Thread by @AliaMalek

#GivingTuesday2018 is upon us, so imma spend from now till end of the year shouting out my fam's annual drive to raise money for 3 excellent orgs serving #Syria people. Since 2015, we're raised nearly 60K since. We lay it all out here sites.google.com/site/helpsyria… but I'll also thread

The need is huge. There are several int'l organizations (that have massive operating budgets) doing a lot of necessary work. We'd like you to consider supporting orgs that are founded by Syrians/Syrian-Americans because often the best solutions come from communities themselves

I'm going to list, in no particular order, the organizations we support. They do a variety of things, and we realize that different folks are compelled by different activities. Hopefully there's something here you feel you can support #GivingTuesday2018

First up, @INARAorg founded by the amazing @arwaCNN provides life-saving and life-altering medical care for children from conflict areas who have catastrophic injury or illness and are unable to access treatment due to war. Watch a great video & give here: inara.org/malek

Second, @basmehzeitooneh founded by Syrians to serve the massive Syrian refugee population in Lebanon. Full disclosure, I sit on both global & USA boards. Donate to the US based NGO that supports them & watch this great video here: gofundme.com/ayv28-supporti…

Third, the brilliant @karamfoundation founded by Syrian Americans in Chicago, run by indefatigable @AmalHanano working on behalf of #Syria refugees in Turkey. Watch video, learn more, and give here: give.karamfoundation.org/fundraiser/179…

#SYRIA please give, share w/your networks. feel free to pass around the individual fundraiser pages or the consolidated appeal w/all relevant links here: sites.google.com/site/helpsyria… (yes we made it on Google sites and looks homemade but the orgs themselves are the real deal)