31 December, 2023

In the early hours of Monday 6 February 2023, a 7.8 magnitude tremor struck Türkiye (formerly Turkey) near the city of Gaziantep. Another earthquake measuring magnitude 7.7 struck central Türkiye following the initial quake, with the Syrian capital of Damascus also hit.

ADRA has been on the ground responding since the initial quake. Here is how your support has been helping those affected.

UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: February 2024

It has been one year since the earthquakes that devastated Turkiye and Syria. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is still executing rehabilitation efforts to assist vulnerable populations affected by the powerful earthquake that devastated southern Türkiye and northern Syria last year on 6 February 2023. The massive earthquake killed about 55,000 people, injured almost 130,000, destroyed 300,000 buildings, and displaced millions of families.

You can read a full update on the response here.

 

UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: December 2023

Here is a summary of ADRA Syria’s response to the Türkiye earthquakes in December:

Aleppo City:

🏠 Rehabilitation of 100 apartments was completed, benefitting 141 families (558 individuals)
🧼 1,000 hygiene kits were distributed
👶 ADRA completed the distribution of underwear for 447 children (213 girls and 234 boys) and diapers for 111 children and 34 elderly individuals, in coordination with the local NGO, Al Taalof
💧 Work was completed on the Sulaiman Al Halabi main pumping station, benefitting 1,000,000 individuals

Rural Aleppo:

🥖ADRA completed the fourth and final distribution of food baskets for 750 households
💧Rehabilitation of the Haboba water network and the initial additional work on the network was completed, benefitting 5,000 individuals

Latakia City:

🧼 ADRA completed the distribution of 983 hygiene kits
💧ADRA completed the hand-over of the welding machine to the Water Resources Directorate in Latakia which will be used to repair water networks damaged by the earthquake

Rural Latakia:

💧Repairing and installing the pumps at the Jourin pumping station was completed, benefitting 150,000 individuals
🚽Rehabilitation of the sewerage system in Bseisene was completed, benefitting 5,000 individuals
🏫 After meeting with local community, parents, and teachers to involve them in the school rehabilitation process, at their request, ADRA provided three wooden bookcases, two goal stands, and a metal shade structure to the Saeed Karafallah school and three wooden bookcases to the Basel Al Jurdi school

 

Ghada’s Story – November 2023

Ghada is a 53-year-old widow from Latakia.

“Since I lost my husband, I’ve been living with one of my four married daughters and her family. Then, the earthquake destroyed their home and, although we were fortunate enough to escape without injuries, we now have to rent a home.”

Ghada and her family received food support from ADRA

“Both my daughter and her husband are somewhat disabled from bombing injuries they received 10 years ago, so although they have jobs, their income is limited and now it has to cover paying rent in addition to other necessary expenses.

“We were having difficulties purchasing food for the family and often went hungry until ADRA began providing us with food baskets. These food baskets are now aiding three families, not just one. The quantity is sufficient for all of us and I am happy that I am able to assist my other three daughters and provide some food for them and for my grandchildren. On top of that, our diet is improving, as there were times when we faced a scarcity of food, particularly bread, but now we are not faced with this issue anymore.

“We are very thankful to ADRA for providing the food baskets that have helped us so much!”

 

UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: November 2023

Here is a summary of ADRA Syria’s response to the Türkiye earthquakes in November:

Aleppo City:

🏠 The rehabilitation of 54 apartments began
🧼 ADRA distributed 400 hygiene kits
🧹Eight daily workers were contracted to clean three collective shelters
💧Work began on the Sulaiman Al Halabi main pumping station and reached 95% completion

Rural Aleppo:

🥖750 food kits were distributed
💧Rehabilitation of the Haboba water network continued with implementation reaching 90%. Approval was obtained for the rehabilitation of the water network in Abaaja, the procurement process completed, and implementation is expected to begin in December 2023

Rehabilitation of the Haboba water network

Rural Latakia:

🏫School rehabilitation was completed for the Saeed Karafallah School, benefitting 112 students, and for the Basel Al Jurdi School, benefitting 250 students
💧Repairing the pumps at the Jourin pumping station began with two of the three reinstalled and in the testing phase, overall progress reached 70%. Restoration work is underway for the Janata water network, the Al Raml Al Janoubi water network, and the Anadan water network, with plans in place to begin work on the Dator and Stamo water networks.
🚽Rehabilitation of the sewerage system in Qurfis was completed, benefitting 3,000 individuals. Work continues on the Bseisene sewerage system, with overall progress at 57%.

