The 100-year-old earthquake hit the border between Turkey and Syria, severely damaging homes in the frigid climate.

(Photo credit: Medair, courtesy of Mustard Seed)

[Reporter Wu Baixuan/Taipei Report] A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the border between Turkey and Syria, killing more than 15,000 people in the two countries. Caring, donated 20,000 US dollars (600,000 Taiwan dollars) today (9th), and launched a fundraising project and donation platform to help the public bring love to the disaster area.

The Mustard Seed Association pointed out that on the day of the 7.8 earthquake, it immediately contacted Medair International Humanitarian Relief, which is headquartered in Switzerland. Raija-Liisa Schmidt-Teigen, director of the organization's long-term humanitarian relief program in Syria, said: "We are very worried about the people affected by the earthquake. Syrian families ... lost their homes after more than 10 years of crisis, a cold and rainy winter ... "

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Mustard Seed said that Medair was established in 1989 to carry out emergency humanitarian relief to various countries. It is also one of the few international organizations allowed to enter aid after the Syrian civil war. All personnel are safe. In addition to the current rescue work, the headquarters has also sent an emergency rescue team to the disaster area to make up for resource needs.

The Mustard Seed Association also donated 20,000 US dollars for emergency assistance, and launched a fundraising plan of 7 million Taiwan dollars in the first stage, which will provide material needs for emergency refuge and resettlement and emergency medical services, and follow-up cooperation plans for the resettlement of disaster victims as needed.

In addition, the Mustard Seed Association has also launched a fundraising campaign to open its service bases in New Taipei City, Hualien County, and Tainan City from now on. In accordance with the international United Nations humanitarian aid’s consideration of infectious diseases and the principle that everyone is equal in humanitarian aid, no second-hand items will be accepted. , as of February 15th, the disaster relief foundation will be transported to the disaster area by chartered plane.

Li Zhaojia, executive director of the Mustard Seed Association, said that this fundraising has invited partner churches and volunteers, and has also launched a fundraising campaign for long-term cooperative companies to collect necessities such as medicines. He hopes to gather more people to provide help and make transnational humanitarian assistance a national priority. action.