Update on the use of your donations

Thanks to your numerous donations, we were able to raise over €40,000 for the survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Over the past few weeks, we have been in constant contact with local organizations to ensure that your donations have the greatest possible impact. In the first days and weeks after the earthquake, there was a shortage of everything: food, blankets, hygiene articles and medical aid.

In the meantime, the need for essential relief supplies has largely been met. The people now need medium and long-term accommodation as well as access to sanitary facilities and clean water. The donations will therefore go to two organizations that are building homes for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria (€20,000 each, €700 will go towards administrative costs and international bank and transfer fees).

Container apartments in Turkey

Half of the donations will go to INFAK, a German association that has been providing support in the affected regions of Turkey since the earthquake. Since March, the association has been working on the construction of an emergency shelter settlement with 45 container apartments. Thanks to your donations, 4 of these apartments have already been financed and will soon be ready for occupancy.

Apartments in northern Syria

The other half of the donations will go to Molham, a Syrian NGO that has been working since 2012 to provide basic necessities such as food, shelter and medicine for Syrians in need. The organization will start building 2,000 homes for earthquake survivors in June, 4 of which have already been financed by your donations.

A big thank you to each and every one of you for your support and donations!
On the morning of February 6, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 shook the border region between Turkey and Syria, followed by another earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 on the same day. According to the latest figures, more than 10,000 people have already died and 49,000 others are injured. Survivors are still being sought.

The affected region is home to millions of refugees from Syria, who were already living in catastrophic conditions before the earthquake. In addition, temperatures are currently around freezing point and there is snow in many regions. Aftershocks shake the region again and again. Survivors are therefore exposed to the cold outdoors; their homes have been destroyed or are in danger of collapsing.