Turkey & Syria Earthquake Relief
Turkey & Syria Earthquake Relief
A Guide to Donating with Impact
(Last updated 14/03/2023)
On 6 February 2023, two violent earthquakes devastated a vast region in southern Turkey and northern Syria, followed by numerous aftershocks and two further earthquakes on 20 February. Throughout an area larger than Scotland, thousands of buildings collapsed. The official death toll has surpassed 51,000 and many more people are still unaccounted for. The disaster severely disrupted electricity, water and gas supplies. It left millions of survivors homeless in the winter cold – in sub-zero temperatures in some areas – and in need of emergency shelter, heaters, food, water, clothing and medical care.
For those who would like to contribute to humanitarian relief efforts in the region hit by the earthquake, but would like to know how their donations will be used on the ground, an interdisciplinary group of Oxford academics compiled a working list of options. The list includes NGOs with a good track record of operating on the ground, and fundraising campaigns that directly benefit vetted local NGOs. We welcome further suggestions by e-mail.
AHBAP
Non-profit humanitarian organisation supporting those in need, especially students, and survivors of disasters.
Donate: https://bagis.ahbap.org/bagis
BASMEH & ZEITOONEH
Foundation based in Lebanon, with an office in Turkey for operations in Syria (including opposition-held areas)
Donations go towards shelter, heaters and hot meals prepared by volunteers in northern Syria through the foundation’s office in Gaziantep, Turkey.
https://www.basmeh-zeitooneh.org/
Donate: https://www.justgiving.com/page/turkey-earthquake/
BTF: Bridge To Türkiye Fund
Non-profit organisation based in the USA focusing on social welfare in Turkey.
100% of the funds collected by BTF for earthquake relief will be disbursed to Ahbap and other local partners.
Donate: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/bridge-to-turkiye/kahramanmaras-earthquake-relief-fund
HIHFAD – Hand in hand for aid and development
Registered charity in the UK (charity number 1176805) focusing on social welfare in Syria’s hardest hit areas.
Donations will help with the purchase of fuel for medical facilities, equipped tents, and hot meals.
Donate: https://hihfad.enthuse.com/cf/emergency-syria-earthquake-appeal
HURRAS NETWORK: Syrian child protection network
Non-profit organisation based in Turkey and operating in Syria (including opposition-held areas)
Donations will support the protection and psycho-social care of Syrian children effected by the earthquake.
https://legal-sy.org/hurras-network/
Donate: https://childguardians.enthuse.com/emergencyearthquakeappealsyria#!/
KAHEV: Kadın Hekimler Eğitime Destek Vakfı
Women Physicians Education Support Foundation
Supporting students by providing scholarships and material support.
Donate: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/bridge-to-turkiye/btf-friends-of-kahev
MOLHAM TEAM
Non-profit organisation based in Turkey and Germany, focusing on delivering aid to those in need in Syria.
Donations help provide accommodation for displaced families, mainly in opposition-held areas of northern Syria.
https://molhamteam.com/en/wecan
Donate: https://molhamteam.com/en/campaigns/439
NEEDS MAP
Non-profit social cooperative that brings people in need together with individuals, institutions and organisations that want to help.
Donate: https://fonzip.com/ihtiyacharitasi/afet-haritasi-deprem-yardim-kampanyasi?currency=USD
NUDAY SYRIA
Non-profit organisation based in the USA focusing on securing aid for women and children affected by humanitarian crises worldwide.
Donations provide food baskets, winter equipment, and emergency shelter especially to vulnerable women and children in Syria.
Donate: https://donate.nudaysyria.org/give/228986/#!/donation/checkout
ONE RENT – ONE HOME
Earthquake Housing Aid Campaign led by Izmir Municipality
Donate: https://birkirabiryuva.izmir.bel.tr
OXFAM
Registered charity in the UK (charity number 202918). In Turkey, donations are managed by KEDV (Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work). In Syria, Oxfam works with the Syrian Society for Social Development and local partners in Aleppo.
Donations will provide shelter, winter kits, food, water, and hygiene. Donations will also go towards community-led recovery.
Donate: https://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-action/current-emergencies/turkey-and-syria-earthquake-appeal/
PROJECT CATE: Child Amputees of Türkiye Earthquake
Support efforts to provide prosthesis, physical therapy and long-term education
https://bridgetoturkiye.org/help-the-child-amputees-of-turkiye-earthquake-project-cate/
SUPPORT TO LIFE
Independent non-profit humanitarian NGO that aims to help disaster-stricken communities with their basic needs and rights.
Donations will support coordination, need analysis, and emergency aid alongside tents, winter kits, heating, and cooking equipment.
Donate: https://www.supporttolife.org/donate/
TEV UK: Turkish Education Foundation UK
Registered charity in the UK (charity number 1193047)
Donations will provide additional scholarships and laptops to secondary school and university students from the affected region.
Donate: https://tev.org.uk/eduquake/
TİKAV: Türkiye İnsan Kaynakları Eğitim ve Sağlık Vakfı
Human Resources Education and Health Foundation of Turkey
Providing 1000 university scholarships to earthquake survivors
Donate: https://tikav.org.tr/bagis-secenekleri
TOKTUT
Non-profit NGO providing hot meals to earthquake victims.
Donate: https://www.toktut.org/aid
TOPRAKTAN TABAĞA
Cooperative supporting use of local products.
Prepares and distributes hot meals in the earthquake zone
Donate: https://www.topraktantabaga.com.tr/en
TÜRK EĞİTİM VAKFI
Turkish Education Foundation
Keep Them in School – 2023 Scholarship Fund helps earthquake survivor students continue their education.
https://www.tev.org.tr/homepage/en
Donate: https://donation.tev.org.tr/scholarship-fund-donation?q=48552&k=17232
TURKEY MOZAIK FOUNDATION
Registered charity in the UK (charity number 1174968) focusing on social welfare in Turkey. Donations go to Support to Life, Needs Map, TOKTUT, and AKUT.
Donate: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/kahramanmarasearthquake
TURKISH PHILANTHROPY FUNDS
U.S. community foundation for high-impact social investments dedicated to Turkish and Turkish-American communities. Donations go to AKUT, Needs Map, Support to Life, TOG, Ahbap, CYDD, KAMER, Payda.
Donate: https://donate.tpfund.org/give/465112/#!/donation/checkout
UCİM: Saadet Öğretmen Çocuk İstismari ile Mücadele Derneği
Association combating against child abuse
Helping children in the earthquake zone by providing psychological support
Donate: https://fonzip.com/ucim/bagis
UMUT HAREKETİ
Earthquake Aid Campaign led by Izmir Municipality
All donations will be matched by Izmir Municipality on a 1:1 ratio.
Donate: https://umuthareketi.izmir.bel.tr
UNION OF MEDICAL RELIEF AND CARE ORGANISATIONS
Coalition of humanitarian medical organisations from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, and Turkey, with the main office in France
Donations support the provision of medical aid and consumables, ambulance system, mobile clinics, shelters, health services and facilities in northwest Syria.
In the UK, donations are collected by the Syrian British Medical Society
Donate: https://uossm.us/earthquake-relief_int/
VIOLET
Syrian humanitarian organisation registered in Turkey, operating in Northwest Syria
Donate: https://violetsyria.org/en/response-to-the-earthquake-in-syria-and-turkey/
WHITE HELMETS
Syria Civil Defence
Volunteer organisation in opposition-controlled areas of Syria.
Donations go towards the rehabilitation of earthquake victims in northern Syria.
Donate: https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/
