mutual aid networks

Sudan's ongoing war, which began in April 2023 between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, has collapsed state institutions across large parts of the country. In the vacuum, community groups, mutual aid networks and local committees have taken over essential functions, from running emergency rooms and food distribution to brokering local peace deals. A report by Waging Nonviolence examines how Sudanese civil society is keeping life functioning where the government cannot or will not, offering a striking example of self-organised governance in wartime.

A mutual aid appeal is circulating asking people to help a woman named Miriam, reportedly in Gaza, through donations or by sharing the request. The message is framed as a humanitarian appeal and carries hashtags supporting Gaza and Palestine. Users are boosting the plea across the decentralised network to widen its reach.

A fundraising appeal circulating on Mastodon asks users to help a man named Mohammed in Gaza by donating or sharing his plea. The post carries hashtags including FreeGaza, FreePalestine, MutualAid and FediForGaza, part of a wider pattern of mutual aid campaigns where social media users boost individual fundraising requests from Palestinians. The appeal has drawn small-scale engagement, with supporters amplifying it across the decentralized network.

Users on the decentralised social network are boosting a mutual-aid appeal for Gaza and Palestine, tagging it with FediHelp and mutual-aid hashtags and circulating it among accounts that regularly share donation drives. The message urges followers to support relief efforts and passes the appeal onward to others in the community. With engagement still small, the post remains part of a broader, ongoing flow of Gaza fundraising appeals.

An online fundraiser by a person who goes by Pinky is seeking $70 to cover urgent needs while she deals with severe illness. The appeal reports it is stuck at $20, with $50 still needed immediately, and links to a support page. She is calling on mutual aid and disability communities to boost and contribute to the request.

Supporters are amplifying a crowdfunding appeal for Retaj, a woman supporting a family of seven, through the Chuffed fundraising platform. The plea asks people to set up small recurring donations of five, with one donor pledging 50 a month, arguing that regular weekly or monthly giving is transformative for families in need. The campaign is circulating under mutual aid labels, suggesting it is part of broader grassroots aid efforts for the Middle East.

A disabled artist has put out a mutual aid request, saying she is at a dentist appointment and that if donations arrive in time, her transport could also take her to a grocery store afterwards. She thanked supporters and shared the appeal with hashtags including MutualAidSavesLives, DisabilityCrowdfund and crowdfund.