Dear friends,
After a slightly tumultuous two month lead-up, we’re finally ready to launch the Crips for eSims for Gaza Bundle! We’re so grateful for your patience and commitment to this important project, and we’re anxious to start moving resources to Palestinians surviving relentless bombardment and displacement.
The situation in Palestine has grown progressively more dire since the violation of the ceasefire, itself largely a political fiction fabricated by Israel and western governments profiting from the destruction of Gaza. The genocidal agenda of the settler state remains unchanged, and Palestinians are facing starvation, illness, trauma, and violence on an unimaginable scale.
Crips for eSims for Gaza has been going strong purchasing and topping up eSims for thousands of families, activists, and aid workers who rely on this simple but powerful communications lifeline. Despite windfall donations early this year, they’re regularly spending into the red to ensure existing eSims remain active. It’s our hope that proceeds from this bundle can substantially offset the nearly $100K CAD/month spent directly on eSim activations.
Now the exciting part:
- The bundle page lives here: https://itch.io/b/2965/crips-for-esims-for-gaza-bundle
- Thanks to the generous contributions of over 175 developers and artists, we’ve got over 200 digital games, zines, TTRPGs, and other projects and assets to offer bundle buyers.
- The sale will go live April 28th and run for 3 weeks until May 20th
- Our base price is $16 USD. Every purchase we receive roughly covers the cost of a new eSim activation.
- We’re starting with a $20K USD goal, and hope to meet and exceed this with your support!
Whether you’re a bundle contributor or community member, the most helpful thing you can do is spread the word! The more people we reach, the greater our capacity to raise funds. We’ll be highlighting projects and doing our best to promote, but we encourage you to create your own posts/shout-outs/incitements to action. If there are folks in your network that want to support but don’t do games, encourage them to donate to Crips for eSims for Gaza directly!
The level of suffering in Palestine is overwhelming, but by coming together in solidarity with Crips for eSims for Gaza, we can meaningfully intervene on the silencing of Palestinian people, both within their homeland and across the world. Every strategy we can use to resist the destructive will of fascism builds our collective power and seeds hope for deeper change.
We’re grateful to be doing this work with you!
The Crips for eSims for Gaza Itch Bundle Team