The earthquake of 6 February 2023 in T\u00fcrkiye and Syria caused enormous destruction in terms of both lives and property: in T\u00fcrkiye alone, 45 thousand people died under the over 230,000 collapsed buildings, 1.7 million were forced into tents, nearly 3 million were made homeless and the livelihoods of some 9 million people were severely affected. Following the earthquake, Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) launched a domestic fundraising campaign and at the same time sent its humanitarian experts to conduct assessments and prepare relief immediately after the end of the rescue phase. HIA closely cooperates with its local partner organisations in the region.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"rich-text","text":"
The humanitarian aid programme relying on prior assessments has targeted the most urgent daily needs: during March HIA has distributed hygiene items in Ad\u0131yaman and non-perishable food to residents of ad-hoc encampments in Hatay province and supported an emergency school with school supplies – helping a total of 7,000 earthquake survivors so far.<\/p>\n
Nearly 100,000 people in Hungary have joined HIA\u2019s fundraising campaign by calling the 1353 donation hotline, and Tesco has provided an extraordinary donation of $60 thousand to the initiative. Thanks to the broad coalition of helpers, Hungarian Interchurch Aid is able to launch a 6-months humanitarian aid programme worth $300 thousand<\/strong> to help the victims of the earthquake, which includes emergency aid<\/strong> (non-perishable food and hygiene kits) as well as the installation of residential and WASH containers<\/strong> in three camps of Hatay and Gaziantep provinces.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":14899,"id":14899,"title":"IMG_2156","filename":"IMG_2156-scaled.jpg","filesize":554801,"url":"https:\/\/segelyszervezet.hu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2156-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/segelyszervezet.hu\/en\/news\/hia-announces-aid-programme-worth-300000-in-quake-affected-turkiye\/img_2156-2\/","alt":"","author":"531","description":"","caption":"","name":"img_2156-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":14913,"date":"2023-03-31 08:06:24","modified":"2023-03-31 13:30:35","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/segelyszervezet.hu\/wp\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1707,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/segelyszervezet.hu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2156-270x270.jpg","thumbnail-width":270,"thumbnail-height":270,"medium":"https:\/\/segelyszervezet.hu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2156-600x400.jpg","medium-width":600,"medium-height":400,"medium_large":"https:\/\/segelyszervezet.hu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2156-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/segelyszervezet.hu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2156-1440x960.jpg","large-width":1440,"large-height":960,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/segelyszervezet.hu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2156-1536x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/segelyszervezet.hu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2156-2048x1365.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365,"card-image":"https:\/\/segelyszervezet.hu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2156-510x270.jpg","card-image-width":510,"card-image-height":270,"post_list_image":"https:\/\/segelyszervezet.hu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2156-575x350.jpg","post_list_image-width":575,"post_list_image-height":350}}},{"acf_fc_layout":"rich-text","text":" Announcing the comprehensive aid programme in an Iskenderun campsite, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Lehel<\/strong>, president-director of HIA personally delivered aid kits, and has also met with partner organisations to lead high-level talks about future relief operations. Hungarian Interchurch Aid\u2019s relief efforts in T\u00fcrkiye are supported by ACT Alliance<\/strong>, which guarantees the enhancement of the aid programme with further elements in the near future, reaching tens of thousands of people in need in the coming 6 months.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"gallery","gallery_title":"","gallery_images":[{"image":14904,"title":"Announcing the aid programme in Iskenderun, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Lehel personally delivered aid kits to families who've lost their homes"},{"image":14906,"title":"HIA has distributed 200 aid kits for families in one of the encampments in the city hit by the earthquake"},{"image":14908,"title":"Nearly 100,000 people in Hungary have joined the emergency fundraising campaign by calling the 1353 donation hotline"},{"image":14897,"title":"HIA is due to implement an aid programme worth HUF 100 million over the next 6 months in T\u00fcrkiye"},{"image":14895,"title":" In addition to carrying out relief operations to meet basic needs (non-perishable food, hygiene items), the HIA will also procure containers for housing and WASH purposes.ousing and toilets."}]}]},"yoast_head":"\n