Over €1.8 million ($1.9 million) was raised in a single day in Belgium to assist the victims of final month’s earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria in response to a name by the nation’s largest charities.
In an announcement Tuesday, the 12-12 Consortium, assembling Belgium’s seven most vital charity organizations, stated that “€1.8 million has been raised in favor of the victims of the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria at the big day of solidarity on March 6.”
Marking one month for the reason that catastrophe, all Belgian media shops devoted applications or content material on the disastrous results of the earthquakes and referred to as on folks to make donations.
“The day of solidarity ended with an impressive result,” stated Gilles Van Moortel, the consortium’s coordinator, explaining that they acquired thrice extra donations than in a mean day as a result of media protection.
The quantity collected Monday represents 15% of the funds, bringing the entire to €11.6 million.
Caritas International, Red Cross Belgium, Handicap International (Humanity & Inclusion), Medecins du Monde, Oxfam Belgium, Plan International Belgium and UNICEF Belgium are members of the consortium.
The charities raised over €8.27 million within the first two weeks after the earthquakes, based on their knowledge.
More than 46,100 folks had been killed in Türkiye by magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes that struck on Feb. 6, based on officers.
The sturdy tremors, which had been centered in Kahramanmaraş province, additionally hit 10 different provinces: Hatay, Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakır, Kilis, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa and Elazığ.
Some 13.5 million folks have been affected in Türkiye by the large quakes, which struck in lower than 10 hours.
They additionally rattled a number of neighboring international locations and precipitated widespread destruction in northern Syria, the place round 6,000 folks had been reportedly killed, based on UN figures citing native and authorities sources.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
