DEC TURKEY-SYRIA EARTHQUAKE APPEAL
Together with local partner organisations, needs your support to reach people affected by the earthquakes in Türkiye (Turkey) and Syria
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When disaster strikes around the world, we move quickly with our partners to provide people with the assistance they need to survive –clean water, sanitation facilities, food, health and nutrition advice and shelter.
Oxfam is responding to more than 25 emergency situations worldwide at any given time. Once the immediate danger has passed, we work to rebuild lives and reduce the risk of future disasters.
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How you can help
Impact of the latest earthquake
A new earthquake, two weeks after the first, has caused further physical damage and psychological trauma.
The epicentre was in one of Oxfam-KEDV’s working areas. We have heard from colleagues in the area that buildings that were in precarious positions before this most recent earthquake have collapsed. People have been killed, likely more than the official reported numbers.Hospitals were evacuated as a precaution against a possible tsunami, which, thankfully, did not occur.
"The scale of destruction is vast. Following two big earthquakes and over 60 aftershocks, people are still in shock and fear, they don't even have time to mourn the lost ones."
Meryem Aslan, Oxfam spokesperson in Ankara.
What's happening in Turkey and Syria
In the early hours of 6 February, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Türkiye (Turkey) and Syria, followed by another earthquake soon afterwards. Many thousands of people have been killed. Survivors who have been forced to flee their homes are now facing freezing temperatures.
These are the worst earthquakes to strike Türkiye (Turkey) in nearly 100 years. They have devastated a region where large refugee communities were living in tough conditions. The severe and continuous shocks from the earthquakes have reached cities in Syria like Aleppo, Latakia, Hama and Idlib where the humanitarian need is at its highest since brutal conflict began 12 years ago.
The story of Ali Dalmen, his wife Betul and their four children, from Gaziantep, Turkiye.
While describing his experience in the earthquake, Ali tells us that he and his family jumped from their beds in the early hours of February 6th:
They ran outside without any shoes or extra clothing. It was snowing, but they stayed outside for a while and put the children in a car. It was so cold that the then-13-day-old baby Irmak got sick, so the family drove the 30 km to the shelter.
Inequality in a crisis
Social inequalities show up starkly in disasters, with the most marginalised worst hit. The earthquakes will have deepened risks already facing women, children, older people, LGBTQIA+ people, people with disabilities and people with refugee status – those often unseen, unheard, and most excluded from society.
And it’s the voices of communities affected which are too often ignored when dealing with a crisis. They know best about what’s needed – from survival to recovery, to speaking out against underlying causes that makes them so vulnerable when disaster strikes.
Oxfam KEDV and Oxfam in Syria have been working on gender inequality for years. With KEDV rooted in women’s movements, and the team in Syria having a strong gender justice team, this experience and focus is a vital part of our response.
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