Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey are causing a humanitarian crisis of colossal proportions. The provisional balance of victims to date speaks of 11,100 dead and 56,000 injuredalthough the final number will unfortunately be higher due to the number of those who disappeared under the rubble.

Rescue teams are working on the ground to try to save as many people as possible, although the hope of finding them alive is diminishing by the hour. With this type of tragedy, time is of the essence, and after the first 72 hours the odds diminish. In addition, there are emergency locations that are difficult to reach, and sub-zero night temperatures with snow storms are an additional punishment for rescuers and victims.

While the greatest urgency is to save the survivors, we cannot forget the thousands of people who have lost their homes and who are crowding the camps that are being created to shelter them. and lack of everything. Turkey does not have enough resources and what can we say about Syria, a country that has been in a terrible civil war for more than a decade. To these must be added more than 400,000 Palestinian refugees living in refugee camps in Syria, some in areas affected by the earthquake.

Help people affected by the earthquake in Syria and Turkey

Fortunately, the international community is turning to sending both human and material resources, but that being said, everything is and will be needed in the devastated areas. If you want to work together, we’ll let you know some of the main organizations that are channeling help. We can do this on their website, through account deposits or by phone.

Emergency Committee. Six NGOs (SOS Children’s Villages, Educo, Médicos del Mundo, Oxfam Intermón, Plan International and World Vision) joined together to provide a faster and more organized response.

• Bizum code 02076
• Conversion to ES24 2100 5731 7202 0035 4082
• Free phone: 900 595 216
• SMS with the word ‘TOGETHER’ to the number 28014

UNICEF Spain

• Santander Account: ES67 0049 0001 59 2810100005
• Free Tef: 900 907 500

Doctors Without Borders

• BISUM code: 02707
• Caixabank: ES57 2100 3063 99 2200110010
• Santander: ES31 0049 1806 95 2811869099

Save the children

• BISUM code: 33357
• Santander: ES50 0049 1837 5422 1024 9123

AAPS. Association for the support of the Syrian people. A Spanish NGO that has built a humanitarian bridge since the horrific war in 2011 has caused the death and displacement of millions of Syrians.

• BISUM code: 05169
• Telephone 623 189 094
• Bank: ES04 2080 3505 3130 4005 5721

Note: Be careful with tools

You cannot be more unfortunate and inhumane than to take advantage of these types of tragedies and pocket the help that sensitive citizens provide. But there’s everything… Bitdefender has warned against malicious malware campaigns that use phishing techniques to ask for cryptocurrency donations via email. Of course, the money never reaches the victims. Friend, never reply to these messages and use official channels like the ones we listed for you.