Amazon has despatched two Amazon Air cargo planes loaded with aid provides to Istanbul from the United States and Germany over the weekend to ship assist to earthquake response in Türkiye and Syria, the corporate stated in an announcement Monday.
The planes delivered tents, sleeping baggage, blankets, heaters and different much-needed provides, it stated.
“Amazon teams across Europe and the U.S. packed and loaded hundreds of pallets with supplies, totaling more than 100,000 pounds (50 tons) of items. Relying on teams and facilities in both regions allows Amazon to more efficiently move goods thanks to a wider available inventory,” the assertion learn.
It added that the Amazon-donated merchandise will help the continued humanitarian response by companion organizations, guaranteeing that the provides will probably be delivered to households who’ve misplaced their houses within the affected areas.
“The work is being done in close coordination with the government of Türkiye and through implementing partners in northwest Syria,” it stated.
The firm stated that the work is a continuation of Amazon’s efforts within the area and that simply days after the devastating earthquake, “Amazon sent tens of thousands of relief items to the impacted areas and established a Disaster Relief Hub near Istanbul within four days.”
Amazon additionally made an preliminary dedication of $600,000 in whole money donations to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) offering important help.
Tech help
Amazon Web Services (AWS) additionally gives technical help following the earthquakes. AWS is offering cloud credit and technical help to native organizations which might be serving to with aid efforts.
Tech professionals additionally got here collectively utilizing a chat room to assist launch one other mapping effort supported by AWS, Afetharita.com, which interprets to “disaster map.” The app makes use of synthetic intelligence to create a map exhibiting requests for assist posted by social media.
AWS rallied to assist Türkiye’s Search and Rescue Association (AKUT) scale their app Güvendeyim (which interprets to “I am Safe” in English) inside days of the earthquake to assist native residents notify family members that they had been secure. The app now has over 1 million downloads.
Turkish tech agency Başarsoft additionally obtained cloud computing credit by AWS Promotional Credit to create the Earthquake Assistance Needs Mapping Portal. The portal makes use of location-based social media posts to assist direct search efforts to important areas, resembling collapsed buildings and rubble. The app additionally helps find individuals in want of help and permits anybody to submit assist requests.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
