Help Turkey earthquake victims

Hello everyone, my Turkish friends and I at the University of Arizona are trying to fundraise money for people that have been affected by the recent earthquakes in our home,Turkey. It has been overwhelmed by a terrible earthquake in the early morning of February 06 at 04.30 am. The earthquake was the largest measured in the past 100 years with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scaleIt concerns a spread area of 500 km with a population of 13 million people! As far as it known, at least 10.000 buildings have collapsed and the death toll is still unknown but will run into the thousands if not hundreds of thousands. Many have lost their families, friends, homes, and they are suffering on top of that with the freezing temperatures.

We are all working to help wherever possible. The Turkish government has been declared a 3 month state of emergency for the area which consists of 10 provinces. Anything helps and your contribution of something as small as a dollar can make the biggest difference. Top priority now is food, clothing and shelter as people lost literally everything. Let’s make our part in saving lives!!

All donations go to Rotary district 2430 in Turkey. Currently they are sending generators, tents, winter cloths, diapers, hygienic peds, food, water and fuel. Also they have sent several excavators and similar construction vehicles. The rotary club are in touch with Shelterbox and their team is arriving tomorrow. SOS has already came with generators and tents and on their way to Elbistan, epicenter of the earthquake. They are also trying to build a kitchen which is going to serve for two thousand people with 3 meal per day.