No more metaphor. This isn’t poetry, this is a plea for Gaza. This is solidarity with the brave souls on board @globalsumudflotilla set sail today. This is an appeal to our @uklabour @keirstarmer @david.lammy government and the rest of the Western governing bodies complicit in Gen*cide that could be stopped with a phone call. This is a plea for Sudan and Congo, an acknowledgment of the systems of Empire that are at work in the most violent tandem in our world. Please keep talking about Sudan and Congo. This is for the children and babies. Our children and babies. This is a call for @unitednations meaningful communication, cohesion and action. This is for free speech. This is resisting with the tools you have. This isn’t poetry. This is a plea. #endthegenocide #gaza #sudan #congo #peace
As horrors continue to be livestreamed from Gaza, Save the Children supporter @zawe has penned a beautiful and harrowing poem. Zawe is an actor, writer, and director who this week announced that she’s expecting her second child. She says: “In the depths of horror, when words fail and despair looms large, I have always found poetry to be a sanctuary where pain can be processed and the unspeakable expressed. It is essential to illuminate the harrowing experiences endured by the children in Gaza. These young souls, whose innocence should be cherished, are instead engulfed by death and despair. "To share these words with Save The Children is to commit to the collective responsibility we all have to cast a spotlight on their relentless struggles, and to remind humanity that every child is entitled to life. A life filled with hope, peace and freedom to dream. The cries of the innocent have been the underscore to this profound moral failure. This poem also stands as a solemn vow to myself—to advocate for children with unwavering courage.” The poem, 'Hope will need a new name', shares the stories of children who are facing bombardment and horrific challenges to survive on a daily basis. The message is one of hope and despair, highlighting the horror the children of Gaza are enduring.
It takes a village Today, I chose to mark a milestone in postpartum recovery with a trip to one of the @littlevillagehq baby banks, dedicated to supporting families all year round. It was a joy to make the trip as Mama and @savechildrenuk ambassador and add to their donations with some nappies, postpartum care items, baby and toddler clothes and a well loved buggy. This was just the first installment! The daily pressures for families who can’t access immediate means to provide all they need for their children, are compounded by the holiday season and the cold weather. Please follow @babybankalliance and find your local bank to donate those items looking for a new home. Most needed currently are jackets for 3-6 year olds, blankets and items that can be used as Christmas gifts. Throughout my recovery, I have thought deeply about the children in our world facing the most devastating living conditions and those tirelessly working to protect them. I’ve reflected deeply on the ongoing war against children, a fight I am fiercely committed to. Our elected representatives and humanitarian law have made it clear: the bar for children’s rights has been obliterated. Daily, we witness unspeakable crimes against the most vulnerable, perpetrated with impunity, funding, complicity, and protection. We are beginning to see the threads of these atrocities woven together, not through mainstream or legacy media, but through the relentless efforts of communities on the ground and online. Together, we are making sense of it holistically and those responsible are either revealing themselves or being exposed one by one. Staying in tune with our communities, decentering individualism, is a key way to resource the revolution that needs to come. Donate, volunteer, defund, boycott. I am eager to continue this journey alongside all of you, as we continue to demonstrate to the plutocracy, that there are NO children of a lesser God. #savethechildren #freepalestine #freesudan #freecongo #babybanks #donate #community #christmas
Do you feel your mind is different? I know mine is. Do you relate to any of the experiences I speak about? #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #adhd #dyslexia #mentalhealth #selflove
HOPE IS ALIVE Born in the Pearl of Africa 🇺🇬 @zohrankmamdani is showing the children new ways to dream. First Ugandan South Asian Millenial Mayor. So many firsts and we pray - no lasts! Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s mayor represents a historic moment. This victory is a celebration of progress of the people power moving mountains in this critical turning point in our world. Personally it feels like a shot in the arm. The fever of futility was rising. As brother Zohran steps into this role, he brings with him the hopes of many of us dedicated to the resistance. He embodies possibility. Future. He and ALL THOSE WHO VOTED FOR HIM have reminded us that change is not just a dream but a reality that can be forged by collective action. As we celebrate this milestone, the weight of the world still feels heavy. The criminally broken and fragile Gaza ceasefire, shrouded in toxic and dangerous political theatre - has had even the strongest voices in the resistance gaslit and helpless. The crimes, the unspeakable crimes unfolding in Sudan where you can see the blood of the RSF massacres from the air - can surmount to despair - for those of us privileged enough to have distance from this horror, gathering the means to dismantle from afar. Many of you may have felt overwhelmed and small. Unclear on how your efforts build the world you so desperately want to live in, to leave as a legacy for our children. Mamdani’s hopeful and UNAPOLOGETIC ascent swoops in as a strong and poignant pair of wings. Keep soaring. The fight for justice must continue. #zohran #newyork #resist #hope
