As you have seen in the news, a powerful earthquake hit southeastern Türkiye/northern Syria on Monday 6th of February, with three equally large aftershocks in the following 12 hrs and another two powerful ones on the 20th of February. The effects have been devastating across a huge region covering 10 cities and countless smaller towns and tens of thousands of people. In addition to fallen buildings, highways have miles-long cracks and regional tunnels and bridges are broken or blocked with debris, airports closed. Added with the extreme weather conditions, it has been very challenging for effective aid to reach the region.
Going forward for months, if not years, there will be a need to rehabilitate the region and help the survivors regain their livelihoods.
Your support is needed to help those who have been affected.
Turkey Mozaik Foundation is an organisation I know and trust that started an emergency relief fundraising campaign for the earthquake disaster and has already raised more than GBP 2.4 million in three weeks from over 15,000 supporters as well as more than 200 individual and team fundraising initiatives supporting their campaign. The campaign was recently featured on BBC News and SkyNews.
They have already started disseminating funds to carefully selected charities on the ground based on an emergency needs assessment conducted by trusted local partners. For more details on how the funds are distributed please visit the campaign page and please find here all the information & documents and the most recent FAQs.
Turkey Mozaik Foundation is a grant-giving organisation (registered in England and Wales, 1174968) that supports civil society organisations working in Türkiye in the fields of emergency relief, education, children's rights, gender equality, environmental sustainability, culture and arts, and contributes to the creation of positive social change. Since their inception in 2017, they have distributed grants to more than 80 local CSOs, including emergency relief funds for Elazig & Izmir earthquakes in 2020 along with Wildfires in 2021. The foundation has no political associations and works strictly with impactful non-political and non-governmental organisations on the ground. Among notable organisations they have partnered with are EBRD (on environmental sustainability) and IKSV (Istanbul Foundation of Cultures and Arts) on various funds.
