After the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes, the Red Crescent supported the disaster victims with aid efforts and started the winter aid program before the seasonal conditions became difficult. The Red Crescent is running a new aid program for earthquake victims, with a plan ranging from winter clothing to food, hygiene to cash aid. General Leader of the winter aid program, Prof. Dr. Stating that it was initiated with Fatma Meriç Yılmaz, Turkish Red Crescent Disaster Management and Climate Change General Manager İbrahim Özer stated that the aid mobilization was carried out according to the planned schedule. Özer stated that 1.2 million earthquake victims will be supported with the winter aid program.
The Red Crescent, which carried out aid efforts for social strengthening and improvement in the region after the earthquake, started to deliver aid in line with the determinations made for the winter period needs of the disaster victims. Red Crescent, which carries out support activities for disaster victims in villages and container cities with prepared aid materials, delivers aid such as winter clothing, cash aid, food, hygiene and shelter materials with its expert workers and volunteers in the region. With winter aid, 745 thousand clothing items consisting of coats, boots, sweaters, cardigans, trousers, shoes, skirts, gloves, scarves, berets and underwear are provided with winter clothing support, while approximately 54 thousand food parcels are distributed for nutritional needs. Within the scope of water sanitation, 8 systems have been installed, 3800 residential water purification devices are being installed and 10 thousand water canisters are being delivered. 40 thousand packages prepared for personal care and hygiene needs for women and 2900 stationery sets for students are provided. 114.500 insulation materials, approximately 37 thousand heaters and 50 thousand blankets are being distributed against cold and rain. In addition, with the Red Crescent Esen Card, a total of 39 million TL support is given to 4000 thousand households, 156 TL each. In addition to aid, the 100th Anniversary Turkish Red Crescent Libraries and Turkish Red Crescent Social Service Centers, prepared to serve earthquake victims, also provide solutions to the needs of earthquake victims.
“We will provide support to 1.2 million earthquake victims with the winter aid program”
General Leader of the winter aid program in the earthquake zone, Prof. Dr. Stating that it was initiated with Fatma Meriç Yılmaz, Turkish Red Crescent Disaster Management and Climate Change General Manager İbrahim Özer stated that the aid mobilization was carried out according to the planned schedule. General Manager Özer said, “As part of our recovery efforts in the earthquake zone, we continue to provide livelihood assistance, food, clothing, water sanitation and shelter supplies. We started our aid program to address the winter needs of our earthquake victims before the seasonal conditions we live in get worse. Red Crescent workers and our volunteers, who were also earthquake victims, are going to villages and container cities to meet the needs of our earthquake victims, as they have from the very beginning. Red Crescent workers deliver winter clothes, food, hygiene, heaters, blankets and insulation materials to earthquake victims wherever they go. In addition, our Turkish Red Crescent Social Service Centers are working to provide solutions to the needs of our earthquake victims for both social empowerment, psychosocial support and training activities in our 6 provinces, which are the most affected: Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Malatya and Osmaniye. We are establishing 100th Anniversary Turkish Red Crescent Libraries, which we put into service in the earthquake zone and aim to increase their number with the support of our donors. These libraries create a special space for our children to study. We will provide support to 1.2 million earthquake victims with the winter aid program. "Our social empowerment program, the first phase of which has been completed with our tradesman support project, which enabled the reopening of 607 shops, continues with the farmer support project." said.
Within the scope of its aid efforts since the beginning of the earthquake, the Red Crescent has supported more than 2.6 million disaster victims with aid exceeding 3.2 billion TL.
