Inaugurated in 2003, Mercy Relief is Singapore's leading independent disaster relief agency providing timely and effective relief aid when disasters strike and post-disaster project management to sustain vulnerable communities across Asia Pacific, in the long term.

TURKEY EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

Mercy Relief, Singapore's leading independent disaster relief agency, is responding to the massive earthquake that hit Turkey.

One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country's south east region in twenty years shook residents from their sleep in the early hours of Monday 6 February, sending tremors as far away as Lebanon and Israel. To date, death toll is at least 5,894 people and increasing rapidly, with more than 15,800 injured. Rescuers are racing against time to pull survivors from the rubble in near freezing winter conditions. The epicenter of the 7.8-magnitude quake was 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi, in Turkey's Gaziantep province, at a depth of 24.1 kilometers (14.9 miles). 

Mercy Relief's emergency relief mission visited Turkiye in February to distribute emergency relief assistance through provision of hot meals, blankets, winter clothing to the worst affected and most vulnerable families. Follow up missions are being planned for this year.

Do email us at intouch@mercyrelief.org or call 6332-6320 if you would like to support. 

Our 20th Anniversary Impact Fund runs from 1st January till 31st December 2023. Continuous support from our donors has sharpened our operational readiness to respond to natural disasters, and deliver relief aid in disaster-stricken communities across Asia Pacific.

Please continue to support our 20th Anniversary Impact Fund.