struggling to feed themselves or care for themselves like that they want to give you whatever they have. Mashallah it's beautiful. >> Oops. Uh-oh. Sorry. >> So, an orphan sponsorship is $50 a month uh coming to $600 a year. And here's some of the orphans that we met. This is Hamdan. He's a teenage boy who lives in Cairo, Egypt with his mom and he's studying Hifz. His father died in Gaza. Despite the difficult life he's lived, he's able to light up the room with his beautiful smile, masha Allah. Um when we went to this house, we were sitting there talking to the mom and we didn't realize that this boy was actually the boy that we had seen when we visited a school earlier. And we we heard him reciting. Um masha Allah, beautiful recitation. And then when he came in the room, we were like, "Oh, hey, that's that boy. That's that same boy." And masha Allah, just the thing that so stood out about him was his smile, masha Allah. And the fact that he's been through so much to be able to smile like that, that like the noor in his smile and just in his whole being like make like just warms your heart was so beautiful. Um but masha Allah, like these these were families that we're witnessing their living situation, their struggle, and being able to help them directly, like going there and handing them directly an envelope of money. Um it was uh a beautiful opportunity to be able to to see how directly the money that we've raised or that we've collected um is going directly in the hands of these people. >> You have anything >> Um I want to say something about Hamdan that um when I asked him uh what makes you want to memorize the Quran because he's a half of mashallah. He said it was my dad a dream. And I want to make my dad dream come true. And his dad is Shaheed. And mashallah his mom told me that he been working on memorizing the Quran and he did it in 2 years mashallah. And he told me now I'm so happy that I make my dad dream come true. Because each time he used to tell me I want you to be a half of. If you going to be a half of that mean you are everything. It's Quran. Hold on to the Quran. This is what I want you to be in the future half of. And mashallah he's a half of. >> Uh this beautiful family these all the kids in this picture of course they're all orphans. Um all of them are siblings except the one in the pink. That's a different family. Uh and mashallah we did find a sponsor for all of them from the Bay Area. Uh and they're all just becoming half of and half of as and um it's a beautiful experience to meet them. Very humble girls very calm very patient. Um I can't help it. You know one of them is very very close to her father. I was very close to my father who was also passed away and and I remember when we mentioned her dad uh the girl in the cream and black hijab um she just she couldn't help but just cry and she broke down and um it made me appreciate the fact that I got to say, you know, see my father when he passed away. She didn't. Um and these are the little things that we take it for granted. Um and we appreciate our blessing in this way. But yes, another another family, a mother of um so this is single, of course, the mom herself, she's very young. Um and she's taking care of all of them. Um and they live with that family where we just spoke earlier with the boy who who is malnourished. Um so they all share this place together. >> Um I want to share one thing about this family that the mom told me when I um spoke to her and I said, "Can you share your story?" So she shared one thing and then she break down. She told me that the mom when they got bombed she flew from fourth story. She said, "I wake up and I didn't know where am I? And I just realized that we got bombed and everything around me was destroyed." And then subhanallah she break down and from there like where their story of this started. >> I want to just say one one of the amazing things that we got to witness was that we were sharing with people here when we were visiting these homes and literally like on the spot sometimes we would get to see that somebody just sponsored this family. So we would we would send a message out that we're at this family, they have this many kids, like if anybody wants to help them. And in that moment people were saying like yes, write me down as like I'll sponsor them for a year. So masha'Allah this was one of those stories where we got to see that. Actually, there are many. Alhamdulillah. >> Also, um I think it's really great to mention that some of these kids, mashallah, are like genuinely really, really, really smart. Like, you won't meet one kid that wasn't like wanting an education, or even the older people. Like, that boy in the middle, I think his name was Ibrahim. It's only been 2 months, I'm pretty sure he's like memorized like 20 juz or something. It was like unbelievable how quick they pick up things. Or even like older people that were met, it's kind of off-topic, but like they started their education in the Gaza, and now they can't like finish it, but they're like they want to finish it so bad. One of them are even willing to go all the way to Sudan, which is mhm, and we know it's as bad. And he's willing to go to Sudan just to become a surgeon, and he wants education. All of them, all of them are so educated, mashallah. >> So, like I had mentioned earlier that we've sponsored orphans, and it was amazing going there and seeing them face-to-face. It was very emotional because these are I mean, I think we've probably all uh contributed to different organizations, but never been able to see uh where your money goes. And so, like to be able to go and see these real human beings that you've been sending money for. Um, and that they're children, you know? Like, their fathers have all been killed, and they're they have their mothers they're in Egypt um with their mothers currently. Um but to see them in real life was like like your your your own child like you haven't met yet. And um just such an amazing feeling, but the difficult part was saying goodbye. Because you don't know what their future will hold for them and what will happen to them. And it's just it's heartbreaking because those those mothers feel the exact same way because when when they when they hug you and one of the the moms the the kids that I'm standing next to in the far right corner um she hugged me and she said, "Wallahi, it just means so much that there's people who care about us." And to me it's like, of course we care about you. Like how can we not care about you? But like for for them to just know that there's somebody who cares, somebody that's trying to do something for them >> [snorts] >> and but her her feeling as a mother not knowing what what is there for for