Our hearts are with our colleagues in Turkey and Syria, and their extended families and loved ones who are experiencing incredible pain at this time. As scholars of the built environment, and as an academic community of care and solidarity, we stand in support of the peoples of the region as they grapple with the aftermaths of the catastrophic earthquakes. Along with the SAH, we encourage our members to support individuals, families and children dealing with this crisis. We hope to help avoid a looming second disaster for the survivors who have lost their loved ones, homes, livelihoods and have suffered injuries while lacking basic necessities against a backdrop of freezing temperatures. Below are links to directly support relief efforts.
Turkish and Syrian Aid Campaigns:
Turkish Philanthropy Funds (provides emergency relief & supports front-line workers, registered in the U.S. & tax-exempt in the U.S.)
Turkey Mozaik Foundation (provides emergency relief, registered in the U.K.)
AKUT (voluntary non-governmental search & rescue organization registered in Turkey)
Support to Life (provides emergency relief & focuses on rebuilding efforts, registered in Turkey)
Ahbap Association (grassroots organization providing emergency relief registered in Turkey)
The EBRD Community Initiative (committed to match donations on a 1:1 basis, initiated by a group of employees of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
Research Institute of Turkey (RIT) (a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the U.S. that provides emergency relief & support to directly help the survivors and local organizations)
Molham Team for Syria
Heyva Sor the Kurdish Red Crecent
Canadian Aid Organizations:
Until February 22, the Government of Canada will match donations from individuals to the Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria Appeal
Canadian Red Cross (collaborates with the Turkish Red Crescent and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Canada
Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations Canada
Humanitarian Coalition (coalition consisting of 12 Canadian international aid agencies has a campaign for earthquake relief in the region)
CanadaHelps.org (an umbrella platform where you can choose from a number of Canadian organizations to donate for earthquake relief in the region)