Mahmoud lives with his family in a cramped room eaten away by dampness, with a ceiling that leaks water over their heads whenever it rains. Cracked walls release a biting cold, and the floor barely holds a thin piece of foam they use as a mattress.
The pain of the place is doubled by the pain of the body; after a severe car accident, Mahmoud suffered a serious brain injury that robbed him of movement. He now lies on the ground, barely able to move, relying on a catheter even for his simplest needs.
Today, his family faces the cruelty of life without support, weighed down by hardship and worry. Mahmoud is in urgent need of mercy reaching out to him, and for compassion to catch his family before they are crushed by despair. Let us be their support, and let our hearts be the roof that shelters them from the harshness of days.
