BCK sent over 24 tons of humanitarian aid to the victims of the catastrophic earthquake of February 6, 2023 in Syria.

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The aid, distributed in 4 trucks, is organized in partnership with DG PBZN and the EC Emergency Response Coordination Center.

It contains material donations from Bulgarian citizens and companies collected under the National Campaign to help the victims of the earthquake. 

Today, the loading of an additional nearly 33 tons of material donations, again from the BRC National Campaign, has begun, which are expected to depart on March 16, 2023 by cargo plane to the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

There, the shipment will be unloaded by representatives of the Lebanese Red Cross and transported by humanitarian convoy to Syria.

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On Syrian territory, the humanitarian aid from the BRC will be taken over by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, which has access to all affected territories and will provide the items donated by Bulgarian citizens and companies to those in need.

To date, the Bulgarian Red Cross has provided material donations for Turkey and Syria from its disaster reserve worth nearly 310,000 euros, as well as 224 boxes of donations for Turkey from the National Campaign to Aid Earthquake Victims.

The earthquake in Turkey and Syria

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