Basel Al Jurdi School Before Rehabilitation

Basel Al Jurdi School After Rehabilitation

 

Aisha’s Story – October 2023

Aisha*, 13 years old, joined the out-of-school children (OOSC) program, organised by ADRA at a school in rural Damascus.

“After I joined the program, it’s really remarkable how much I’ve improved in school! I’m more confident, and I think I’ve grown as a person. And you know what really made a big difference for me? Receiving the school bag! You can’t imagine my joy when ADRA gave me the bag and all the school supplies inside! This is the only gift I got in my life!”

Aisha with the school bag she received from ADRA

“My father could never afford this bag and all these beautiful things,” Aisha continued expressing the positive impact the bag and supplies had on her personal and academic life. “Now, going to school isn’t even a burden on my father who is unable to work. He doesn’t have to take on additional expenses for my education.

“When I opened the bag and took out what was inside, I could not believe my eyes; I was very surprised by the colored pens and the sketchbook, which I dreamed of having since I was young because my childhood dream was to become a painter. My life has changed since I joined ADRA’s education project! I decided not to give up, to continue my learning journey, and to see the smile on my father’s face.

“Thank you, ADRA, for the gift that increased my love of school and my commitment to my dream and my future.”

* Name changed for child protection purposes

 

UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: September 2023

Here is a summary of ADRA Syria’s response to the Türkiye earthquakes in September:

Aleppo City:

🥪ADRA distributed 528 food baskets (to provide food for 1 month) to benefit approximately 2,640 individuals
🧼ADRA distributed 1,100 hygiene kits in two shelters and three distribution points, benefitting an estimated 5,500 individuals
👶ADRA distributed 278 packages of underwear for 139 children and 548 packets of sanitary napkins for 137 women in three different shelters. ADRA also distributed 172 packets of diapers for 43 babies in one shelter and three distribution points in Aleppo city
🧹ADRA contracted six daily workers to clean in three collective shelters

Latakia City:

🧼ADRA distributed 520 hygiene kits to families in two shelters and one distribution point
🥪ADRA distributed 146 food baskets to provide food for one month to approximately 330 individuals

Rural Latakia:

🏫Rehabilitation of Mohsen Daoud school was completed, benefitting 136 students

 

UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: August 2023

Here is a summary of ADRA Syria’s response to the Türkiye earthquakes in August:

Aleppo City:

👶ADRA distributed 892 packets of baby diapers for 223 babies (4 packets per baby) and 100 adult diapers for 25 elderly persons (4 packets per person) in five shelters and in three distribution points
🧹ADRA contracted six daily workers to clean in three collective shelters

Latakia City:

🥪 ADRA distributed 1,143 RTE rations (to provide food for 5 days) to approximately 1,665 individuals (333 households) in three shelters
🧹ADRA continued contracts with five workers to clean in two collective shelters

Rural Latakia:

🥖The procurement process is ongoing for 1,000 dry food parcels with distribution expected in September 2023
💧ADRA finalised the procurement process to rehabilitate the Jourin pumping station to benefit 11,000 individuals
🏫Rehabilitation of Mohsen Daoud school began and reached 80% complete

Bustan Al Qaser & Farduous Areas:

🥪ADRA distributed 1,364 Ready To Eat (RTE) rations (to provide food for 5 days) to approximately 1,895 individuals (379 households) in eight shelters

 

UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: Amina’s Story

“I was awakened by my bed shaking and the sounds of the walls and floor cracking. It was terrifying! I ran out of my home barefoot and only wearing my nightgown. Screams filled the air around me. I did not know what to do, but left my home and went to relatives where I stayed for a few days before I moved to one of the collective shelters.”

