The United Nations has announced a $25 million emergency grant in response to the earthquakes that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria to bolster the emergency humanitarian response.
The United Nations said in a statement that this funding, provided by the United Nations Emergency Fund, will help provide urgent life-saving relief in the region.
“As the people of the region face the devastating effects of this tragedy, we want to say that they are not alone. The humanitarian community will support them every step of the way out of this crisis,” said Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths.
The Fund is one of the fastest and most efficient ways to ensure the delivery of much-needed humanitarian assistance to those in crisis. The fund was created in 2005 to enable humanitarian workers to provide urgent life-saving assistance wherever crises occur.
Turkey and Syria were hit by a devastating earthquake at dawn on Monday, which the World Health Organization has described as the strongest earthquake of this century in the region.
Updated data revealed a large number of deaths following a cluster of aftershocks following a major 7.8 Richter earthquake that exceeded 5,000 people in both countries.
