Update from Turkey and Syria on our Earthquake Response

Here's what's happened since February.   [View online »]( [CARE](     [IMPACT](     Update from Turkey and Syria Earthquake Emergency Response   Four months ago, on February 6, a series of earthquakes hit southern Turkey and northern Syria impacting nearly 19 million people. In both countries, CARE mobilized an emergency response – supported by nearly 10,000 CARE donors – to support their immediate needs, recovery, mental and physical health, and the future they rebuild for themselves.    [Two young girls sitting, looking at camera and smiling.](   Here is some of what’s happened since February’s earthquakes:   • Families – many who lost loved ones, their homes, and all their belongings – relived the fear for months while 2,100 aftershocks continued to rock the region. CARE staff in Turkey and Syria shared the fear of returning home and, in their collective resilience, continued to serve the most vulnerable even as their own families experienced this crisis.   • To date in Syria, CARE has reached more than 572,800 people – 1,439 tents provided to displaced families, 8,400 kitchen sets distributed to enable families to cook their own food, and 14,800 hygiene kits providing essential items for women to care for their families.   • To date in Turkey, we’ve distributed 167,000 liters of bottled drinking water, 2,626 hygiene kits, 3,500 blankets and sets of warm clothes, and provided more than 300 families with kitchen kits – with plans to provide thousands more hygiene kits and food baskets to families in hard-to-reach areas.   • Access to healthcare services was challenging before the earthquakes. Afterward, health facilities were damaged, leaving people without access to services for months. CARE launched four mobile medical units to provide health consultations, nutrition services, water and sanitation assistance, and other services.   • We are ensuring women and girls, whose needs are often forgotten in times of crisis, have dignified access to sexual and reproductive health services through three clinics in Aleppo and Idlib. We support a maternity and pediatric hospital in Aleppo and three emergency obstetric and newborn care centers in Aleppo and Idlib provinces to protect the health and safety of mothers and their newborns.   Looking ahead:   • Access to health services must continue. An estimated 20,000 pregnant women in Turkey will need emergency obstetric care in the coming months, and thousands more will need maternal, neonatal, and infant health services.   • Mental health support is critical to help families recover from the trauma. In Northwest Syria, at least 1 million people need psychosocial support, but reportedly only 24 psychologists are in the area.   • Still, millions of people impacted by the quakes and millions more living in the region deserve the chance to rebuild their lives.   The earthquakes forever altered the lives of millions of people. CARE will continue to deliver critical aid and support women and families forced to rebuild their lives.   Support will be needed for years to come. [Please give to support this crisis response. Your gift will make an impact on pregnant women and displaced families in the months ahead.](   ​​“Given the scale of the disaster in Türkiye and Northwest Syria, it will take months and years to help people recover. We will do everything in our power to avoid the further deterioration of an already catastrophic situation, by helping people to return to safe homes and to rebuild their lives once again.” – Sherine Ibrahim, Country Director of CARE Türkiye     Your gift to CARE’s Turkey Syria Earthquakes Fund helps us to reach tens of thousands of vulnerable people with emergency food, hygiene items, health services, shelter, and much more.   At CARE, we take our commitment to steward your donations very seriously. In the case where donations for a particular appeal exceed what is needed or where local conditions prevent program implementation, we will redirect your dollars to families who urgently need humanitarian support because of war, hunger, or other crisis situations around the world.   [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter](   Text CARE to 227387 to receive SMS updates about your impact around the world. Give to [CARE.org]( 151 Ellis Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303-2420 CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice. We are known everywhere for our unshakeable commitment to the dignity of all people. [Get fewer emails from CARE or unsubscribe]( © 2023 CARE All Rights Reserved