Repost • @togetherforpalestinefr TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE Le 9 décembre 2025 une trentaine d’artistes se mobiliseront pour un grand concert caritatif en soutien à la Palestine au @zenithparis 🇵🇸 Tous les fonds récoltés seront reversés au Fond Régional - Urgence Gaza de @msf_fr (Médecins Sans Frontières) Vous n’êtes pas sans pouvoir d’action. Rejoignez-nous nombreux.ses et témoignez de votre solidarité. 🎟️ Mise en vente générale mercredi 5 novembre à 10h - inscrivez-vous pour recevoir l’alerte. Lien en bio #TogetherforPalestine _ On December 9, 2025, around thirty artists will come together for a major charity concert in support of Palestine at the @zenithparis 🇵🇸 Proceeds will be donated in full to the Regional Fund – Gaza Emergency of @msf_fr (Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders). You have the power to take action. Join us in large numbers and show your solidarity. 🎟️ General ticket sales open Wednesday, November 5 at 10 a.m. – sign up to receive the alert. Link in bio. #TogetherforPalestine
Introducing our host and stellar line-up of readers for our first Christmas Carol Concert! ⭐️ Ashley Jensen, actress and narrator, host of our 2025 Carol Concert ⭐️ Julia Donaldson CBE, author of The Gruffalo and The Christmas Pine ⭐️ Helen Fielding, author of Bridget Jones's Diary ⭐️ Stephen Mangan, actor, comedian and author ⭐️ Zawe Ashton, actress and writer ⭐️ Tom Hiddleston, actor A magical evening of timeless Christmas carols, musical performances, and festive readings by celebrity guests all set within one of London’s most beautiful Victorian churches, St Paul’s, Knightsbridge. Tickets are selling out fast. Get yours from £40 – link in bio 🔗➡️ @savechildrenuk All money raised from the event will support our life-changing work for children. 🎄 Friday 5th December 🎄 St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge 🎄 Doors: 6pm 🎄 Concert begins: 6.45pm See you there ❤️ #ChristmasConcert #SaveTheChildren
More than 260,000 people – including an estimated 130,000 children – remain trapped inside El Fasher, Sudan, enduring intense fighting, famine-like conditions, a total collapse of health services, and no safe way out. Earlier this week media and local sources reported severe atrocities as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took full control of the city. Communication channels remain down but credible accounts indicate summary executions of civilians attempting to flee as well as attacks on escape routes and house-to-house raids. Mothers fleeing El Fasher told us they've been attacked by armed men on motorbikes, beaten and robbed, some even witnessed neighbours and relatives being killed in front of them. These horrors civilians are facing must not be normalised. The UK Government must demand an immediate cessation of attacks on civilians and safe passage for civilians fleeing El Fasher as well as safe, unhindered access to facilitate a drastic scale-up of humanitarian assistance. Keep eyes on El Fasher. Do not look away.
Our first job, our first day on set, my first “friend from the office”… @zawe …Just 30 some odd years later, but who’s counting? Is #TBT still a thing?
Resharing this helpful guide from @walkgoodla please donate, and share where you can 🫶 “It’s all hands on deck. Here is how you can help the people of Jamaica. Recorded as the strongest ever storm to hit the Caribbean, Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica - it will be bringing catastrophic damage to its communities and we must act together. Slide 3: Immediate actions to take Slide 4: Where to Donate to make maximum impact Slide 5: Resources to share widely GO TO bio.site/walkgoodjamaica or @walkgoodla link in bio for all resource and donate links compiled so far. Please comment with additional resources and reputable orgs to add. This isn’t just a natural disaster, this is also an example of a climate justice issue. Climate change only deepens inequity and it’s critical that we act to invest in our future, not destroy it. The most immediate way you can support is to donate. Cash flow will be the most efficient way to support communities, as access to land will become challenging in the days to follow. Post-storm recovery efforts will take sustained effort from all of us. If you didn’t know, WalkGood is a Jamaican phrase meaning to take care and wish another well in their journey. If you know someone in Jamaica make sure to tell them to WalkGood. “ Content credit @walkgoodla #hurricanemelissa #hurricanemelissajamaica #jamaica #disasterrelief #community
I wish he would come back ! #back #come #he #home #reelsvideo #fyb
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Do you understand what it means, my friend, when a man prefers a tent to his own home? It means the covenant between man and earth has been broken. It means exile has entered the soul.
