By Nursema Aydn | Fundraising Expert
On 6 February 2023, two earthquakes with magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 heavily affected the Southeastern provinces of Adyaman, Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Malatya, Sanlurfa, Diyarbakr, Elazg and Adana in Southern and Southeastern Turkiye, where almost 14 million people reside including around 2 million Syrian refugees.
Eight months into the earthquake, STL continues its emergency response, focusing its efforts in Hatay, Adyaman, Kahramanmaras and Malatya, which are the provinces most severely affected by the earthquake. In addition to the 4 most heavily disasteraffected provinces, STL carries out earthquake response activities in the 8 provinces of Diyarbakr, Sanlurfa, Batman, Mardin, Adana, Mersin, Izmir and Istanbul, mostly with internally displaced populations and refugees.
STL carries out its activities in the sectors of shelter and non-food items (NFI), food security and livelihoods (FSL), water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), temporary settlement support (TSS), emergency education, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), and emergency protection.
As of 13 October, STL has reached a total of 697,208 affected people with humanitarian assistance since 6 February. STL provides micro-grants for survivor and community-led response initiatives in Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Adyaman and Malatya to help affected communities address their response and recovery needs. STL continues to host the Local Humanitarian Forum (LHF), facilitating the coordination of local and national NGOs active in the earthquake response.
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