The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) despatched 20 containers to archaeology museums in Türkiye‘s quake-hit area to guard the cultural heritage of the nation.
According to an announcement by UNDP, the Hatay Archeology Museum obtained 18 containers, whereas the Kahramanmaraş Archeology Museum obtained two on Thursday as a part of the primary cargo of containers.
UNDP confused these containers will function a safeguard to guard the priceless treasures from the collections of each museums “until preservation experts can restore damaged or destroyed landmarks and ultimately rehouse artifacts and artwork for public viewing.”
“These containers are just the beginning,” UNDP consultant in Türkiye Louisa Vinton stated.
“UNDP is currently seeking funding to support a broader effort to rebuild thousands of damaged cultural heritage monuments, in all their splendid diversity. This is not just about physical objects, as crucial as they are to historical memory; it is also a contribution to reviving the region’s unique identity and human spirit,” Vinton added.
Meanwhile, UNDP famous they’ve already offered 25 containers to the Hatay firefighting unit as a short lived substitute for the Antakya fireplace division constructing, which was utterly destroyed by the earthquakes.
It added UNDP is making important efforts to assist the early restoration of the earthquake-stricken area by offering waste administration tools, establishing cellular day-care facilities, collaborating with girls’s cooperatives to arrange cellular kitchens, and scaling up vocational coaching for displaced earthquake survivors.
More than 50,000 individuals have been killed on Feb. 6 when magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes struck southern and southeastern Turkish provinces.
More than 13.5 million individuals in Türkiye have been affected by the devastating quakes in addition to many others in northern Syria.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
