government has sent search and rescue crews to Türkiye and Syria and announced $85 million in emergency assistance, people across the United States are raising money and donating supplies to support long-term recovery from the earthquake.
“If we can help in some way, that is what we should do.” A man loads boxes of donations near the Freerange Market in Medford, Massachusetts, where people are collecting supplies for earthquake survivors. “When you see people suffering, it doesn’t matter who you are or where you are,” she told CBS. In nearby Norwood, Valentina Akyol uses her restaurant’s catering vans to collect donations, including warm clothes and baby formula. “It is just people getting together, neighbor telling neighbor, friend telling friend,” Emre told CBS News Boston. Hundreds of people have donated more than 20 truckloads of supplies that have been shipped to Türkiye, according to the market’s owner, Cenk Emre. The supplies are headed to survivors of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit southeastern Türkiye and northern Syria on February 6. In Medford, Massachusetts, boxes of winter clothing, baby formula, hygiene products and other supplies pile up at the Freerange Market, a gathering place for Turkish immigrants near Boston. have received 150 tons of donations, according to the Associated Press. Türkiye’s embassy and consulates in the U.S.
rush to aid Türkiye, SyriaĪ volunteer sorts donations for earthquake victims at the Turkish Embassy in Washington on February 10.
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