my my child's future, you know? And like as parents like that's the thing that we dream about for our kids to be such and such and like to be this as they grow up and to be able to witness that. But like they don't know that for their kids if their parents are if their parent or their mother's usually if they're alive. But even as someone who's sponsoring them, you you have that heartache for them as well because you don't know what what will there be for them. You're hoping that there will be there you're praying that there will be but you just don't know. And that's that was a really difficult part of this experience. >> Um So I will add um so you see my Muhammad, the one in orange, that's my Muhammad. Uh Muhammad actually has lost his entire family. Um he's lost um his four brothers, one sister mom and dad. Um he is um going through a trauma himself and he's currently living with his um 73-year-old grandma who's not doing so well health-wise. Um and he himself, he's only 12. Um and to have a 12-year-old be raised by a 73-year-old, that's a big age gap. And you can imagine that. Um but it took a lot for that picture to take place. Um so when when we sponsor these kids, we were actually in touch with them from here. So I would call them once a month and check on them and do FaceTime with them. So Muhammad was one of them who had never turned his camera on or he wouldn't say much. Uh but this is the last time we met and when I said to Muhammad, "Let's take a picture." And right away he came and he put his hand on my shoulder. And that gave me a sense of comfort that now he has he knows that there's somebody there for him. Um and that is my responsibility, that's my husband's responsibility that we've taken on this role of looking after both of them. You know, these are now our kids. Um and I would encourage each and every one of you that if Allah has given us um means to share, then I would encourage you to just want to one child and make that difference in just a life of one individual. And guaranteed you'll be rewarded not just in dunya but definitely akira. And how you feel from inside will change. It definitely change you um as a person. No doubt. So So yes, that's my Muhammad and Salima. >> Um another thing is that many of these children that we met, they're they have siblings who have not yet been sponsored. Some of them while we were there, we were we were able to reach out and like some children have been confirmed as being sponsored, but um we're hoping that we can reach more of these kids, inshallah, because they really are just relying on us. Wait. That was not supposed to happen. Sorry. So, this this is an example of on-the-spot us witnessing someone being sponsored. Oop. >> As-salamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Alhamdulilahi, Third Pillar Charities is here in Cairo, Egypt, at the Third Pillar Academy. Alhamdulilahi, uh we have with us here a very unique and special case. Um inshallah, what is your name? >> My name's Jannah. >> And how old are you? >> I'm >> How old are you, Jannah? >> I'm 11. >> How old are you? >> I am 11. >> So, her name is Jannah, and she's 11 years old, masha Allah. And we are from where? >> Um in Gaza. >> She's from Gaza, of course. So, subhanallah, her case is very unique in which the fact that uh her entire family, except for her, became shaheed and became a martyr, and they passed away. So, what happened was that um one individual, one family, a husband and wife that couldn't have any children, uh actually went to the orphanage in Gaza and adopted her. And uh subhanallah, the uh adopted parents um took them in, they couldn't have kids of their own, and they took them in, and eventually came to here in Cairo. And so, subhanallah, alhamdulilahi, we just uh sponsored her and gave her some funds, as well as her adopted father. So, we ask everyone to, inshallah, these cases are real, So not fake, they're not made up, they're not, you know, these are real cases here right in front of us where a young girl literally has no family left. And you can imagine how that is, you know, for those individuals that have children, what what a difficult situation that what a lonely life that is. Um you know, so subhanallah we ask everyone to inshallah continuously donate and help for these causes. We're here on the ground with with teachers, with our people here so that we can first hand see and be with these people. May Allah subhana wa ta'ala grant success for her and her family and we ask everyone to continuously donate. Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh. >> sponsored for an entire year but then when the year comes they are still relying on someone to continue sponsoring them. So inshallah we can continue doing that. Um this was the day we took um the orphans shopping for clothes. These are all new orphans now. Um and they were all given vouchers and they all got to buy new clothes. They came with their mom. Um and it was a big it was a big exciting event for them of course. And then we'll show you some of the the kiddos that we met. Um I want you guys to just take a moment and have a look at this picture. Can you zoom in if possible? Yeah. It's okay. I'm not very technical. This is this is the impact that has on these kids um no fault of their own. Um this is what war does. This is These kids were living a normal life just like our kids. Um and here they are with severe burns. So there it is. Hala who's 10, Talia nine, Zakaria eight. Uh their father has passed away in Gaza in 2020. In December 23, their home was bombed and their house exploded. They were all badly affected. Uh they came to Cairo with their mother and then she also passed away. What a test. Um through it because of the injuries. Uh the children are in need of medical treatment and alhamdulillah they have been sponsored. Um and we will share that momentarily, but looking at these images it makes you realize um that every bit that we are doing it will help. It will make a difference. >> Well, I remember um playing with that little kid, Zakaria. We're in the the shopping center. And he was so so joyful. And he kept asking me he's like, "Pick me up. Pick me up. Pick me up." I'd pick him up and he's having like the time of his life in this little little shopping center. And then I was like, "Zakaria, what happened? Like what happened to you guys?" He's like, "Um we were at we're at my grandma's house." And I was like, "Okay." And he was like, "And then we heard bombing and then my uh grandpa was like, 'We you guys should evacuate. We should leave.'" And he said, "Like right before we knew it, the bomb came and hit the stove and everything just blew up." And he said he woke up and he was walking amongst like bodies. I