Amina fled her home in Aleppo when the earthquake struck in the middle of the night

“I returned to my house soon after the aftershocks subsided and found cracks in the walls, and worst of all, my possessions had all been looted! I was back to where I started when I first came to Aleppo, when I fled the conflict in Idlib. The only difference was that instead of having enough income to rebuild my life, this time my pension of 100,000 SYP (US $12) is not enough to cover even a portion of my needs.

“When I found out about ADRA’s hygiene kit distribution, I felt I had a reason to have hope that my life would get better. Receiving the distribution makes me feel seen and heard! The items I received will cover my hygiene needs for a month, and now that’s one less thing I need to worry about. I am so grateful for your support; I want everyone to know the difference ADRA is making in my life. Thank you, ADRA, for all you are doing!”

Thank you for your support of ADRA’s response to the Türkiye earthquakes. You are helping affected people like Amina rebuild their life. To support our response, donate at adra.org.au/disaster

 

UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 30 April 2023

Here is a summary of ADRA Syria’s response to the Türkiye earthquakes in April:

Aleppo:

🥪ADRA distributed 457 food baskets (each basket contains food for 5 days) to 2,285 individuals in 6 shelters
🧼 ADRA distributed 413 hygiene kits in 5 collective shelters, improving the hygiene opportunities of 2,065 individuals
💧The items required to repair the water network were procured and implementation is expected to begin by the middle of May 2023

Latakia:

🍜ADRA provided 16,200 hot meals to 900 individuals in 2 shelters
🥖ADRA distributed food parcels intended to provide each family with a 15-day food supply, benefitting 1,950 individuals
🧼A total of 850 hygiene kits were distributed in 12 different shelters, reaching 4,250 individuals
🧹Cleaning items were distributed in four shelters, with a total resident population of 144 families (721 individuals)

Damascus:

☀️Installation of a solar power system and the connection for the chlorine pump was completed and tested, benefitting 35,000 individuals

Homs:

🎫ADRA completed the distribution of a second round of e-vouchers for 500 households
💵ADRA completed the third distribution of cash to persons with disabilities in Homs and Hama. The third round reached an additional 665 households, bringing the total to 1,593 families who have received cash assistance.

Education Updates:

Across Syria, ADRA is working to rehabilitate damaged school buildings so children can return to learn. ADRA is also running remedial classes to help students who have missed large periods of their schooling catch up. A three-month round of remedial classes in Homs finished in mid April. A further two schools have been identified to run remedial programs, with a total of 466 students. The remedial classes will commence in May. In coordination with recreational facilitators, daily recreational activities are being provided to the children. Activities include arts and crafts and physical education activities to improve motor skills, such as rhythm imitation games, energy games, and dancing. Across various classes, counselors are also working with schools to conduct individual and group sessions. School kits have also been distributed to students so they have supplies for learning.

Beginning in May, ADRA will be supporting out of school programs across various regions and schools to support a total of 872 children.

 

UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 27 March 2023

Here is a summary of ADRA’s response to the Türkiye earthquakes to date:

In Syria, ADRA has helped a total of 26,535 people who have been affected by the earthquakes. A total of 49,575 meals have been provided by ADRA in 24 different areas of Aleppo and Latakia. With so many buildings and homes destroyed, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, forcing them to take refuge in collective shelters like repurposed schools. Some of these shelters are hosting up to 1,000 people. However, these emergency shelters are not equipped to meet the needs of so many people with limited water and sanitation facilities. ADRA has provided 31 cleaning kits to seven collective shelters to meet hygiene needs. Ten of the cleaning kits went to the Sport City Centre which is hosting over 2,000 individuals. ADRA is also supplying collective shelters with hygiene kits and blankets.

ADRA is also supporting water supply rehabilitation work, which will restore the water networkaccess to water for up to 12,000 people in the Alasalyee neighbourhood. And the rehabilitation work on the in Dahr Al Siryane is complete, benefitting up to 150,000 individuals. 

