Support Türkiye-Syria
earthquake relief efforts
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in this work?
Habibi International has been supporting the relief efforts, with a special focus on forcibly displaced Syrians. We’re working directly with partners on the ground, and will continue to keep you updated on the details and progress below.
While our fundraising campaign has come to a close, you can still continue to give towards this cause through our Love and Relief Fund. Please specify that your giving is intended for earthquake relief by submitting a connect form here or indicating it on any checks made.
Images sourced by Reuters
Please continue to pray with us for the thousands affected.
Thank you for joining us, as we stand alongside our neighbors
UPDATES FROM THE GROUND
March 26, 2023
A message from our CEO, Willy, from Aleppo, Syria.
March 11, 2023
A month after the earthquake, many are still living in tents, churches, schools and other temporary shelters. For some, their homes are too damaged to return to. For others, the fear of their houses falling - especially in the nighttime - has kept them from moving home.
Scenes from Aleppo, the hardest hit governorate in Syria.
Nightly distribution of 250 portions of food by a local church to those homeless from the earthquake in front of a park.
March 10, 2023
Our leadership team is in Syria right now, meeting our partners, visiting sites and projects, and doing further assessment on how we can best allocate the funds raised to support relief and rebuilding efforts.
While our month-long fundraising campaign has come to a close, you can still give to this cause through our Love & Relief Fund by designating your giving for earthquake relief through this form or indicating it on your checks.
February 20, 2023
Over the past two days, we distributed hot food, food packages and warm clothing to 100 displaced families in Aleppo through our partners on the ground.
Apart from residents of the city, others have come from areas further north that were affected by the earthquake, to seek shelter and aid.
February 14, 2023
Thank you for helping us to meet our target in less than a week!
As we monitor the situation, we are seeing that relief efforts in areas affected by the earthquake will need to continue for more than a month, or even a few months. In light of this, we’ll be keeping this platform open for continued giving .
February 13, 2023
We are so touched by the support that has been pouring in. We’re in the midst of putting together survival kits - including blankets, canned food and milk powder. These will go to families displaced by the earthquake in Aleppo (Syria), where it’s estimated about 100,000 people are now homeless
February 11th, 2023
Why are we focusing our efforts on Syrians?
The epicenter of the earthquake was in southeastern Turkiye - where it’s estimated about 1.5 million Syrian refugees reside.
And while many countries and organizations have been entering Turkiye - where tremendous help is indeed needed - fewer have been able to go into Syria, which is still in the midst of a civil war. The areas worst-hit by the earthquake are controlled by different groups - government or pro-government, Kurdish-led forces, various opposition groups - which complicates the delivery of aid.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) also estimates that as many as 5.3 million Syrians may be left homeless in the wake of this disaster.
Please continue to pray for the many who had already been forced to flee their homes due to violence and instability, and now have to face destruction and displacement yet another time.
February 10, 2023
It’s already been called the “disaster of the century”. But for Syrians in particular, the earthquake has aggravated old wounds, as many have already spent the last decade trying to rebuild their lives during a civil war. Many remain trapped under the rubble and both countries struggle to get emergency services to places where help is needed most. In the harsh winter, victims have been left stranded in the freezing cold.
We have two platforms where you can support relief efforts - through the US here. Do indicate that it is for the Love & Relief Fund.