remember Zakaria telling me this. I'm like, "Why why isn't eight-year-old telling me this story? Like why isn't eight-year-old ever experiencing this experiencing this? Like why why doesn't eight-year-old like deserve this? Because there is no human or no child that should ever ever go through something like that." And I was just like, I don't even know what to tell him. I was just looking at him. I was It's uh "Well, okay." And then he was like, "Yeah, well, pick me up." And I was like, "All right." I picked him up again and then it was just like and the smile was back on his face. Alhamdulillah. >> Hello. So, I got them today, Hala and Fadia and Zakaria. So, Hala we're going to start with the I'm going to flip the camera. So, we're going to do the surgeries here. Uh sorry, we're going to do fix this, okay? And then we're going to fix this and we're going to fix this. And then we're going to fix this also and this. But, in order for the lasers and these stuff, they have to do it uh after 14. This is the first thing. So, Fadia we're going to do the hairline here, fix all of this. This is going to all disappear and the hair is going to come back normally. We're going to just uh also do some injections and fix this. But, at the same thing uh we're going to delay the uh we're going to delay the uh ear surgery and also the laser after 14. And for Zakaria, uh we're going to uh fix both of the ears. Uh he doesn't I know he doesn't suffer anything from this, but only this one, which is a simple one. But, >> We hold ourselves. But, we went we went we went back to the hotel. I remember in the night I break down. And I couldn't I couldn't like >> [sighs and gasps] >> like Ya Allah, like please help those people. Please, they have no fault to live this life. No dad, no mom. Burnt, like it's really hard situation, like we are blessed. We are blessed. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alamin. Like one of the thing I was telling my son, Saif Eddine, when we were there. I said, "Saif, when we come back, please, if you hear me complaining, please stop me. Please tell me, 'No, Mama. You should not You should not complain about this life you're living.' Remember what we saw. Remember what we witnessed. Remember those people. I want you guys to think about those people. And to support them if you can. >> Yeah, I I just want to say like the range of emotions that you feel when you witness, first of all, like your brain is not even meant to to process it all. So, you will witness things that your brain can't even process in the moment. So, like Hayam said, you you go back later and that night your brain is processing, in your dreams your brain is processing, for weeks later your brain is still processing. But like in the moment, like the range of emotions that you feel is first like heartbreak, heartache, sadness, frustration, and then to the peak of anger where you're just like "Why is this happening to these kids? Why do these kids have to be experiencing something like this for their life?" Um so >> [clears throat] >> it's it's just like I feel like when you when you experience anger, you have to do something with it. And so, for all of us, I'm pretty sure that's the goal is like we need to share their stories. We need to inform other people of their struggle and how real their struggle is. Like, you will not realize it from even stories. Like, you won't not it's just different like being there in person. Um but with with all of those emotions, like you have to direct it towards a cause. And so, the cause is for us, I think, just Third Pillar. And um because we feel like we're actively able to to serve. Um and inshallah, that's an opportunity for other people, too. So, inshallah. So, the next part >> [clears throat] >> is definitely the hardest part, the medical cases that we witnessed. >> As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Alhamdulillah, Third Pillar Charity is here at the Third Pillar Academy in Cairo, Egypt. Alhamdulillah, today we have our medical evacuees that have left Al-Ghazzah due to their medical needs. And alhamdulillah, we have about 50 of them today. We have men, we have women, we have children, as well, who'll be inshallah giving them 100 USD for support. Some of them have their medical bills, some need it for medicine, some need it for transport, whatever the case may be. Inshallah, we're here to support them, and we'll be giving them 100 USD. And inshallah, we'll be continuing the entire day with similar cases. We'll be also interviewing them and seeing what's the background and the severity of their problems and the conditions, inshallah. We ask everyone to continuously give and support for these causes. Salam alaykum. >> So, this is what I mean about the range of emotions. Like, you should not see this many children without limbs in one room. Like, it just shouldn't happen. But, it is. So, it's just heartbreaking. >> And the And the boy in blue also has Down syndrome. Um the boy in the middle had a brief chat with him who misses playing soccer. This was my day of of breaking down. Because when brother Tamim told us we're going to go help, you know, with amputees, I didn't realize to what level it was. Um and when the entire room got filled, I had to take the step out to just let it out, to cry out. But, when I stepped out, the hallway was also filled with people with amputees. And some of them are also dealing with cancer while they're losing their limbs. So, it was it was a very, very difficult um difficult day for all of us, yeah. >> And shrapnel still stuck in their bodies or um skin reactions to chemicals from bombs. >> As-salamu alaykum. Today I'm with sister Hanan al-Qawasma. She has five boys, four of them here in in Cairo, Egypt. One of them still stuck in Gaza and with their with her husband. Her sons her two sons were selling water at a restaurant trying to just, you know, make a little cash. And before they knew it, the whole street was bombed. The whole street was bombed. They both got severely hurt. His thigh is you completely gone. So, they evacuated Gaza. They came in early July. And they are really in need of shelter, food, clothes. And inshallah, we could help and support them. I remember I remember um the son, the one that his like thigh was missing. He was like "Oh yeah, go ahead. Touch my thigh." And I was like, "All right." So, when I went to go touch his thigh, I kept going and it's like I'm [snorts] touching his pants, but I'm not touching no thigh. There is nothing there. And I have a picture on my phone cuz he showed me after. It was just straight like gone. Like his thigh is like just a like a chunk of it like this big of a chunk is just missing. And then if you ever watch Al Jazeera, you