Turkey earthquake: What are UK charities doing to help?

[Social Media]

Aid is being stepped up in southern Turkey and northern Syria, after a huge earthquake devastated the region, leaving more than 7,000 people dead.

The 7.8 magnitude quake struck near Gaziantep, Turkey in the early hours of Monday, reducing blocks of flats to rubble at a time when most were asleep.

It is a region where there has not been a major earthquake for more than 200 years, or any warning signs.

National governments of many countries including the UK, the US, China and Russia are providing aid, including search and rescue experts.

And many charities are also launching appeals and sending teams to the area.

The British Red Cross was one of the first major UK charities to launch its appeal.

[lungbing]

Why should British charities do anything?  Where are the charities from the rich regional Muslim countries?  Or was the earthquake the will of Allah and not to be interfered with?

[Mac Mickmanus]

19 minutes ago, lungbing said:

Why should British charities do anything?  Where are the charities from the rich regional Muslim countries?  Or was the earthquake the will of Allah and not to be interfered with?

There are currently still people trapped under rubble and freezing to death , times like this we need to put our differences aside and help out where we can 

   BTW , Saudi Arabia  had already began to provide aid to the region 

 

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-arabia/2023/02/08/Saudi-Arabia-s-KSrelief-teams-on-the-ground-in-Turkey-Syria-for-earthquake-relief-

[RayC]

3 hours ago, lungbing said:

Why should British charities do anything?  Where are the charities from the rich regional Muslim countries?  Or was the earthquake the will of Allah and not to be interfered with?

Charity

 

1. An organization set up to provide help and raise money for those in need.

 

2. The voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need.

 

Nothing in those definitions about charity being based around race or religion.

[Chomper Higgot]

22 hours ago, lungbing said:

Why should British charities do anything?  Where are the charities from the rich regional Muslim countries?  Or was the earthquake the will of Allah and not to be interfered with?

There’s always an excuse for doing nothing.

 

The UK and the British public in particular have every right to be proud of their long history of generosity through charitable donations to help those in need in other parts of the world.

 

I’m quite certain the British public will step up again and give help to victims of this earthquake, people in desperate need being helped by people renowned for their generosity.

[onthedarkside]

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[taotoo]

After all the PPE and ventilators they donated to us during April and May of 2020, we have a moral responsibility to respond in kind.

[youreavinalaff]

The Turkish government introduced Special Communications Tax, a charge on use of mobile phones and internet, to pay for disaster recovery following the last quake in 1990s.

 

It's estimated the fund should be worth $30bn.

 

Where is that money? No sign of it so far.

[Social Media]

A UK appeal to help the earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria has raised nearly £33m on its first day.

The appeal by a collection of aid agencies was launched by the Disasters Emergency Committee and broadcast on television on Thursday evening.

DEC said the British public had donated £27.9m so far. The government had pledged to match the first £5m of donations, taking the total to £32.9m.

The King and Queen Consort were also thanked for a "generous donation".

The Prince and Princess of Wales are also supporting the appeal.

William and Kate tweeted they were "horrified to see the harrowing images" in the aftermath of the earthquakes and their thoughts were with the affected communities.