Bankers wife starts palestine campaign
Augustin second from right with her friends during their first physical event in Kuala Lumpur where they sold T-shirt and merchandise. Together with her friends — Nicole Fong and Minxi Chua — Augustin is selling specially-designed T-shirts and merchandise to raise funds for the Shamia family who is now displaced in Rafah. Available in two colours — black and white, the short-sleeve T-shirt is made of gsm cotton to give the market an alternative to the usual polyester or jersey-like support-Palestine T-shirts.
The Shamia family at their makeshift shelter in Rafah. Moved by his plight, Augustin made a small donation and started to share the campaign widely on her social media platforms. Then, the campaign was unexpectedly closed due to some administrative issues. Motivated by the success of her first fundraising effort, she did another raffle, before collaborating with Fong on the T-shirts and merchandise project.
Finn Anuar's art work depicts images like watermelon, fishnet, olive leaves and branch and pigeon, and the red hibiscus.
Palestine solidarity campaign news
Even though communication with Ahmed is a challenge due to the limited and often unreliable internet access in Rafah, Augustin still manages to communicate with him almost daily on Signal. However, one can still make a donation without purchasing the T-shirt through the Chuffed campaign at bit. Billed as RM9.