Global Humanitaria, together with the local NGO CYDD, returns to the province of Hatay, the hardest hit by the earthquake two months ago, to bring aid to the camps where the affected population gathers and where the wear and tear produced by a emergency situation that becomes chronic. Also, the effort to survive and organize as much as possible.
Two months after the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that shook Syria and Turkey, there are hardly any health services left to turn to in the most affected areas. The earthquakes caused the collapse of buildings and basic infrastructure for conducting water and electricity. The surviving families take refuge with their belongings in tents, (some donated; others set up by themselves), in makeshift camps like the one in Samandag. Some are greenhouses where several families crowd together and from which a precarious chimney pipe peek out.
In Samandag (211,000 inhabitants) the buildings that have not collapsed are not safe, no one has been able to return home. Food and water are scarce in the camps and the risk of contagion of infectious diseases increases every week. Life goes on but stress also affects the mental health of adults and children. It’s cold and when it rains everything gets muddy. During all the fatigue and uncertainty, families strive to maintain something similar to a routine: the children play and also attend class.
There, Global Humanitaria is delivering basic necessities, food (for babies, emergency meals, cereals), personal hygiene items (gel, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, wipes, diapers) and water purifying tablets, flashlights, thermal shirts , mattresses and pillows, among others, and continues to bring emergency packs to towns like Adiyaman , with the collaboration of CYDD staff ( and thanks to donations from companies like Jomipsa, Esteller, Emma, or Atida).
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