see like the bombings and you see the houses demolished and everything and you see these people on the floor with getting, you know, medical care or something. And he showed me a video and I saw him. I saw him in the video and wallahi, me and my mom both remember we seen the video before and it was like "This is the same kid I seen on on TikTok scrolling." And now I'm meeting him like in real life and subhanallah, it was such a blessing to help him. And yeah, subhanallah. >> So, I want I want [clears throat] to talk a little bit about um sister Hanan. Sister Hanan told me that when her son got bombed he um wasn't by himself. He were with a group of um like kids and men with him. And she told me he's the only one stayed alive. While I believe five to six of them got when they got bombed, they are pieces. She said we they couldn't even know them like to get to know them because they were pieces. He's the only one who survived from that bombing. It was really bad um bombing direct to them. He were on a bike um carrying water because they don't have water access to water. So they have to go um really far to get water. On his way back, he got bombed. Yeah. >> I remember asking his brother and his brother was somewhere near him like that he was like far but he had like what what were you thinking like what do you think happened? And he's like I kind of saw what happened but I was like oh yeah, my brother just died. Like he was like him and the mom both were like guaranteed like there's no chance he survived. Yeah, it was he was the sole survivor. And they said like they eventually found him you know laying on the ground and then she said her you know she was finally relieved. >> Yeah, I I just want to share something too about this family. So everyone was invited to a restaurant so that they can bring their medical cases and they could also be served food. So we Zainab and I were standing at the door um and they were exiting. And the boy comes and he kind of tells us a little bit and he's like oh yeah, look my leg. And so there there is a crater like Safe said like a chunk of his meat the meat of his thigh that is missing. >> [cough] >> And so obviously he's on crutches and they're walking out and um the mom and her boys go out into like the patio area and there's this older man who's on the on the street begging for money. And she opens her purse and she hands him some money. And Zainab [clears throat] and I just look at each other we're like, "Subhanallah. Like she has She just came here to tell Third Pillar that I have nothing." And I'm struggling with this with my children. They're [clears throat] living in a COVID quarantine center, her and her boys. And there's all these other refugees there obviously and so she they have no privacy they I don't know what their bathroom situation is like. And so she's there to tell them this and then we see her giving money to someone who's on the side of the street begging for money. And so Ustadh Tamim comes out to us and he's like, "Tell her to wait. Tell her to wait." So we tell her to wait. And um I don't know maybe 5 10 minutes pass and they tell her to come back. To tell her that she just was sponsored for an apartment to be fully paid for an entire year. So Subhanallah like just to see how when you give for the sake of Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala how he bri like instantaneously. Like I I do feel though that these people are just like on another level. And their connection with Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala is on another level. So the fact that she gave and then it was returned to her like tenfold in in like within minutes was just incredible. Subhanallah. Um so I think that's just a reminder for us too that to say that we're privileged is like such an understatement. Like to to compare like their reality to yours is nothing. Um but like I think we can give more. I think we can give so that we feel it a little bit because even when we when we give we we're still like still living pretty comfortably but like maybe to give to the point that it kind of feels a little bit uncomfortable. Inshallah. Okay, so um this is another medical case that we met a 17-year-old who has suffered injuries to her leg and nose. She's missing part of her thigh and has had burns to her skin. Masha Allah, just like beautiful young people who are living their lives who now can't live their lives the way that they want to um and they have to reach out for someone to help them. Which I'm sure is very difficult for them. >> And they still say alhamdulillah. They like smile. They happy. They say alhamdulillah. I'm like all this you're missing from your body and all this situation. She's like alhamdulillah and they happy. They smile. >> [snorts] >> Assalamualaikum brother and sisters. Assalamualaikum brother and sisters. My name is Mahmoud Saleh. I'm finally in medical school. I finished my high school in 2015. I got a scholarship to study in Sudan. Uh I witnessed all the situation the health situation in Sudan. I witnessed a military coup. I witnessed the Corona virus outbreak. I witnessed uh the civil war Uh, in 2023 before the Gaza war, for 2 months of Gaza war, I get to Gaza due to civil war in Sudan. Uh, the war started, and after 2 years of the Gaza war, that genocide, after fulfill my uh, rights to get volunteer in the hospital and treated the injured people, treated the illness people, the people who need me. Uh, I've been I've been uh, witness uh, invasion of many hospitals in Gaza while I'm while I'm volunteering there. I got my injury in front of the hospital. Uh, just uh, trying to get some people, injured people to the hospital. They make an bombardment. I got my shrapnel that took part of my leg. Uh, I've been in the hospital for uh, 2 weeks. After that, they decided to amputation my they decided to amputate my leg. Uh, what's we called life-saving amputation because they started gangrene due to lack of medical supplies and lack of antibiotics. Now I'm here in Cairo. I met uh, 3 pillars team. I met so kind people. I'm asking someone who could uh, sponsor my living fees so I could travel to Sudan again and uh, continue my medical school. I have uh, 1 year left. So there is a lot of living expenses. That's why I get a scholarship. There is no medical uh, fees, but uh, I need someone to sponsor me so I could finish my medical school and become a doctor. The thing I always dreamed. Thank you so much, brother and sister. >> was such a difficult boy to to witness to. Like he looked like a walking corpse. Like Um it was just so heartbreaking, but you know, because of their situation, they have not been able to get him the the treatment that he maybe needs. Um so may Allah