In Türkiye, ADRA’s response has supported almost 9,500 people from 16 cities. ADRA has been working with other local organisations on the ground to coordinate relief efforts. The response has included the distribution of food, tents, winter clothing, hygiene kits, cash vouchers, solar lamps, and cleaning supplies. 

Just two weeks after the initial earthquakes, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Türkiye near the Syrian border. ADRA’s response has been unaffected, and we continue to provide support to the affected areas. 

Accurate at time of publication.

 

UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 21 February 2023

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Türkiye near the Syrian border today, just two weeks after the series of earthquakes that took tens of thousands of lives and impacted millions.

ADRA’s teams remain safe and continue to respond in affected regions. Thank you for your continued prayers and support. For a full report on the response to the second quake, visit adra.org.au/turkiye-and-syria-second-earthquake.

ADRA Syria responding

Our ADRA teams are safe and continuing to respond

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UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 20 February 2023

ADRA also continues to conduct emergency response operations in Türkiye, to deliver immediate relief to families affected by the earthquakes.

On Friday 17 February 2023, ADRA delivered 150 stoves and 300 canisters to a partner organization in Nurdagi, one of the heavier affected areas in Türkiye, to be provided to earthquake victims.

Shelter is also a top priority due to the number of buildings collapsed and severely damaged. Access to family tents, relief items and heating are urgent. While ADRA’s emergency response team works on resourcing winter-proof family-tents (that allow families to use gas heaters inside), ADRA volunteers, in collaboration with local organisations, supported 1,360 individuals over the last week with supplies according to specific needs. These included food baskets, winter items such as gas heaters, underwear, socks and shoes. Cleaning and personal hygiene items were also distributed.

ADRA worker distributing gas

Distribution of stoves and canisters in one of the worst affected areas in Türkiye

Winter-proof family tents

ADRA is currently sourcing winter-proof family-tents that allow families to use gas heaters inside.

 

UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 16 February 2023

Here is the latest from ADRA’s response in Syria.

Latakia:

  • Over the last three days, ADRA distributed 7,350 meals in six different shelters, reaching 9,285 individuals
  • A total of 812 food parcels have been distributed to displaced people living within the community. Each parcel has enough food to feed a family for five days
An ADRA staff member hands over a food parcel to a young boy

Food distributions within collective shelters are ongoing

Aleppo:

  • Over the last three days, ADRA distributed 776 food parcels in six different shelters, reaching 3,889 people
  • ADRA is looking into the rehabilitation of water system that was affected during the quakes
Three people standing in a huddle looking over documents with the rubble of a collapsed building in the background

Assessing the damage to the water network in Al Salheen, Aleppo

Hama:

  • With so many displaced in the middle of winter, the need for blankets is huge. ADRA is working to secure blankets to distribute to help those affected survive the cold winter nights

Over a week has passed since the devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye. The need for psychosocial support across Türkiye and Syria is great. ADRA is exploring ways of offering counselling sessions in the collective shelters in Syria. There are also fears that such large groups of people gathered together is putting a strain on hygiene. ADRA is assessing the possibility of installing portable toilets and solar lights in the shelters.

To ensure there are no gaps in humanitarian assistance, ADRA is coordinating with the municipality of Aleppo, the General Organization for Land Development, the water establishment, and the Directorate of Education to carry out the planned water, sanitation and hygiene activities.

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UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 15 February 2023

ADRA is working in Hatay, Türkiye, to support survivors. Over one million people are staying in temporary shelters and at least 150,000 people are homeless. The greatest needs have been identified as food, shelter and heating.

Three men unload a truck with gas heaters. One is wearing the ADRA logo

ADRA donated 26 heaters to the Hatay Firefighter’s Association

ADRA is working with local organisations to facilitate relief activities by contributing cash and essential items like food.

