The Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam… Many associations have launched appeals for donations to support their action after the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday.
The number of victims continues to increase. At least 7,200 people have died in Turkey and Syria following the earthquake that hit Turkey on Monday. Collapsed buildings, destroyed roads, damaged monuments… In the affected areas, the emergency services are working to find buried people and come to the aid of those affected by the disaster.
As international solidarity quickly mobilized at state levels, many people around the world are seeking to donate to help those affected. To support this action, several NGOs specializing in these extreme situations have set up appeals. Here are a few.
• The Red Cross
The French Red Cross has launched a call for donations on its site, to “help the populations affected” by the earthquake. The funds collected will be used by the French Red Cross and its partners, the International Federation, the Turkish Red Crescent and the Syrian Red Crescent, specifies the association on its site.
The appeal for donations from the Red Cross is here.
• The Foundation of France
The Fondation de France, a philanthropy network, has announced that it is mobilizing and 100,000 euros to launch an appeal for donations “to strengthen its action and provide emergency aid to disaster-stricken populations” in Syria and Turkey. She explains that her “priority” is to “directly support local Turkish and Syrian associations, involved with the populations affected by the earthquake, without discrimination, and having already proven themselves”.
The call for donations from the Fondation de France is here.
• People’s Aid
The Secours populaire français has released 100,000 euros from its emergency fund to “act as quickly as possible with the victims”, by providing them with shelter, food aid or even hygiene and care kits. The association has also launched monday “an urgent appeal for solidarity and financial support for the victims of this disaster”. The money collected must go to his emergency fund.
The appeal for donations from the Secours populaire is here.
• Doctors Without Borders
The NGO Doctors Without Borders is itself bereaved by the earthquake: a member of its staff was found under the rubble of his house in Idlib, Syria, she explains on his site. MSF has already started helping the Syrian population, donating medical kits and mobilizing medical personnel in Idlib and Aleppo. The NGO also has an emergency fund, for which it has launched a new appeal. It allows “to act immediately wherever we deploy emergency relief, whether in Turkey in Syria but also in Nigeria, Pakistan …”, underlines the NGO.
MSF’s appeal for donations is here.
• Oxfam France
The NGO Oxfam is mobilizing its local teams in the face of the disaster affecting the two countries. It also offers to donate on its site, and specifies that its efforts will be concentrated on “access to food, drinking water and sanitation, including with the distribution of hygiene kits and temporary shelters”.
Oxfam’s appeal for donations is here.
• Unicef
Unicef, the UN agency dedicated to the protection of children, has created a donation page specifically for the situation in Syria. “The immediate focus is on ensuring that affected children and families have access to clean water and sanitation services, which are essential to prevent disease in the early days of a crisis. “, highlights UNICEF.
Unicef’s call for donations is here.
• Emergencies Alliance
The Emergency Alliance, an association made up of 6 French NGOs (including Action Against Hunger, Doctors of the World and Handicap International), has also launched a page devoted to the situation in Syria and Turkey. The donations collected will be used by NGO members of the association who “organize initial assistance to disaster victims”. This aid provides for “primary health care”, psychological first aid, or even a “distribution of food aid and basic necessities”.