give him shifa, inshallah. Um some more cancer patients. So Let me see. Just because of time, um you know, like there there were just heartbreaking cases. Lots of kids who are um experiencing difficulties in their life and need help. Um so there is a school there at Third Pillar has a school. So uh there's a lot of hifz students. There's uh a lot of orphans that go to the school that um are trying to get an education, inshallah. Also because of time, I'm not going The important thing that we've done uh and we want to encourage other people to do also is to fundraise. Think of ideas. Each person has their own unique ideas, and I'm sure there's things that you can do yourself to raise awareness, to raise funds that you can contribute towards Third Pillar, inshallah. So some of the things that we've done are bake sales. Um we will every few weeks bake a bunch of stuff and then sell it, and masha'Allah, um Hayam is always running those and has been able to collect a lot of money um through the bake sales. Um we did a Play for Palestine basketball tournament. So alhamdulillah, that was also uh just a fun way to get the kids active and involved and they paid like an entry fee and we were able to raise over $10,000, masha'Allah. And so, we were able to go and see that money that we've worked hard to raise be serving the the people there. My fourth-grade students also, we did a fourth-grade business day, so they had their different businesses and they raised money and masha'Allah, they were able to raise $3,400 and we sponsored six orphans, alhamdulillah, and those were the kids that I got to meet. So, it was amazing to see what kids can do to and I have one of my students right there, masha'Allah, who's here. So, it's amazing if there's any more, but it's amazing what kids can do. So, even kids think of ideas where you can host something and raise money, insha'Allah, to help other people. And the Bay Area Golf Group and East Bay Golfers collectively raised $10,000, masha'Allah, through online campaigning. Brother Zil and Sister Zainab, masha'Allah, thank you, jazak Allahu khairan. So, if you want to support Third Pillar, which I highly encourage and recommend and beg you, insha'Allah, please support them. Get involved however you can. Masha'Allah, the work that they're doing is incredible. We got to see it firsthand. Like, I've never been able to see firsthand any other organization where their money is going. So, alhamdulillah, it was amazing to be able to see that and we're witnesses for you that money was being handed out to these people. People were being housed. Children, masha'Allah, were being taken care of. So, your your contribution is very important. Um So, yeah, I I can just keep these up for um you to be able to access the QR codes, inshallah, and >> Now, thank you so much, you guys. Thank you for your support. Thank you for being here. Uh and please just continue to support and contribute whatever you can. >> Thank you for all that you guys are doing. Really appreciate it. Uh question I have is the $50 that you're using for sponsoring a an orphan, uh where does how um it's a lot of money maybe there, but it doesn't look like a lot of money. What does it cover? What do you do for the uh children and all that? How does expenses work? I know inflation the I don't even know the uh money conversion. >> Sorry, [clears throat] come. So, uh based on the currency, uh also um in Egypt, alhamdulillah, our US dollar goes a long way over there. Um we also do other projects like, for example, in Jordan, we have a little, you know, uh work there because of the currency. So, it's the Jordanian currency is a lot more. So, working it's a little bit tough, but alhamdulillah, in Cairo, uh the currency uh we have that advantage with a US dollar. Um that, like you said, $50 does go a long way. So, what does that cover? That generally covers all of these students' needs and necessities. At times, even that amount, and so we don't give it $50 a month, we give it in quarters. Like, so it's about $150 in that 3-month period. Um and then we give it to them, and then that, you know, for example, there are some homes we went and we visited, you know, like the rent would be for example, an entire year's rent would be $1,000. I mean, you could just divide that however that is. So, it's And again, the areas matter, you know, there's for example, if they live in a place called Giza, which is like super super old Cairo, their rent is a lot cheaper, living expenses is a lot cheaper. So, although it may not seem much, it does take care of like, you know, their clothing, their food, at times even the household itself, certain aspects of the household they it takes care of as well. So, um now the orphan story is is quite a gib as well. In December of last year, pretty much close to that winter break, that Christmas break time, uh brother Siraj just called and was like, uh we got to go. And so, we just, you know, we booked it within a couple of days, I think, and we went on the the craziest uh flight schedule to Cairo. Uh we went to like three different countries until we got there with layovers. And we just went with the expectation of maybe 25 to 50 uh orphans that we could sponsor. Alhamdulillah, we turned around with 250. And so, you know, so 250 orphans for a full year was sponsored. And um so, alhamdulillah, this December will be the 1-year mark. So, we hope, you know, people can think it. But, anyways, um the Yes, so every family also, if they for example, mashallah, some of these families have a lot of kids, um we sponsor at least at minimum two of them. Uh so, if they have four kids, for example, we do two. If there's five or six, we, you know, we try to do two to three. So, uh it takes care of them. So, now if it's 150, now it's 300. So, um a lot of the needs and bare minimum needs and necessities are taken care of through this uh thing. And then again, another side thing, um this time when we went at the water park, uh we were giving them uh their funds for that quarter. Uh subhanallah, 30 30 families or 30 orphans were going back. A 50 50 orphans were going back to Gaza. So, tough life is very tough there in general. And when we we we did the study and we saw the common denominator was that a lot of them had stayed already a year, a year and a half, maybe 2 years in Cairo. Life is so tough that they're already I mean, imagine the talk like the you know, over the you know, the table talk over dinner, you know, and you know, kids let's go back. I think it's better for us, you know, so 50 of them decided to go back to to Gaza. Whatever happens, happens. So, anyways, situations are like that, but the $50 takes care of their you know, bare bare necessities and