Impact to date in Hatay:

  • 330 people received essential items like food, water and blankets
  • Hospital and Urban Search and Rescue team equipped with tools and supplies
  • 26 heaters donated to the Hatay Firefighter’s association
  • Food supplies provided to to AKDER, local NGO operating in Arsuz and surrounding villages

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UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 14 February 2023

After a week working as part of the rescue efforts in Türkiye, ADRA Hungary Country Director Zoltan Sitkei has returned home.

During his deployment, Zoltan’s rescue team (HUBA Rescue24) recovered 11 survivors from the rubble following the devastating earthquakes on 6 February. The team worked long hours in difficult conditions.

Two men in rescue gear are crouched in a cramped space of fallen debris and broken tiles.

Zoltan and his team were working in very difficult conditions

“It took us 14 hours to save a lady who was found by our team,” said Zoltan. “It was very difficult to get her out, but finally we found a solution and got her out.”

ADRA locally sourced drills, hammer drills and drill heads before driving to Antakya to deliver the much needed equipment to aid in the search and rescue operation.

Man in ADRA-branded rescue gear standing with essential rescue gear

Zoltan’s team receiving the rescue gear sourced by ADRA

Zoltan is a paramedic and internationally accredited search and rescue technician. He was in a team of 19 specialists and 7 dogs.

ADRA is on the ground in Syria providing food, shelter and water to those who have been affected.

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UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 13 February 2023

Emergency shelters like the ADRA supported Sports City shelter are hosting up to 2,000 individuals. Over the last three days, ADRA distributed 3,500 individual ready meals in the Sports City shelter which is the largest collective shelter in Latakia. An additional 1,359 individuals received food support in Aleppo. However, these emergency shelters are not equipped to meet the needs of so many people with limited water and sanitation facilities. ADRA is also providing bottled water, but the need is still great and it is difficult to keep up with the demand.

A grpup of people line up to receive food apckages

Ongoing distributions at Latakia collective shelters

ADRA distributed 425 food parcels to households that are displaced with the community. Each parcel contains enough food for a family for five days.

As part of efforts to restore the water network, ADRA provided a second generator to the directorate of water resources to assist in the emergency repairs.

ADRA representatives present the Directorate of Water Resources with a bright yellow generator

Generator delivered to Directorate of Water Resources in Jable, Latakia

In Hama, the procurement process has started for the distribution of mattresses.

The most urgent needs are for food, water, hygiene kits and cleaning materials. The death toll has ticked over 33,000.

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UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 12 February 2023

Miriam Watt from ADRA Syria spoke with SBS news about the earthquakes that have devastated Türkiye and Syria. ADRA’s existing projects in Syria have shifted into recovery mode, working to support families who have lost everything.

“There is a lot of shortages of basic services and supplies,” Miriam says. “When you talk to people and ask, ‘what is your biggest need, what can we provide?’ some people are just so shocked and overwhelmed they can’t respond at all.”

Our team in Syria has been distributing essential items like food, water, and blankets to families and individual people in the affected areas.

At the time of publication, the death toll from the earthquakes has exceeded 24,000. Miraculously, six days after the first earthquake struck, people are still being rescued from the rubble, defying the odds.

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UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 10 February 2023

Six people have been rescued from the ruins in Türkiye by a rescue team including ADRA Hungary Country Director, Zoltan Sitkei.

Zoltan is a paramedic and internationally accredited search and rescue technician. Zoltan, along with three colleagues from partner NGOs, has been deployed as part of the Hungary Government’s official search and rescue contingent with 19 persons and 7 rescue dogs.

A man with an ADRA jacket and red helmet is drilling into the ruins in Turkiye.

The team has been working up to 14 hours per rescue

“In the last 36 hours, we rescued six people including two children,” says Zoltán Sitkei. “Unfortunately, after being rescued, we lost a young boy because of his injuries. But he was still alive when we took him out of the ruins. We are facing very difficult situations. It took us 14 hours to save a lady, who was found by our team.

“We are with the rescue team in Hatay area (Türkiye), where we are working in the ruins on a daily basis,” Zoltán says. “We are meeting very unusual circumstances. In this area nearly every house is a ruin or damaged. People need shelters. They are sleeping in cars and in local services. The situation of food and shelter is very critical.”

