Bericht van DRFC Canan Ersöz D2430:
Van: Canan Ersöz <canan@ersoz.org>
Verzonden: vrijdag 17 februari 2023 15:31
Onderwerp: Urgent appeal to Rotarians
Dear Global
Rotary Family,
As you all know,
Turkey was hit by two consecutive huge earthquakes on Feb 6th, 2023 early in
the morning while people were sleeping. The earthquake caused around 40,000
deaths; more than 100,000 injured, thousands shelterless. Many buildings,
homes, schools, hospitals, government buildings and main roads collapsed or
severely damaged.
Turkish
Rotarians from Districts 2420, 2430, and 2440 have been working on the most
affected areas since the first hours. We have established a three-pronged
disaster strategy. The first pillar was urgent and instant needs, that is,
basic needs. We distributed more than 50 trucks of materials, we sent
construction equipment, built tents and provided food and so on. The second
pillar, the container city, will be established with cash donations collected
in our district. Container city is not a job that can be finished in the short
term, so we still continue to build tent cities with the tents we received. The
third pillar is global donations. We intend to fulfil the various needs of the
container city we will establish, such as health services, education, hygiene,
etc., with several global grant projects.
Three Turkish
districts are coordinating all these works hand in hand. However, since the
earthquake area is within D2430, our district is leading. The three districts
founded a joint commission who is evaluating the long term recovery project
proposals, collecting information etc.
Thankfully, many
districts and clubs, individual Rotarians have been sending their donations and
goodwill wishes which help us to stay strong. We have so many things to do. On
behalf of DG Emre Ozturk of D2430 and all Turkish Rotarians, once more, I
invite you to stand by us and show your fellowship by making donations.
Thank you for
your consideration.
Yours in Rotary,
PDG Canan Ersoz
DRFCC – D2430, Turkey
p.s. If you already made a donation,
please know that we are very grateful for your help and
disregard this message.
