White Helmets Volunteers Save a girl and her family from the Earthquake rubble in Bisnia (West of Idlib)

Turkiye and Syria Earthquake Relief Support

It has been six days since the massive Earthquake hit southern Turkiye and northwest Syria. The death toll has now surpassed 33,000 souls – an unimaginable total, and with the freezing temperatures even those who survived the quake are suffering tremendously.

Especially those in NW Syria, there is little international support and UN relief has been woefully impotent. My cousin Yakzan Shishakly in Gaziantep told me “its like doomsday.”

The people of the area are in desperate need of our financial assistance.

Part of why I launched Syrian Memories products is to generate enough revenue to sustain this project, but also to create a continuous pipeline of support to Syrians by donating a percentage of any profits.

With this catastrophe upon us, for the months of February & March, 100% of profits from all sales of Syrian Memories products will go towards emergency Earthquake relief efforts.

In the meantime, if you’d like to make a direct donation, here are a few organizations on the ground doing amazing, life saving work.

The White Helmets - first responders who are at the forefront of digging people out of the rubble. You can donate to them via https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/ or by this GoFundMe by their head Raed Saleh: https://www.gofundme.com/f/white-helmets-earthquake-response
SAMS (Syrian American Medical society) - are running hospitals and clinics in the region. Donate on their site (https://www.sams-usa.net/donate/) or to their fundraising page  https://www.facebook.com/donate/880527999854774/  
Medglobal - co-founded by Dr. Zaher Sahloul, they have teams on the ground is distributing much needed supplies and relief packages. Donate at https://medglobal.org/donate/ or https://www.facebook.com/donate/3461770434057274/
Maram Foundation - Run by Yakzan, they are providing shelters and relief and have teams on both sides of the border. Learn more https://www.facebook.com/maramfoundation or donate at https://maramfoundation.org/

 

There are many others great groups responding to the catastrophe (Molhem Team, Karam Foundation, IR USA and more) - if you have questions please ask me and I can do my best to help answer.

Thank you for your generosity.

Abu Adib

Syrian Memories Star
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