By order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias, the Crisis Management Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been activated for any necessary assistance to Greek citizens in the affected areas
Initiatives are being developed in almost every part of Greece to collect essential items and support agencies acting on the front line to relieve the Turks and Syrians who are facing the consequences of last Monday’s deadly earthquake.
As announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the coordination of the agencies for the delivery of humanitarian aid to affected areas of Turkey and Syria has been undertaken by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andreas Katsaniotis.
In addition, by order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias, the Crisis Management Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been activated for any necessary assistance to Greek citizens in the affected areas. Indicatively, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that the items collected are clothing for all ages, non-perishable food for adults, toddlers and infants, blankets, tents and medical supplies.
As expected, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees is already in the field and offers tents, blankets and personal hygiene items while inviting the citizens of Greece to contribute in kind or with money through its website (https://donate.unhcr.org/gr/el/turkiye- syria-earthquake-emergency), which is completely safe.
On Friday morning, his first humanitarian mission left Hellenic Red Cross with three trucks and a rescue vehicle, which will arrive in Gaziantep, Turkey, where, in coordination with the Turkish Red Crescent, around 40 tons of humanitarian aid will be delivered to provide immediate relief to people struggling to survive in the rubble of a lifetime.
Already in the first hours when the extent of the disaster became known, municipalities, international organizations active in our country and non-governmental organizations, the church and citizen collectives responded to the universal call to contribute to those who are suffering.
The Municipality of Athens immediately announced the collection of items in order to meet the urgent needs of the tens of thousands displaced by the deadly earthquake.
A similar initiative was taken by the Municipality of Thessaloniki, but also by the municipalities of Agios Anargyro-Kamaterou, Alimos, Acharna, Dionysos, Hellinikon-Argyroupoli, Ilioupoli, Ilio, Kaisariani, Kifissia, Kropia, Lykovrysi-Pefki, Megarea, Nea Smyrna, Paiana, Palaio Faliro. , Penteli, Peristeriou, Rafina-Pikermiou, Spaton-Artemida, Filothei-Psychikou, Chaidariou. As of Wednesday, the municipalities of Lavreotiki, Elefsina, Aigaleo, Nea Filadelfia, Metamorfosi, Heraklion, Byron, Vari-Voulas-Vouliagmeni, Kallithea, Moschato-Tavros, Nea Ionia, Papagou- Cholargo, Chalandri, Vrilissi, Amarousi, Petroupoli, Agia Varvara, Zografou, Dafni-Ymitto, Agios Dimitrios, Glyfada, Marathon, Pallini, Markopoulos and Saronikos.
The approximately 50 municipalities that participate in the solidarity chain have announced the items that citizens can offer, the times and places where they can make the delivery, on their websites.
Furthermore, the Church of Greece proceeds with the collection of humanitarian aid from Sunday 12th to Sunday 19th February, asking the faithful to contribute new blankets and quilts, bottled water, long-life milk, pasta, rice and pulses. However, solidarity knows no borders, so the Archdiocese of America and the Greek diaspora are collecting money for the earthquake victims.
As Archbishop of America Elpidophoros stated, “the goal of the Relief Fund of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese is to help both the immediate needs and the long-term consequences of the disasters caused by the deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Our Archdiocese will work with the International Humanitarian Organization International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) to identify reliable organizations to distribute aid.”
The “Doctors of the World” in cooperation with “Solidarity for All” they also collect basic clothing and food items for the Turkish, Kurdish and Syrian people. Teams of the international network of Doctors of the World are also already in both regions that have suffered mainly from the consequences of the earthquake, providing assistance to the tens of thousands of injured, who, unfortunately, are estimated to exceed 100 thousand.
The bank accounts that citizens can use to make donations to Doctors of the World with the reason “SEISMOS” are the following: National Bank of Greece, No. Account: 141/29611217, IBAN: GR27 0110 1410 0000 1412 9611 217 / SWIFT: ETHNGRAA and Piraeus Bank, No. Account: 5018-005706-640, IBAN: GR03 0172 0180 0050 1800 5706 640 / SWIFT: PIRBGRAA.
But Doctors Without Borders also makes an urgent appeal for the contribution of citizens who can visit the website https://msf.gr/epeigon to make a valuable donation. As announced by the international organization led by the Greek surgeon Christos Christou, the health facilities supported by Doctors Without Borders in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib had already received 3,465 wounded and 551 dead by Friday morning, creating enormous needs for resources. , as people arriving injured additionally need shelter, food, blankets, clothing, heating materials, hygiene kits and support in many ways to keep from collapsing under the weight of the enormity of loss.
Finally, O “Another human” once again he will be at the forefront of solidarity since his social kitchen will travel to Turkey, where they will deliver humanitarian aid to Adana and Antioch. The departure of the collective will take place on February 25 from the port of Piraeus to Kos and from there to Turkey, while the journey will continue by road.
The “Other Man” will stay in the field until March 11, while the items he collects include, among others, pacifiers, creams and milk for babies, warm clothes, blankets, cans and olive oil, generators and heaters, tents and generally everything , what can someone need to survive in the cold, without a home but with the hope that his fellow human beings stand by him, as proven by Greek men and women in every corner of the country.
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