:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/B5SGS3BWRNBRLJ7RSMI6GUPX3U.jpg "The Colombian Embassy in Turkey has launched a donation campaign for the victims of the earthquake 1")
Turkey and Syria continue to be devastated after the massive earthquakes, which so far have left more than 28,000 dead, as the international community continues its relief efforts and relief teams make a final effort to continue to find survivors, five days after the earthquakes.
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that there is a missing Colombian
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has contacted the Turkish authorities to find the whereabouts of the woman
To these efforts was added the Colombian governmentbecause precisely the embassy of the country, located in Ankara, launched on February 6 a humanitarian campaign to receive donations corresponding to the basic needs requested by the Turkish authorities, such as coats, mattresses, water, clothes , prepared foods, baby food and toiletries, all to support the victims of the devastating earthquakes that hit the south Turkey.
With the contributions of Colombians, Latin Americans and Turks, the Embassy of Colombia and its consular office collected the various donations and delivered them through entities referenced by AFAD (Turkish Disaster Management Agency).
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has activated service routes for Colombians in the region
In addition, the government offered its condolences to the countries that suffered the natural disaster and which accumulated more than 2,600 dead.
The Turkish Embassy in Colombia has designated the Cooperation and Coordination Agency (LAW) as the person responsible for receiving donations. This entity received donations from Colombian citizens until February 10.
Also, if you wish to make financial donations, you can always do so via the following links:
Earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria: Here’s how Colombia can help
The telluric movement already kills more than 6,000 people in the two countries, a situation that the major powers of the world are tackling
Turkish Red Cross: https://www.kizilay.org.tr/Bagis/BagisYap/404/pazarcik-depremi-bagisi
Turkey Diyanet Foundation: https://bagis.tdv.org/afet/deprem-25
Disaster and emergency management: https://www.afad.gov.tr/depremkampanyasi2
Recall that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on February 9 that the Colombian identified as Johanna Carolina Millan Velandia, who was missing, died as a result of the earthquakes. She worked as a tourist guide in Turkey and was married to a citizen of that country, named Erhan Kapwho was engaged in the same work.
The Ambassador, Julio Riano, as the Embassy indicates, has been in constant communication with Kap to offer support in this circumstance. In the same way, he moved to Istanbul to accompany her.
According to the last official report of this Saturday provided by the Turkish vice-president, Fouat Oktay, at least 24,617 people have died in Turkey alone, where the number of injured is 80,278 people. In neighboring Syria, there are 3,553 dead and 5,276 injured, for a total of 28,170 dead.
The cold in the region makes rescues difficult and redoubles the punishment on a desperate population. According to HIMat least 870,000 people are in urgent need of food and, in Syria alone, 5.3 million people were left homeless.
AFAD has confirmed that More than 90,000 people have been evacuated from Turkey’s ten earthquake-hit provinces and more than 166,000 rescue teams and volunteers are currently on the ground, including some 8,000 foreign rescue specialists.
“When I see the destroyed buildings, the dead bodies, it’s not that I can’t see where I will be in two or three years, it’s that I can’t imagine where I will be tomorrow,” she says, eyes overflowing with tears. Fidan Tourana pensioner from the Turkish city of Antakya.
“We lost 60 family members,” he explained. “Sixty! What can I say? It’s God’s will,” he added.
The World Food Program has appealed for $77 million to provide food rations to at least 590,000 displaced people because of the earthquake in Turkey and 284,000 in Syria.
The human rights office of the HIM on Friday urged all parties in the affected area, where Kurdish militants and Syrian rebels operate, to allow humanitarian access.
He Kurdistan Workers’ Partyconsidered a terrorist group by Ankara and its Western allies, announced that it was suspending its armed struggle to contribute to recovery work.
And in Syria, the government has announced that it will allow international aid to go to rebel-held areas in the northwest of the country hit by the earthquake.
So far, only two aid trucks have crossed this week from Turkey to this rebel-held area where four million people live.
There HIM asked for a an immediate ceasefire in the country and the opening of more crossing points for humanitarian aid, which for the moment can only pass through the border post of Bab al Hawa.
He security Council should meet to discuss the situation in Syria, possibly early next week.
Turkish diplomacy said it was working on opening two more crossing points “with the regions under the control of the ‘Syrian government’, for humanitarian reasons”.