Let’s Help Care for Gaza’s Orphans w/ Our Friend Akram Ibrahim

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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We’re coming together today to support Gaza’s wounded children with no surviving parents — Donate whatever you can now: https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/pcrf-laocie-orphan-sponsorship-2025 There is no such thing as other people’s children. We must care for the children of Gaza like they’re our own—because they are. Our friend Akram Ibrahim is a Palestinian American volunteer with the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF). He and his family have worked tirelessly for decades to raise awareness of the plight and beauty of the Palestinian people. Akram shares what ceasefire means to him as someone who has spent his life fighting for Palestine and Palestinian lives. TO SUPPORT THE WOUNDED ORPHANED CHILDREN OF GAZA TODAY, DONATE NOW: https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/pcrf-laocie-orphan-sponsorship-2025 Donations will go directly to PCRF, with Glennon and Abby matching the first $100,000. Together, we can channel our heartbreak into action, and care for our children. Akram’s list of Palestinian artists and businesses to follow and support: - @houseofpalestine: resource sharing Palestinian culture, heritage, and traditions to visitors in San Diego. If you would like to find a Palestinian restaurant/business/creator/etc in your area, you can reach out to them directly. - @hintoftatreez: studio for Palestinian embroidery apparel, called Tatreez, plus how-to kits and workshops - @jenanmatari: Palestinian author who just released her children's book, "Everything Grows in Jiddo's Garden" - @elfunoun_troupe: one of the most famous Palestinian dance troupes in Palestine. Follow their page @friendsofelfunoun to support them and learn Dabke (folk dance) around the US when they come for their 2026 tour. - @paliroots and @paliapparel: studios designing and selling Palestine-inspired clothing - @knafehqueens: shop for award-winning Knafeh (Palestinian dessert) - @sababafalafelshop: authentic falafel shop based out of Anaheim, with a clothing brand that donates 50% of proceeds to humanitarian relief in Gaza: @westbankhoodie - @jerusalemroastery: destination for nuts, spices, snacks, desserts straight from Palestine - @sawasocal: SoCal-based organization for Palestine cultural events & workshops Follow We Can Do Hard Things on: Youtube — @wecandohardthingsshow Instagram — @wecandohardthings TikTok — @wecandohardthingshow

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0:00.0	Hi Pod Squad. It's us, obviously. And what I want to tell you about this episode is that this is one of
0:10.0	those very special moments that this community has over the last 20 years come together for
0:16.2	again and again and again. That moment for us repeatedly has been that we remember that we not only,
0:25.0	we don't just show up for each other to care for each other. We show up for each other because
0:30.0	the care for each other has always and forever will spill out to people we don't even know.
0:37.0	So we have this constant refrain and belief that there is no such thing as other people's
0:42.8	children, which has led us over time to show up for communities all over the planet.
0:47.7	Together, we have raised $56 million.
0:51.8	Every penny of that has been delivered, invested in human beings that need it and
0:59.4	deserve it. And today we are doing that again. You might remember that recently we did an
1:07.2	episode with our friend Dr. Ahmad who serves in Palestine to heal.
1:12.6	And after that episode, you all raised, I think, was close to $200,000.
1:20.1	Abby and I gave $100,000 in addition to that.
1:23.7	And I think we were able to send the healers in Palestine.
1:28.9	What was it? Does anyone,
1:38.8	Amanda, do you have that number? $338,000. Today, you just are going to want to listen to this conversation because it is with our dear friend, Akram Ibrahim. He is a Palestinian-American who volunteers for an organization called PCRF, which is the Palestinian
1:52.0	Children's Relief Fund, an incredible organization with all the things, four stars on charity
1:57.0	navigator, the whole shebang that has been serving Palestinian children for a very,
2:03.0	very long time. In fact, Amanda, Together Rising. Over 30 years, and Together Rising has been
2:09.4	investing as early as 2021 during a bombardment in the West Bank. And they really specialize on medical care for children.
2:22.3	And they're such a huge mass of children who are impacted, wounded, amputated by the decades of bombardment there.
2:36.8	And so that is, they're laser focused on that.
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