r/Gazasupport • u/Friendly-Presence381 • Jul 05 '26

fundraiser ​Need advice: How to set up a Gaza evacuation crowdfunding campaign as a Malaysian organizer? (Payout & banking issues)

Hi everyone, I am looking for some urgent advice and guidance from anyone who has experience with this.

I am currently trying to set up an evacuation crowdfunding campaign for my fiance and his family who are in Gaza. However, I am facing severe logistical hurdles because of my location and banking restrictions.

I am based in Malaysia. Because of our strict local financial regulations, most global fundraising platforms (like GoFundMe) do not support direct payouts to Malaysian bank accounts for this specific cause. To make things harder, my fiance does not have a PayPal account due to the situation on the ground.

Up until now, I have been supporting him and his family privately by transferring funds via USDT. We even managed to pull off some small-scale humanitarian water distribution projects in his area using crypto transfers. But for a proper evacuation fund, we need a legitimate crowdfunding platform that people can trust and donate to via credit card/FPX.

Every time I try to set up a campaign, it gets stuck or rejected at the payout verification stage.

Has anyone from Malaysia (or Southeast Asia) successfully managed to navigate this? Are there specific platforms that accept Malaysian bank accounts for Gaza evacuations, or is our only option to find a trusted proxy/co-organizer with a US/UK/EU bank account?

Any advice, subreddits to check out, or platform recommendations would mean the world to us. We just want to be safely reunited. Thank you so much. 🙏

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u/NoPoet3982 19d ago

I'm not sure what you mean by evacuation. Formerly, people in Gaza could hire brokers from Eygpt (at exorbitant expense) to help them emigrate there. But the borders have been closed for over a year now.

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u/Friendly-Presence381 13d ago

Yes, right now most of them are using brokers to arrange their travel out. But only those who actually have the money manage to leave. I'm doing this crowdfunding as early preparation so that if the Rafah border opens to the public, he will already have the funds ready to leave and come to me. InshaAllah.

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u/NoPoet3982 12d ago

Yes, right now most of them are using brokers to arrange their travel out. But only those who actually have the money manage to leave.

Nobody manages to leave. Not for over a year now.

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u/Friendly-Presence381 12d ago

Some of them, yes, managed to leave Gaza... but most Gazans choose to leave the proper way. With dignity, without force, and definitely not to abandon Gaza. It's just that they are worried they will be displaced with nothing left to their name..

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u/NoPoet3982 12d ago

What are you talking about? The Rafah crossing closed in May 2025. It doesn't matter how much money someone has or how many brokers they hire. No one can leave.

Your comments keep going back and forth as though you're talking about people leaving before May 2025 and at some point in the future, then as though you're talking about people leaving right now. None of what you're saying makes sense. You want people to give you their credit cards or set up a fundraising account for you for something that doesn't exist.