Türkiye AND Syria earthquake

Southern Türkiye and northern Syria have been left devastated by multiple earthquakes that hit in February. The largest had a magnitude of 7.7. The death toll has passed 56,000, and millions have been left homeless. Thousands of buildings have collapsed or become damaged, including hospitals, schools and government buildings. Children and their families are still trying to piece their lives back together and remain in urgent need of basics such as shelter, food, water and access to toilets and washing facilities.

Over 6 million children have been impacted and the earthquakes have turned children’s lives upside down overnight.

In Syria, this is a crisis within a crisis, with the earthquakes hitting areas already devastated by 12 years of conflict.

Our teams in Syria and Türkiye are working directly and with partners to ensure children are getting the crucial support they need immediately. 

We are delivering temporary shelters, blankets, clothing, toiletries and other items to keep families warm and healthy. We’re providing cash to families so they can buy food and other basics.  We’re also working with local authorities to help reunite unaccompanied children with their families or give them alternative care arrangements if needed. We’ve set up safe spaces for children to play and learn, and we're providing psychosocial support to help them recover and come to terms with the terrifying experiences they've been through. 

We’re now also in a race against time to protect children and their families from facing a secondary humanitarian disaster, as a result of rising hunger, disease outbreaks and a total collapse of public services.

PLEASE DONATE TODAY AND SAVE LIVES.

In Türkiye, we’re supporting children and their families in some of the worst affected provinces, such as Hatay and Gaziantep.  We are distributing the essentials to support families, including food, water, tents, blankets, mattresses, diapers, sanitary products, heaters, firewood and warm clothing. We are also providing cash so families can buy the essentials that meet their unique needs. We’re working with local partners to rehabilitate damaged schools and distributed learning and teaching materials.

In Syria, we are providing cash, blankets, tents and warm clothing, safe drinking water, and essential hygiene and sanitation items. We’ve set up Child-Friendly Spaces and we’re delivering psychosocial support to help children recover and come to terms with their terrifying experiences. We’re also working with partners to set up temporary learning spaces. We’re providing primary and sexual and reproductive healthcare through mobile clinics and screening young children and mothers for malnutrition

We’re planning to reach 1,600,000 people, including 675,000 children in total through our response.  

DONATE NOW TO SAVE LIVES!

Our Child Emergency Fund allows us to respond wherever the need is greatest. It helps us to reach children quickly with the essentials they need to survive. 

Please give to our Child Emergency Fund today. Your donation will allow our response teams to react quickly to emergencies around the world:

   · $38 could provide emergency shelter materials like tarpaulin and rope for a displaced family.

   · $120 could give a displaced family of eight enough food to last them for a month.

   · $500 could help reunite a lost child with their family after a disaster.

Your gift is urgently needed for these children and their families.

This is why we’re responding through the Child Emergency Fund – a central pot of flexible funding for emergencies. A gift to the Child Emergency Fund will help children facing any life-threatening crises that may strike – to stay safe, healthy, and to keep learning.

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WHY DONATE TO THE CHILD EMERGENCY FUND?

The needs are huge, but so is our determination to reach every last child in crisis. We have the experience to limit the effects of disasters on children's lives – and our Emergency Fund is the key to unlocking this expertise.

Thanks to your support, we've helped millions of children in their darkest hour.