stuff. Yeah. So, the housing projects well, what we have right now is in like the 10th of Ramadan. We have an entire building that we're renting out and we the entire rent and everything the expenses of that entire building is taken care of by Third Pillar. And then we also have um uh for example, other individuals that will sponsor the entire year's rent. So, the entire year's rent plus furnishing will be around 2200 or 18 50 or 2 2 2 2200 dollars for an entire year with furnishing and everything. We've done that with with quite a few individuals and they actually went and saw some of those homes as well that we sponsored. And alhamdulillah, like we went and we saw such homes when we went the first time. I always give this example. It's a bad example, it is what it is, but you wouldn't even allow animals to live in that house. You know, you wouldn't even allow you know, you know, your dog to live dog to live in that house. That's the terrible condition that they lived in and alhamdulillah, we're able to with with the with the generous support and sponsorship of people to take them out with literally I mean, 2200 dollars in the place that we live in the Bay Area, it's nothing, you know, you can't even rent an apartment maybe a room, maybe, you know, for that amount. And so, that just like kind of like uplifts their entire life. So, those are projects and currently what we're working on right now as soon as we left alhamdulillah, the the we decided and and and the projects that are happening is we're going to inshallah take over buildings and each you know, be like for example a five-story building. Each build Each story will have two apartments and Inshallah we'll start sponsoring have that option of sponsoring families like sister Hanin and there was a few other elderly There was an elderly sheikh that, you know, he was in his 80s, just him and his wife and they were roommating or something. I forgot what was it Were they roommating with with with like other people? I mean, can you imagine an 85-year-old man roommate roommating, you know, in one room with four or five other men? And so, these types of situations circumstances are taking them out and we're going to give them, you know, an entire house or apartment with furnishing and everything like that. So, it's kind of like, you know, we want to give them عزت and honor and kind of the normal, you know, aspects of life for them as well. So, again, the money is it's it's it seems small for us here. I mean, you just go and have a dinner it'll be like a 100 bucks, but for them that's like, wow, you know, that's like two months worth of, you know, food or that's like, you know, so many things. Like we gave the kids $50 clothes vouchers. $50, I mean, that's that's not even a shoe, maybe if you're lucky here. But over there it's, you know, it's a whole wardrobe. So, Yeah. >> So, I understand the interim government doesn't allow local refugees to go to local schools. >> Yeah. >> So, what are we doing there and uh the uh one of the students that wanted to go to medical school. Uh so, how's the education situation? >> So, the education situation is it is what it is. Um the There is an opportunity for them to go to college and we have some uh some kids that we some students that we try to The thing is is that we also have to prio- prioritize the situation. Like for example, you have 10 kids here that are in need of, you know, prosthetics and they need medical attention and or do we pay for or do we take care of this, you know, specific students $10,000 medical schooling or whatever that they have. And we get it we get it all the time. We get I mean right now we have there's a there's a young man that texts me all the time and he says, "Please." And it's in his medical We would met them as well. He's like medical Sorry, his student bill is like $10,000, $12,000. So we're like, "Okay, yes, we we we could, you know, if we find someone to sponsor your specific cause, then inshallah, why not?" But otherwise, we're going to try to give, you know, those that are in like, you know, serious situations. But aside from that, alhamdulillah, we have Third Pillar Academy right now with about What are they almost the five 250? We're going to like more than that though, right? It's it's kind of soaring, but it's 250 students. There's a mix of orphans, there's a mix of all types of kids there, but all from Gaza. So 250 and we give them secular education as well as Islamic education because both are very important. And alhamdulillah, when we were there right now, we went to an apartment it was like on the 10th floor. And we went it was two two little tiny rooms where they are studying, you know, Quran. That was their Quran Academy. Alhamdulillah, that's on our responsibility as well. So that's kind of what we're doing and you know, as far as them going to the government schools, yeah, they're not really allowed. And it's a sad reality. Some of them are we've visited homes orphans where they still have, you know, some connection with Gaza and so they have online schooling. So that's like a thing that they have as well, online schooling. And you can imagine like if a child is in the third grade and they are supposed to be in the fifth grade, like for example, they missed two years with this war, two years of schooling. And now they're supposed to be in the fifth grade, but they have a you know, like a third grade, second grade education level. They're Okay. And so that's the We're trying, but you know, the the situation is really tough. >> Okay. My question, can we choose to sponsor a family for a year in Gaza? >> Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. On our website, we have all the various options and you can sponsor as well. So, family in Gaza? Mhm. >> Yeah, in Gaza. >> In Cairo, we can 100%. >> I know. >> In Gaza, in Gaza, it's um >> [snorts] >> Yeah. So, the the sponsorship I mean, we have sponsorship orphan sponsorships and everything. Yeah, we have orphan sponsorships within Gaza, but to do an entire family like this the what I just mentioned 2,200 with No, because Yeah, you could do that. You could definitely sponsor a kid orphan whatever for a whole year. The The one I was talking about the family and the household and stuff, it's tough because there's like there's not homes. There's no homes or anything like that are guaranteed. Whereas in Cairo, there is, that's why we are able to figure out the uh the the the financial aspect of it. But, yes, in Gaza, you can definitely sponsor an orphan. We have that option. Um education, schooling. We have three schools in Gaza. So, we have three schools so you could either sponsor the like an orphan or you could sponsor the education. All of that stuff, we have