You feel so powerless
But this is how you help Turkey and Syria
Having already felt the sorrow of Ukraine, now the pain of Turkey and Syria joins in. Countries that feel close, with whom we are connected. Countries where families have been destroyed from one day to the next, neighborhoods shattered. A devastation like no other and a death toll that is rising to presumably a number with three zeros. We have goosebumps, shivering at the sight of the man who has his three-year-old daughter laid in his arms. She did not make it.
You want to do something. Go up to the attic to look for blankets, clothes, food. Everything a person might need. Yet that is not what we should do according to the Red Cross. Giving money seems easy, but that is what they prefer. This way, people can shop and distribute on-site. Ensuring that everything needed ends up in the right place.
It feels easy to transfer some money from your spread, warm bed, but do it. A lot of money is needed, maybe even seventy million. So donate, give, light candles, and buy a Turkish and Syrian flag and hang it at half-mast.
Earthquake in facts
- Death toll already above 4,000
- Largest disaster since the Erzincan earthquake in 1939
- Turkey has declared seven days of mourning. All flags in the country are at half-mast until February 12
- The Red Cross opens Giro 7244 for victims
- The Netherlands sent a plane with 65 men and women, eight rescue dogs, and 15,000 kilos of equipment
