Help me fund my mom's cancer treatment

Medical

Help me fund my mom's cancer treatment
My name is Marcos. I am a Cuban citizen and a Singapore Permanent Resident since 2024, and I have called Singapore home since 2018. This country is where I have grown professionally and personally, and where my family found hope when we needed it most. My mum, Maria del Carmen Ochoa, was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer when I was just 15 years old, over 20 years ago. Since then, we have been fighting this illness together for most of my life. In recent years, conditions in Cuba deteriorated severely. Medical resources became scarce, treatments were no longer available, and doctors eventually told us she was terminally ill. Faced with the reality that she would suffer without proper care, I made the hardest decision of my life: to bring her to Singapore so she could have a peaceful, dignified, and pain-free end with proper palliative care. When the palliative doctor examined her in Singapore, everything changed. She was not at an end-of-life stage. She was immediately referred to oncology, and from 2023 until early 2025, my mum was given something we never thought we would have again: time. Two beautiful years filled with love, family, friends, and life. She was active, largely pain-free, and able to live with dignity while undergoing oral chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and continuous treatment at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The journey has not been without loss. A tumour grew at the base of her skull and damaged her optic nerve, leaving her blind in her right eye. Radiotherapy stopped the progression, and she adapted with remarkable strength, continuing to live life with courage and grace. Unfortunately, her current oral chemotherapy is no longer as effective, and the side effects are taking a heavy toll on her body. Since April 2025, her health has declined significantly. There is still hope, but she needs to regain strength to continue with new treatment options. These treatments are extremely expensive. Her current medication alone costs around SGD 7,000 per month, and the next line of treatment will cost the same or more. I have exhausted my savings and am now overwhelmed by debt. The outstanding medical bill with Tan Tock Seng Hospital has exceeded SGD 150,000, and I can no longer manage this on my own. Every decision I have made was to give my mum a chance to live without pain and fear. Had I not brought her to Singapore in 2023, she would not be alive today. The lack of medical resources and specialist care in Cuba would not have given her these extra years of life. I am reaching out with humility and hope. Any support you are able to offer will go directly towards my mum’s medical bills and ongoing treatment. Your kindness helps us continue this fight and gives my mum the care, dignity, and comfort she deserves. Thank you for reading our story and for standing with us during this difficult time. Marcos

$16 raised Of $160,000

$1 Christmas Challenge to save GMAP Dog Shelter

Animal

$1 Christmas Challenge to save GMAP Dog Shelter
This Christmas, we are launching our biggest community challenge ever: $1 from every person who follows us = $51,000 to save GMAP. Why $1? Because we believe in the power of this family. We believe that if each of us gives a tiny amount, together we can give the animals under our care the stable, safe, loving future they deserve. And because right now GMAP is drowning. 2025 was one of the hardest years we have ever lived through, rescues under bombing, war zone missions, animals shot, poisoned, abandoned, chained, starving, left behind. We fought through every crisis, every emergency, every heartbreak, but the financial pressure has become unbearable. If we don’t act now, we cannot start 2026 with strength. This fundraiser will allow us to finally breathe again. It will allow us to: - Close every debt that has kept us awake at night, from emergencies, surgeries, boarding, and food. - Buy a car so we can operate, respond to emergencies, and reach animals in danger. - Secure long-term food stock so no dog ever sleeps hungry. - Improve and winter proof the shelter for the years to come - Expand safe spaces for seniors, disabled dogs, and overcrowded enclosures. - Cover critical medical care and emergency surgeries. - Stabilize our team so daily care never stops. - Build a small crisis fund so GMAP never reaches this breaking point again. For the first time in years, we have the chance to start a new year strong instead of scared, stable instead of drowning, hopeful instead of fighting to survive day after day. And all it takes is $1 from each of you. Be part of our Christmas Challenge. Help us enter 2026 with dignity, strength, and hope. Together, if each of us gives one single dollar, we will create the biggest act of kindness GMAP has ever seen.