that. Yeah. And the pamphlets are there as well. You can you can take a look at them. >> Um salaam alaikum. >> Salaam alaikum. >> Um I guess I have two questions. First, um what are the legal and like political parameters the organization has to like stay within? Like are there things you're not allowed to do, money you're not allowed to put towards? Like are there certain like I guess, you know, boundaries that you can't cross based on like the United States and Israel's like policies, I guess. And then, my second question is like in your guys' experience like the young brother shared about um you know, the kid saying like like Trump killed my brother. Like do you did you notice any other like, you know, political feelings amongst like the people that you met? Were How did people feel in terms of like hope and victory in Gaza, like do they still have that um against Israel and like kind of what was what was the scene on the ground? >> The The first The first part of it inshallah we can answer in the back. After inshallah. Um but the second part uh the strongest people I've ever met were the people of Gaza. Uh and I mean you know generally we're like you know men are tough and whatever. I won't even talk about that. Just the women. I remember last year when we went in December um uh that was when we're doing our uh um orphan and widow sponsorship. And so the entire entire time we were just with widows and I've never seen you know I haven't really experienced being with a widow or with orphans or what not and we're sitting there and you know the kids are like hugging us and touching us and stuff and later we realized like they've never they've never experienced a father, you know, and they've they were mothers are pregnant and then they passed away and then they were born etc. So I was just kind of like getting overwhelmed and talking to them and then I remember I stopped with one sister Bara. I talked to her they met her as well. And she speaks English and I told her I said uh I said you guys are amazing. Like I I can I myself I would [snorts] never be able to like mentally physically be able to go through all this. And then they were just like hasbunallahu wa ni'mal wakeel, you know, we have our trust in Allah, we believe in Allah, we have iman, we have this. It's crazy, you know, that's where even in the Quran it comes for that that to me iman iman increases at the time of calamity. And these people really showcased that. So as far as the whole political aspect, honestly I've never even heard them really blame like oh it's your guys's fault or this is your you know, this is why did he they're just like it happened it happened, you know, it's a situation we're used to it, you know, we're we're we're actually the chosen people, right? You know, God's chosen people the little you know, so they're actually the thing. So yeah, that's it. >> So one of the things I do notice them is that they are all hoping and wishing and praying to go back home cuz that is where they belong, you know? They know that they're here for for a while and that's that's what they're wishing for. So, even when they're giving us dua, when they're making dua, they make that dua to take us back home. So, no doubt they know their roots are connected over there. And then that's what we pray for that they'll make it easy and they, you know, sort them out and and find ways for them to go back to what they had, which we all have now, a normal life. Shall I let's say, yeah. >> I just want to share a short story to one of the sister who asked this question. One of the kids that Miss Sahar sponsored, they have a brother and he told us that we applied back to go back to Gaza. And remember Miss Sahar when we looked at each other and you asked me, "What did he say?" I said that they they want to return back to Gaza and we were shocked. We like, "Why? Why you guys want to go back? Why you guys want to go to bombing place and not safe and all this?" They like, "We want to back home. We want to go back to our land, to our home. We left everything. We want to go back." That moment, for real, I felt like those people, they are really strong. They are like Subhanallah, like something from Allah. It's like they are really strong, masha Allah. >> So, one question we have online is about the geopolitical situation of the displaced in Gaza. The question is uh There's been a firm policy against accepting a permanent exodus of Gazans leaving Gaza, especially after the genocide began. So, how do these people even get inside Egypt? >> As-salamu alaykum. Um so, the you know, the situation with how many there's 100,000 refugees that came from Gaza um around 2024 around May before the Rafah border closed. So, majority of these people, they came around that time before May 2024. Um so, a large number of them came and they were allowed to leave, but there's a lot of different political side behind that. They all had to pay two to five to six thousand dollars each to leave. So, that's why you see a lot of families maybe they're they're separated from their families. Uh it's not because uh you know, they did all didn't want to leave. It's because they're only a they're only able to afford their you know, children, their wife uh their mothers, etc. So, a lot of them were able to pay them were pay their way out uh through the Rafah border. Um and of course, the Egyptians also uh you know, were the ones who were charging this fee. Um and there's a political side to it, but yes, many of them majority of them paid their way out. Now, the last you know, seven, eight months since the quote-unquote ceasefire, which you know, it's not a real ceasefire um the people that we saw on this trip uh mashallah, the sisters and the brothers, they met many people who just came from Gaza within the last three to four weeks or within the last few months. These are all medical evacuees that were able to leave. So, people cannot pay their way out of Gaza. Uh only medical evacuees can come and the medical evacuees can only take uh you know, one person or two people with them to accompany them. So, a lot of the people who are coming now, it's only the medical evacuees until there is a larger, you know, political resolution. So, that's kind of how the these people were able to come into Egypt from Gaza. >> All right. Any other questions? Any others? All right. So, how about some personal anecdotes that weren't covered in the the deck that you can share with us from your trip? >> Um one one story that we didn't share that um even while we were there, like it doesn't hit you how challenging their situation might be. Uh there's this mom who's paralyzed. She came to us on the medical refugee day. And she's in a wheelchair and she told us that