By Salima Biglary | Grants and Partnerships Associate
First of all, as IBC we want to thanks GlobalGiving for their effort and support us in our emergency response projects.
The death toll of Monday’s devastating earthquakes and continuous aftershocks has passed 12,500, completely destroying many parts of Southern Türkiye and Northern Syria. According to Türkiye’s Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, AFAD, as of Wednesday, 9,057 people were reported dead and 52,979 injured. Meanwhile the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported 3,500 dead and Syrian aid group The White Helmets reported 2,300 wounded. Approximately 300,000 people in the region are left homeless after 8,300 buildings collapsed and the World Health Organization estimates that 23 million people in the region need aid. Nearly 20,000 personnel have been mobilized under Türkiye’s state of emergency for the 10 most affected provinces, but workers and helpers are in a race with time and freezing temperatures during the areas worst winter storm this year. Health experts emphasize that survival rate after 72 hours falls below 25% at this level of disaster and weather.
International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation (IBC) has intensified relief efforts through its hubs in Kilis Community Center, support to state-run shelter, housing 9,000 survivors in Sanliurfa and 4,000 blankets and other supplies are on the way to Gaziantep in partnership with Action Medeor. IBC Field Team met with the President of the Turkish Red Crescent, Adnan Erdogan as well as Anne Cecil from Doctors without Borders at IBC Kilis hub to talk about the basic needs in the city, especially provision of ready-made meals, blankets, and tents. It was agreed to begin cooperation to increase daily meals from 5,000 3x per day to 6,000 meals 3x per day to meet the growing needs. Visits were made to the current distribution points in Kilis including 2,000 people at the main sports field, 1,000 people at IBC Community Center, 2,000 people at the University of Kilis, and 1,000 people in the center of the city’s cemetery. In addition, 4 large tents were built to shelter families in the area and through the new agreement, IBC and partners will provide these tents with food as well.
IBC Kilis Community Center continues to serve as a major hub for coordination and relief efforts, including for cross-border response into Syria. In addition, IBC is taking the following actions:
• Daily hot meal distribution in Kilis
• Establishing hot meal and food parcel distribution center in Hatay
• Deliver 4,000 thermal blankets to Gaziantep
• Provide wheat flour to Sanliurfa Municipality Halk Ekmek and distribute bread free of charge
• Establishing a shelter center of 200 prefabricated components in Hatay and Kahramanmaras and undertake all needs
• Support municipality in Sanliurfa for shelter housing 9,000 people; deliver baby food and diapers, sandwiches, blankets
IBC Activities to be intensified by the end of the week:
• Distribution of hot meals to 2,000 people each in Hatay and Kilis for minimum 1 mo.
• Delivery of 200,000 ready-to-eat food at least to Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras this month
• Complete the construction of prefabricated temporary shelters in Kahramanmaras and Hatay in a month
• Running those camps for at least six months, covering all needs
• Provide 20,000 blankets, 20,000 food kits, and 20,000 hygiene kits this month to four cities: Sanliurfa, Kahramanmaras, Hatay, and Gaziantep/Kilis
• Transfer in-kind donations to North Syria mainly
• Provide 2,000 first aid kits to the health units we are running in Al-Bab, A’zaz, and Dabiq in North Syria and support all medical needs
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By Amber Cakar | Grants and Partnerships Manager
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