$5,461 raised Of $51,000

Save the Christians of Nigeria and Africa

Emergency

Save the Christians of Nigeria and Africa
Christians across Nigeria are facing extreme persecution: villages burned, churches destroyed, families displaced, and thousands killed by ongoing attacks from militant groups. Many survivors have fled their homes with nothing but the clothes on their backs, struggling to find food, shelter, and safety. The situation is dire, and these communities urgently need our help to survive the coming months. This campaign, organized by Christians of Africa NGO (registered in South Africa), aims to deliver emergency relief to the Christian Association of Nigeria (ICAN) including food, blankets, tents, and safe shelters to displaced Christian families in Nigeria. Every donation will go directly toward providing life-saving support and secure places to rebuild hope. Last month, through God’s mercy and with the support of the International Organization for African Food, I was able to bring food and blankets to 547 desperate families through the Christians of Nigeria Association. I saw mothers crying tears of relief, fathers who had lost everything finally able to feed their children, and little ones sleeping warmly for the first time in weeks. But as the days pass, more and more families are reaching out in fear. The suffering is growing, and I feel the weight of those who are still waiting for help. I want to do even more this month, but I cannot do it alone. Across Nigeria, Christian communities are facing unimaginable darkness. Entire villages have been burned. Churches that once echoed with worship now lie in ashes. Families have been torn apart and thousands of innocent lives have been lost. Many survivors escaped with nothing except the clothes they were wearing when they ran for their lives. They are wandering from place to place searching for food, shelter, safety, and any sign that someone still cares about them. Their pain is overwhelming, and their need is urgent. The Christians of Africa NGO, registered in South Africa, has launched this campaign to support the Christian Association of Nigeria in bringing immediate relief to these suffering families. We are preparing to deliver food, blankets, tents, and safe temporary shelters to those who have been displaced by violence. Every single donation goes directly to easing someone’s pain, comforting a frightened child, feeding a hungry family, and restoring hope to people who feel forgotten. I am asking from the depths of my heart. Please stand with us. Your kindness can change the course of a family’s life. Your support can bring comfort where there is fear, dignity where there is loss, and hope where everything seems broken. Please give today. Their survival may depend on it.

$2,092 raised Of $100,000

Save Siham Stage IV Cancer

Medical

Save Siham Stage IV Cancer
I am reaching out to you today with a heart full of desperation and hope for my beloved mother, Siham Ahmad Hassan (50 years old), who is currently fighting the battle of her life against advanced cancer. The recent PET/CT scan reports from Tripoli Governmental Hospital confirm a difficult diagnosis: Stage IV Metastatic Malignancy. The disease has spread aggressively throughout her body, with active metastasis noted in critical areas including the liver, bones (vertebrae), lungs, and numerous lymph nodes across her chest and abdomen (peritoneal metastasis). Time is now critical. Aggressive treatment, including chemotherapy and targeted/biological therapy, is the only way to slow the spread of this aggressive disease, ease her severe pain, and offer her precious time with her family. Due to the devastating economic crisis in Lebanon, the exorbitant cost of these necessary targeted medications and follow-up procedures (such as repeat PET/CT scans and specialized doses not fully covered by the Ministry of Health) is an overwhelming burden on our family. We are unable to cover the costs required to begin and sustain this urgent fight. We are appealing to your compassion and generosity to be a lifeline for Siham. Every donation, no matter how small, will directly secure her essential treatment needs and is an investment in giving her strength and time. Our goal is to raise $10,000 USD to cover the upcoming months of specialized medication and monitoring required for her ongoing treatment. Please help us give Siham the fighting chance she deserves. نتوجه إليكم اليوم بقلب يملؤه اليأس والأمل من أجل والدتنا الحبيبة، سهام أحمد حسن (50 عاماً)، التي تخوض حالياً معركة حياتها ضد مرض السرطان المتقدم. أكدت تقارير الفحص النووي الأخيرة (PET/CT Scan) الصادرة عن مستشفى طرابلس الحكومي تشخيصاً صعباً: ورم خبيث منتشر في المرحلة الرابعة (Stage IV Metastatic Malignancy). لقد انتشر المرض بشكل واسع وشديد العدوانية في جسدها، مع بؤر نشطة في مناطق حيوية تشمل الكبد، والعظام (الفقرات)، والرئتين، والعديد من العقد اللمفاوية في الصدر والبطن (نقائل صفاقية). الوقت عامل حاسم الآن. إن العلاج المكثف، بما في ذلك العلاج الكيماوي والعلاج الموجه/البيولوجي، هو السبيل الوحيد لإبطاء انتشار هذا المرض الشرس، وتخفيف آلامها الشديدة، ومنحها وقتاً ثميناً مع عائلتها. بسبب الأزمة الاقتصادية المدمرة في لبنان، فإن التكلفة الباهظة لهذه الأدوية الموجهة الضرورية وإجراءات المتابعة (مثل فحوصات PET/CT المتكررة والجرعات المتخصصة التي لا تغطيها وزارة الصحة بالكامل) تشكل عبئاً ساحقاً على عائلتنا. نحن غير قادرين على تغطية التكاليف المطلوبة لبدء هذا القتال العاجل ومواصلته. نناشدكم التعاطف والسخاء لتكونوا شريان الحياة لـ سهام. كل تبرع، مهما كان صغيراً، سيؤمن بشكل مباشر احتياجاتها العلاجية الأساسية، وهو استثمار في منحها القوة والوقت. هدفنا هو جمع 10,000 دولار أمريكي لتغطية تكاليف الأدوية والمتابعة المتخصصة المطلوبة للأشهر القادمة من علاجها المستمر. الرجاء ساعدونا لمنح سهام فرصة القتال التي تستحقها.

$10 raised Of $10,000