Over 30,000 killed as huge earthquake rocks Turkey and Syria

*£100 - Emergency aid - help us to provide urgent food, water and medical aid to survivors of the earthquake.*

This could by Turkey’s largest earthquake. Buildings have collapsed, and hundreds are still unaccounted for. It’s feared that they’re trapped among the rubble of their homes and the rescue operation could be hampered by the current snowstorms which are expected to continue until Thursday.

Millions of Syrian refugees live close to the epicentre. Turkey is the world’s largest host of refugees with 3.7 million Syrians taking refuge in the country.

The healthcare system in Syria is overwhelmed and some hospitals have sadly been damaged by the earthquake.

Human Appeal is on the ground

Thousands of homes have been affected, and families are now living in temporary accommodation. Human Appeal is on the ground right now working in close coordination with the local authorities, monitoring the events and participating in the humanitarian efforts to provide vital assistance to affected families, who are in urgent need.

Please donate, and help our local team in Turkey and Syria to provide urgent relief to survivors of this shocking tragedy.

*FACTS:*

- A rescue operation is under way across much of southern Turkey and northern Syria following a huge earthquake that has killed more than 5,000 people

- The 7.8 magnitude quake struck in the early hours of Monday while people were asleep and dozens of aftershocks have been felt since

- 4000 people have been killed in Turkey alone, with more than 5,300 wounded

- Authorities are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after hundreds of buildings collapsed in both countries

- Millions of people across Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Cyprus felt the earthquake - the epicentre was near the Turkish city of Gaziantep

Here's what you helped us get up to recently:

*Our staff visited the flood-site at Orontes River in

northwest Syria, where the earthquake caused a dam to collapse.

*We distributed oxygen generators to hospitals and

ICUs in Idlib.

*We distribute hot meals to 100 families affected by

the earthquake in northwest Syria.

*Our Al Imaan hospital continued to provide services for newborn babies and maternity cases. *

We were even able to successfully conduct a c-section!

*Our mobile clinics helped to support earthquake

survivors in northern Syria.

*Our nutrition experts distributed nutritional supplies

to families affected by the earthquake.

* We provided medical aid to earthquake survivors in the area of Maarat Misrin, Syria.

*We provided 500 hot meals for around 200

displaced families from the Harem & Jinderes areas of Syria.

*We distributed food to families seeking shelter in

6 schools across Sahinbey & Gaziantep in Turkey.

*We continued to provide food to earthquake

survivors in Antakya.

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