ADRA is providing food, shelter and water to those who have been affected.

At the time of publication, the death toll from the Türkiye earthquakes has exceeded 20,000. The confirmed number in Türkiye is 17,406 and in neighbouring Syria it is 3,317.

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UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 9 February 2023

At the time of publication, 13.5 million people are estimated to have been impacted by the Türkiye earthquakes, and over 15,000 lives have been lost across Türkiye and Syria.

ADRA Syria has now provided 1,175 people in four shelters in Aleppo and Latakia with meals, drinking water and hygiene items. ADRA has also deployed an emergency team to work alongside the local church in Türkiye.

Mustafa Bashir, Aleppo Field Coordinator for ADRA Syria, says, “While we were distributing food in the shelter, we felt tremors and the people told us that two more buildings in the area collapsed, leaving more families homeless. However, the two shelters we served today are at full capacity, so more schools and mosques were opened to provide places for people to stay.”

Weather forecasts show temperatures below 0 degrees celsius at night worsening the situation for those trapped or displaced without shelter.

Many people have lost everything. These photos have come through from one of the shelters ADRA has established in local schools in Aleppo. The shelters are providing people with food, water, cash vouchers and blankets to withstand the cold winter.

A group of men, women and children are sitting on mats eating wraps. They are facing a woman with an ADRA jacket who is helping coordinate the Turkey response.

So many of the people in ADRA’s shelter have lost everything

ADRA staff hand out food and water to a group of men, women and children as part of the Turkey response. The Syrian flag is hung on the wall behind them.

The greatest needs have been identified as shelter, water, food, and blankets

A group of young girls are eating wraps that were provided as part of ADRA's Turkey response. They are smiling at the camera and sitting in the middle of a basketball court in a school auditorium. Two Syrian flags are hung on the wall behind them.

Your donation is providing essentials like food, water and shelter to those affected by the earthquake

Please join us as we continue to pray for the millions of lives impacted by these devastating earthquakes.

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UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 8 February 2023

Earlier this morning, Channel 9’s Today Show crossed live to our staff on the ground in Syria for an update on the Türkiye earthquake response. As the death toll continues to rise, the greatest needs have been identified as shelter, healthcare, food and blankets.

Watch the live cross to Syria in the video above. NOTE: the footage may cause distress for some viewers. Discretion is advised.

The death toll has now surpassed 7,000 in Türkiye and northern Syria in the aftermath of the 7.8 and 7.7 magnitude earthquakes that struck Türkiye in the early hours of Monday 6 February. ADRA Syria staff have been deployed to the affected areas and will initially serve 1,100 people. The greatest needs have been identified as shelter, healthcare, food and non-food items.

A woman wearing an ADRA jacket stands in front of a tall apartment building has been destroyed. ADRA is assessing the damage as part of their Turkey response.

The earthquake has left thousands dead and even more homeless

ADRA Syria has established two shelters in local schools in Aleppo, and has also provided 800 people in a shelter in Latakia with drinking water, cash vouchers, and blankets.

The team is working to establish additional provisional shelters in schools and will begin repairing water and sanitation facilities.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a three-month state of emergency in the 10 provinces worst-affected by the earthquakes.

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UPDATE on ADRA’s Syria and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) Response: 7 February 2023

In the early hours of Monday 6 February, a 7.8 magnitude tremor struck Türkiye (formerly Turkey) near the city of Gaziantep. Another earthquake measuring magnitude 7.7 struck central Türkiye following the initial quake, with the Syrian capital of Damascus also hit.

The death toll across Türkiye and Syria sits at over 3,400 and the World Health Organisation estimates the number of fatalities is expected to reach 20,000 people.

ADRA's Turkey Response. Collapsed building with first responders digging through rubble, including a woman in an ADRA vest.

ADRA is on the ground in Syria responding to the earthquake

ADRA is already on the ground responding. Your donation today is providing those affected with shelter, food, water, blankets and flashlights.

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