The United States committed an additional $50 million in urgent humanitarian assistance to help earthquake-affected communities in Türkiye and Syria. “The announcement comes nearly six weeks after the worst earthquakes in the region in nearly a century devastated communities in Türkiye and Syria,” says the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in a release.
“More than 50,000 people have died, at least 3 million have lost their homes, and hundreds of thousands of buildings have been damaged or destroyed in both countries,” the USAID added. This new aid brings total U.S. humanitarian assistance to support the earthquake response to $235 million.
“With this additional humanitarian assistance, USAID partners are expanding existing deliveries of food, relief items, shelter, safe water, and sanitation to reach millions in Türkiye and Syria, as many affected people continue to live in temporary shelters and lack basic everyday necessities due to damage to their homes,” the release read. “The newly announced funding is supporting USAID humanitarian partners in northwest and central Syria to scale up food assistance, emergency health services, shelter and relief commodities, and water and sanitation support to meet immediate needs of earthquake-affected communities,” it added.
In Türkiye, this additional assistance, provided as part of the U.S. government’s response to the Turkish government’s request for assistance, is supporting USAID humanitarian partners in addressing the most critical needs of earthquake-affected populations, particularly in hard-to-reach areas. “This funding is helping partners to distribute urgent food assistance, multi-purpose cash assistance, and relief supplies, as well as to provide psychosocial support services and water, sanitation, and hygiene support as the emergency response transitions to address persistent needs”, the same source pointed out.
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