Ms. Rachel presents sale of art made by children in Gaza

Rachel Accurso, the children’s educational YouTuber better known as Ms. Rachel, is presenting an online sale of artwork made by and benefitting children in Gaza.

The sale, titled “Colors That Survived,” is organized by Artists Support, a charitable initiative that partners with artists internationally to raise funds and awareness for various causes, and the filmmakers behind The Voice of Hind Rajab, the Academy Award-nominated film that reconstructs the final moments of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was shot dead by Israeli fighters in 2024.

The online listing for the sale states that all proceeds from the sale will go to benefit the young Palestinian artists who made the works.

Accurso has been a vocal advocate for Palestinian children who live under threat of gunfire and starvation amid Israeli occupation and the war in Gaza.

Though a cease-fire was reached between Hamas and Israel last year, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank continue to face violence perpetrated by Israeli fighters and illegal settlers.

In the past year, Accurso has been in direct contact with Palestinian children living through the genocide. Many of those children have shared their artwork with her and she has curated her selection of works for inclusion in the sale.

“I am forever changed by connecting with these incredible children from Gaza,” Ms. Rachel said in a statement. “They share their powerful art, stories and hopes for the future with such courage in the face of unimaginable hardship.”

The sale notes that the artworks have been reproduced as prints in limited editions of 20, each priced at $220. The original artwork will be exhibited at Caelum Gallery in New York from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

One of the artworks, made by a 16-year-old named Yara, depicts the young artist begging for food.

"I was displaced from my home with my family, and we lived in a worn-out tent that couldn’t protect us from the heat of summer or the cold of winter. I stood in long lines just to get water. It was painful for me and my siblings," Yara said in a statement.

"Our house was bombed, destroying my room and all my art supplies. But my dream is still there - to show my paintings, to travel across the world - to let the whole world hear the voices of Gaza’s children who have been deprived of their right to childhood."