Ready Scotland (Scottish Government’s emergency planning website) has published guidance and information on supporting current and ongoing earthquake relief work in Syria and Turkey:
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has launched an appeal to support people in Turkey and Syria following the recent earthquakes. The appeal brings together 15 leading aid charities from across the UK to raise funds quickly and efficiently.
Money is normally the most useful donation people can make, particularly when giving to charities with experience of operating in crisis zones. As well as enabling aid organisations to get essential aid to people directly in crises zones, it will also help the people fleeing conflict and danger to get exactly what they need, when they need it, no matter where they are and will support the local economy. This is particularly the case in a fast moving humanitarian crisis.
The needs in a humanitarian crisis are constantly shifting, and Ready Scotland states that donated goods are not usually the best solution. This is because it can take a lot of resources to manage, sort, and dispose of unneeded items in countries which are providing emergency support. However, if your community has already gathered items, and now find that you can’t distribute them as you had first intended, information is available on the alternative ways to distribute these items so they are used in a positive way, via the Ready Scotland “Donating and Managing Goods” page.
Advice is also available via Ready Scotland’s “Humanitarian Support” page to help people provide humanitarian support, by making donations and volunteering in a safe and effective way.
For further information on the DEC Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal, including how to donate, please visit the dedicated page.
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