she has five children that she's taking care of and that she just needs help. She has no caregiver for herself. And she's taking care of her five children. And already that sounds so like unimaginably difficult. But then something that was pointed out later was that these buildings are so vertical and none of them, hardly any of them that we none of them that we visited, unless at the hotel, have elevators. So, just thinking about like how does a paralyzed mother in a wheelchair, if she's like on the fourth, fifth floor, like how how does she even how does she do anything, you know? Um so, like or even just elderly people who some of the houses that we had to walk to, like we're like, okay, like five floors up, you know? And um we're like, there's then there's like this old man up there or there's this old woman up there and we're just like, "How do they do this?" You know? So, it's not even just like, yes, they're refugees. Yes, they have medical issues. Yes, like there's challenge, but then like even their living situation that they do have the blessing of having, even that there's difficulties in that. So, um, yeah, I mean, that was just something that that really stood out to. Just >> I also think it's really important to highlight like so like Egypt kind of tries to set them up for failure. Um, when they're like sent to Egypt, they can't do anything. They could just get like their medical treatment and some of them can't even go back to Gaza. So, they're supposed to just rot in Egypt. They're not allowed to work. They're not allowed to do anything and now they have a choice that's like, just sit here and have no future at all cuz like some of them are even kids. Some of them are my age. Some of them are 12 years old, 11 years old and they have no future there, but then if you go back to Gaza, there's a really high chance your body's on the line. You're going to, you know, get harmed. And now it's just like, they're basically getting treated like animals. That's really important to highlight that. It's not like their life in Egypt is like any better. You know, the ones in Egypt, they're still struggling and still need dire need. >> Sister I'am, you mentioned that you're from uh Palestine. So, could you tell us uh the growing up in Palestine, what what was life like and how was the second trip dealing with the cousins that were displaced in Egypt? >> So, um, growing up in Palestine, it was like, alhamdulillah, I'm a blessed to be born and raised in Palestine. The city I was live in, it was um, um basically inside um Jerusalem. So, it's a little bit far away from what's was going on in like West Bank and Gaza, even like I never went to Gaza. I never went to there because it was majority of time like it's we not allowed to go there and but it was difficult like one of the difficulty that we used to face in there that when we used to go to the school they used to um close the street and not let us go to school. And once I remember I was walking by and they stopped me and they like, "Where you going?" I said, "To school." They like, "No, we not going to let you go." I'm like, "No, I'm going to go to school." They like, "That's why we closed the street because we don't want you to go there." I said, "It's okay, I can go there walking." And I looked at them and I kept walking and I went to school and alhamdulillah um I I know I didn't finish my high school there, but alhamdulillah until I came here, I kept going to school. So, we faced a lot of um difficult um >> [sighs and snorts] >> like ways and like situation was really hard, but alhamdulillah, we made it. Yes. >> The the people who are in Gaza are the people in Egypt now. When we they ask my mom like, "Where you're from?" She'd be like, "Like what area of Palestine are you from?" She'd be like, "Al-Quds." And their faces go blank. They'd be like, "No way. No way you're from Al-Quds." Like it's like their dream it's like their dream it's their dream to go there and then they're like they're so close to it, but they can't even step foot outside of Gaza. And that little little little shape is getting absolutely bombed and they're just trapped there and they can't do anything about it. >> Like I remember um some of the people just when they know I'm from Al-Quds because you know Al-Aqsa in Al-Quds, they like, "Can we just give you a hug just for that? Because we smell Al-Quds, we smell Al-Aqsa in you." And they like because they never went there. They like I believe it's only 45 minutes away. But they never went there. They never saw Al-Aqsa. They never saw like >> Um can I just add that one of the things that we noticed have malnutrition these kids were um that they did not look their age. Uh we met 13-year-olds who look like 7-year-olds. Um you know, I've got students I'm a second grade teacher and I've got students who are taller than these kids uh because of all the stuff that you know, they're dealing with. The toxic that they're taking in from the bombing, um the food that they're not getting. Um so that was very, very important. When they actually would tell us the age, we would actually pause and say, "No, no, how old are you?" Like we felt like they didn't understand what we were asking. But they would tell us 13, 14-year-olds who were very, very small. Um so I think another thing that does you know, the $50 does provide some nutrition, you know. So alhamdulillah for that. Just want to say one more thing um I feel like hearing these stories, watching what you see on the news, it's very easy to become depressed. Um because it's just like people are living unimaginable lives. But becoming depressed does not help them. Sitting there crying about how horrible their life is does not help them. So what our job is is not to just sit there and cry for them. We can do that. But, we need to do stuff for them. We need to actively be involved and, you know, raise money, bring awareness, and do something that will actually benefit them. >> [clears throat] >> Because you sitting and being depressed watching the news constantly, like I personally actually don't watch the news. And I from the beginning of this, I felt like if I'm going to sit here and watch this but not do anything, then I'm just accountable for everything that I'm sitting here and watching. So, I actually intentionally do not watch the news and I I tend to be very empathetic and so I will It's very easy for me to become depressed. Um and then my next emotion is anger. So, it's like depression, anger, that's not going to benefit anybody. So, what what we need to all collectively do is to do something. So, that's that's what I would just advise everybody is like do your part. Because like I said before, they're relying on us to do our part.