By Taylor Robertshaw | Development Specialist
Project HOPE’s Response
Within hours of the first earthquake, Project HOPE’s emergency response team was mobilized to provide essential non-food items to the impacted populations. Project HOPE, with a local office in Gaziantep, Türkiye, committed to a collaborative response involving multiple stakeholders, focusing on delivery of crucial services such as water, sanitation, healthcare, mental health support, and protection to those impacted by the earthquakes. Project HOPE played a pivotal role during the emergency response phase by working closely with local government and other local organizations to identify pressing needs and priorities, ensuring the substantial provision of essential materials and equipment. This included incubators, temporary shelter containers, medicines, hygiene kits, blankets, assistive devices, generators, and solar water chlorination systems (SWCS). These supplies played a crucial role in fortifying the healthcare system and offering support to the dedicated healthcare workers on the ground.
As part of Project HOPE's commitment to locally led development, partnerships were established with several local humanitarian organizations in Türkiye and northwest Syria to provide critical services during both the emergency phase and recovery phase of the disaster. These services included primary healthcare, MHPSS, and protection services for the affected population. Since the beginning, Project HOPE’s approach was to implement a response strategy which sought to support both affected individuals and bolster the healthcare system as the affected communities recover.
Project HOPE’s accomplishments over the full response effort included: establishing 70 container units to provide immediate shelter, supplying 23 Interagency Emergency Health Kits (IEHKs), providing 50 solar water chlorination systems, distributing over 28,000 hygiene kits, conducting over 33,000 medical consultations, and over 7,000 protection or MHPSS consultations. Project HOPE estimates over 500,000 individuals directly benefited from our response efforts and programing.
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