The Arsenal Foundation, in partnership with a number of Turkish charitable organizations, held a outstanding occasion on Friday in London, offering much-needed aid to survivors of the devastating earthquake which struck Southeastern Türkiye on Feb. 6.
Generously donating many sleeping baggage, tents, clothes, and heaters, this effort considerably contributed to the continuing aid efforts in Türkiye.
Türkiyes’ Consul General in London Bekir Utku Atahan additionally took half within the supply of help supplies to the Turkish Airlines Cargo warehouse at Heathrow Airport.
Turkish Cargo will ship 25 tons of aid supplies from the U.Okay. to Türkiye, together with 10,000 thermal blankets donated by the British Foreign Office.
Representatives from organizations such because the Turkish Police Association (Met TPA) and His Church, an emergency items redistribution charity, additionally participated.
Atahan mentioned the Arsenal Foundation donated 1,500 sleeping baggage.
He expressed gratitude for the British search-and-rescue group that rescued 11 individuals from the rubble and mentioned over 100 well being personnel served within the subject hospital established in Kahramanmaraş, the town on the epicenter of the devastating earthquakes that has claimed hundreds of lives in southern Türkiye.
Richard Humphrey, operations director of the His Church group informed Anadolu Agency that it’s usually targeted on offering meals and provides to those that want it most.
But he mentioned the rapid want was sleeping baggage in Türkiye and His Church has beds which have been used at festivals within the U.Okay.
“We are delivering today 1,500 sleeping bags to those who suffer because of this tragic disaster that happened in Türkiye,” he mentioned. “We acquire them after the competition. We deliver them again, we wash them and have them prepared for emergencies.”
“When we got the call from Arsenal Foundation and Türkiye’s consul general, we said we have got sleeping bags ready to mobilize and we were now delivering today 1,500 sleeping bags. They go straight to helping those who have suffered because of the tragic disaster that happened in Türkiye. When we all work together, we can make a difference,” he mentioned.
Arsenal Community President Freddie Hudson mentioned the Arsenal Football Club and followers in North London had been responding to requires assist for victims.
At least 38,044 individuals had been killed by the 2 robust earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, the nation’s catastrophe company mentioned Friday.
The 7.7- and seven.6-magnitude quakes had been centered in Kahramanmaraş and struck 10 different provinces – Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Kilis, Osmaniye, Elazığ and Sanliurfa. Over 13 million individuals have been affected by the devastating quakes.
Several nations within the area, together with Syria and Lebanon, additionally felt the robust tremors that struck Türkiye within the house of lower than 10 hours.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
