URGENT! PLEASE DONATE AND THEN SHARE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN! This is the fundraiser I have started to help the people of my village who have been affected by the devastation following the Turkey/Syria earthquake. The first (7.8 magnitude) and second (7.6 magnitude) earthquakes have reduced the entire Polatdere area to rubble and debris. The majority of my village are farmers and elders who only have two road access to the village - one leading in and another leading out. Aid has been difficult to come by and we still need tents. We need money for food, heaters, water, clothes, fuel for cars, and to salvage our trucks and equipment for the upcoming spring.
Winter nights are deadly and tremors are frequent. All I ask is that you read the information on the GoFundMe page, donate what you can, and circulate this post as often as you’re willing. Please help us to face the uncertain future with your donation.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. I’d prefer donations via GoFundMe but I also have a paypal if you’d prefer. Please send a private message requesting my account details.
Thank you so much.
Once again, thank you all so much for the shares and reblogs. Please, only donate what you can, whether it’s £1 or £10 (any other currency is welcome), it means the world t me and my community.
There have been people willing to match donations for this fundraiser which would be phenomenal. Please, CONTINUE SHARING and DONATE WHAT YOU CAN, NO MATTER HOW LITTLE.
£660/£15,000 !!!
My aim is to donate at least £500 to each family, please help in any way that you can!
£1,010/£15,000 !!!!
This is incredible, thank you all so much for your efforts! I’ll be adding any offline donations that we receive as soon as I can to accuratey reflect everyone’s help. Two families’ lives will be forever changed thanks to you efforts! My gratitude is endless, I hope that you can keep up this support and kindness so we can reach our goal as soon as possible.
We’re a small village of Alevi Kurds, already disadvantaged by our ehtnicity and beliefs. This support is immense, I’m so thankful!
£1,505/£15,000 !!!!
We’re doing so well! Thank you all for your continued shares and contributions! This means I can send £500 to 3 families or £250 to 6 families. Many of my villagers have family in the nearby town of Dogansehir which has also been reduced to rubble and debris. I hope I can support both areas with your kindness.
Even if it’s only £1 you can donate, we’ll be closer to our goal. Thank you deeply <3
£2,000 !!! Thank you all so much!
I’ve been blown away by poeple’s support on here! It’s been great to know that people are able to share and donate where they can. GoFundMe doesn’t send donated money to your account right away so I’ve only been able to send a portion of the money to my family but it’s been a godsend already.
Once again, we are Kurdish Alevi farmers. Without our land and equipment, we have nothing. Please donate as much as you feel comfortable doing so and continue to share. ALL CURRENCIES can donate!!
There’s been another earthquake in Hatay (6.3 magnitude, with potential tidal waves following) and members of my family who were previously in accomodation with friends nearby have nowhere else to go. PLEASE continue to share and donate as much as you can.
£1 = ₺21 so every little amount you can donate in any currency makes a huge difference!
£2,330!! Thank you so much!
Donations have slowed down considerably but my family’s still in need of these funds! Please consider sharing with people you think can donate if you can’t do so yourself!