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We lost everything in the earthquake: help the Harbor settlement start over

The earthquake damaged 30 homes in the Harbor settlement. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.

🇹🇷 34004, Üsküdar, Istanbul, Türkiye956 views
Yağmur Erdoğan
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Üsküdar
The earthquake hit the Harbor settlement on 25 December. My home was one of 30 damaged, and 13 families are still in temporary shelter at the sports club. The first few days we shared what little we had. Now the cleanup has started, but we've no money for materials and winter or the rainy season is coming. Schools in the area have been closed, and the clinic lost its cold storage for vaccines. We're a small community of working families who have never asked for help before. We have formed a volunteer committee, and I'm the treasurer, so I'll post receipts for everything we buy. We buy supplies locally and in bulk, so the money goes further. Receipts and photos will be posted in updates. Where the $1,700 goes: • Clean water and purification supplies: $195 • Food parcels for displaced families: $350 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $175 • Roofing sheets and timber: $980 Every share and every dollar helps.

Updates from Yağmur

  1. Update from Üsküdar: I made the first payment toward clean water and purification supplies. We're at 21% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. 17% there. the plan for food parcels for displaced families is now scheduled. Thank you.

  3. We're at 15% thanks to 2 of you. the plan for bedding, blankets and mattresses is now scheduled. More news soon.

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Rajesh A. Rawat 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Noah M. Gutierrez 🇬🇧 · $5
  • Evgeny Ivan Boyko 🇷🇺 · $71
  • Ji-woo Bo-ra Min 🇰🇷 · $20.50

    “From Seoul with love.”

  • Marisol S. Zamora 🇪🇸 · $250
  • Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $10

    “Hope this helps. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Nakuru”

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  • thanks for sharing this. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Take care

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