Please share widely, since Saleh Al Ja’Farawi’s account has been deleted. The pain and humanity in this video punctures my lungs every time I watch it. Especially as a mother. But also as a child. It shows us the very worst and very best of humanity in one clip. Palestinian life matters. There are NO children of a lesser God. Thank you Saleh and to all who continue to resist and protect and humanize with the stakes you face every day. You are missed, even by those you never met Saleh. Your legacy and the legacy of your colleagues and comrades is real. Repost @congy99 Oh Saleh, may the angels of the heavens and the earth bear witness to your goodness, my beloved brother 💔😢 #freepalestine
The final will and testament of Saleh Al Ja’Farawi. Repost and follow @humantiproject The murder of this journalist has left an indelible mark on my spirit. I know so many of you feel the same. After two years of surviving a gen*cide he was also heroically reporting on and documenting, he was murdered. Days after joyfully announcing the ‘ceasefire’. His joyful spirit and beautiful, kind smile had become a constant, like Anas Al-Sharif and all of the other talented, accomplished and courageous colleagues and comrades risking their lives to report on the truths of the gen*cide. Perhaps Saleh came up more on my feed, who knows, but I felt a true attachment to him as a guide and a figure of hope. Just like @wizard_bisan1 I will post a video just after this, which deserves to be widely shared in the wake of his online presence being deleted on the day of his killing. It’s of him following a young boy in to a cemetery where the boy goes nightly, traversing violence and abuse from the occupation, to lie on the grave of his murdered mother to “sleep in her arms.” The fact that the tenderness and care exchanged between these two survivors don’t seem to puncture the lungs of all humanity is truly unfathomable to me. As brother @misanharriman reiterates again and again - THERE ARE NO CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD. Humanizing these lives will be the work. Stopping the bombing is the very beginning of this peace process. Thank you again to every person who’s risked their lives in Gaza to get the news to us, who has rescued and comforted, who has protected children, continued to try to inspire them, to lessen their trauma in whatever way they can. Please stay awake and active, all those who are committed to continue to humanize these criminally dehumanized people. Who, like Saleh, prove time and time again their Sumud, their capacity for kindness in the face of abject cruelty. You will never be forgotten. #freepalestine
The first large-scale march after October 7th was on the 14th in London. I was there to document it. Please remember these folks who came out early to beg for the madness to stop. They knew what was coming, and they refused to look away. This protest happened exactly 2 years ago today.
#freepalestine #freecongo #freesudan
From destroyed homes and playgrounds to dreams of becoming doctors, writers, and fashion designers, children in Gaza have expressed to us how two years of war have reshaped their lives and risk shattering their dreams. These drawings represent children's lived experiences, portraying both their aspirations and their daily realities. They show what children in Gaza wish for — things all children have the right to, but which these children are denied: plates of food, an education, safety, and a future. It’s been two years since these children had their childhoods ripped away. These two years will haunt us all with our collective failure to protect these children and their futures. We continue to watch with hope that a long overdue reprieve may be on the horizon for the children of Gaza. We need a definitive ceasefire and full access to deliver life-saving aid and services. Please donate to support our work in Gaza and around the world – via the button on this post. ❤️
Rest in your eternal truth Saleh 🇵🇸 The occupation waited until the soul’s relief of a ceasefire, to kill Saleh Al-Ja’Frawi, beloved journalist. The depravity takes the breath from my lungs. I don’t have many words right now. This man’s smile and his kindness and joy radiated. I am replaying the smile he had when the ‘ceasefire’ was announced, he was walking through tents at daybreak, relieved and excited to wake people and tell them the news. We followed you Saleh, please know you were seen and admired, your voice reached us. It guided us. Please please don’t ask why we continue to march and raise our voices in solidarity with Palestine. The barbarism continues. This isn’t a book you can just put down. This is real life. Keep yourself awake. Re post • @filasteeni Breaking: Journalist Saleh Al-Ja’frawi has been killed in the Al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City. He was known for documenting Gaza’s pain and resilience through his powerful visuals and words — a voice of truth in one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists. #freepalestine
If you are reading this, do not admire the style or the language. Lower your head, and weep. Because this dust, this silence, this cry, is what remains of us.
Re post • @wearthepeace An agreement for the first phase of the ceasefire plan has NOW been finalized after Israel continued to delay the vote in the security cabinet and continued to bomb celebrating Palestinians. Keep your eyes on Gaza for we have seen the last ceasefire violated over 940 times by the occupation. Keep. Your. Eyes. On. Gaza. #freepalestine
All to London peacefully this Saturday Oct 11th. With this surge of hope in the wake of news of a ceasefire, let’s peacefully take to the streets once more to fight for a free Palestine. Free from bombings, starvation, kidnapping and of occupation. Repost @palestinesolidarityuk October 11th - All to London! 1200 Embankment. We march for Palestine - to end Israel’s genocide, end the apartheid, end the occupation and for a free Palestine. With thanks to @uncle_insta #freepalestine #freecongo #freesudan
“We are taking the news very carefully. Yet we are terrorized by the uncertainty.” These are sensitive and wise words from @adnan.barq that put it better than I ever could. Let us stand closer than ever to our brothers and sisters in Gaza as we surge with hope, love and a commitment to help them in what we pray is s real turning point in this horrific Gen*cide. We are fiercely hopeful in the uncertainty, preparing to continue to fight with the tools we have until Palestine is free. We free Palestine, Congo, Sudan. We will continue to unlearn and dismantle in the ways we have continued to do as conscious citizens during this reckoning. I pray that hope has their names. We are ready #freepalestine #freecongo #freesudan
