Massive earthquakes have struck Turkey and Syria, leaving thousands of people dead, injured and homeless. We are helping with emergency shelter and other basic needs. Support our disaster relief work now.
The earthquakes have killed thousands and left many more injured.
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This is where your help goes
As a result of the massive earthquakes, thousands of people have lost their homes. Everything they own.
For refugees and displaced people in both Syria and Turkey, this is a crisis within a crisis: many families were already struggling to find enough food and make ends meet after fleeing war and conflict. Now they have lost again and have to start all over again - amidst the ruins and winter cold.
By supporting our efforts in Syria and Turkey, you are helping to ensure:
emergency shelter
protection
help to meet urgent needs
distribution of warm clothes and blankets
In addition to providing the most basic needs of water, heat, protection and shelter, your support also goes towards providing psychosocial crisis counseling to treat the trauma these earthquakes have inflicted on their victims.
Weather conditions make the situation even more challenging. Rain, wind and extreme cold can cause illness or even worse, people dying from the cold. That's why international support is needed to ensure that people have warmth and shelter as soon as possible. Otherwise, more lives could be lost.
Charlotte Slente, Secretary General of DRC Danish Refugee Council
We are there - and we are staying
When the earthquakes struck, DRC was already massively present in both Syria and Turkey to help the many refugees and displaced people. Our long-standing presence now enables us to respond quickly and effectively to the disaster and provide the urgent assistance needed.
Since the earthquakes struck, we have scaled up our efforts in the affected areas to reach as many people as possible. We are focusing our help on the most exposed and vulnerable. This includes women and children, the elderly and people with disabilities.
And we are staying. When the dust settles, the hard, long-term work of rehousing the many families who have lost their homes awaits.
