Turkiye and Syria Earthquake
Our appeal has now closed, but our members are still on the ground delivering humanitarian assistance. Please donate to EAA members using the links below.
Key facts
$2.35 million
dollars raised
2.5 million
children in need of assistance in Turkiye
3.3 million
food insecure people in Syria
2 million
internally displaced people living in camps in Syria
Our members are still responding with lifesaving aid
Three years later, with many families still living in tents or shipping containers, EAA Members continue to support people with everyday lifesaving support, such as distribution of cash vouchers so people can regain their independence and buy the basic supplies they need.
Child-friendly areas in camps are providing children with a safe place to play and socialise, and community spaces for women are allowing them to work together to improve living conditions and continue restoring some normality to their lives.
You can still contribute to our members appeals listed below:
Act for Peace, Australia for UNHCR, ActionAid, ADRA, ALWS, Baptist World Aid, CARE Australia, Caritas Australia, Oxfam, Plan International Australia
How your donations are helping
EAA members are responding to the emergency in a range of different humanitarian aid activities. This chart provides an indication of the areas in which our members are providing assistance using the funds raised by the EAA appeal.
The information in this chart has been consolidated from the final reconciliation reports of responding EAA members. All funds from the EAA appeal have now been expended. Find out more in our Final Impact Report
Read the report
Your donations have enabled our members to provide lifesaving humanitarian aid to those in need. Read more about how your contributions have helped.
What happened during the Turkiye-Syria earthquakes?
On the 6th of February 2023, a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked large areas of Türkiye* and neighbouring Syria, killing tens of thousands and injuring more than a hundred thousand people. Millions of people have been displaced including more than 6.8 million people who were already internally displaced within Syria prior to the earthquake.
Emergency Action Alliance’s Impactful Response
One day after the first earthquake, Emergency Action Alliance (EAA) launched an appeal for the disaster. Together, we raised over $2.3 million in disaster relief funds for the people affected, with the support from our media partners ABC and SBS.
Emergency Action Alliance charities and their local partners were among the first responders providing urgent aid. Following the search and rescue operations, the immediate priorities were access to healthcare, shelter for those who lost their homes, heating in safe spaces, blankets, warm clothes, and ensuring people had food and clean water.
The disaster took place in the middle of a freezing winter, adding even greater urgency to the relief efforts and to the provision of core relief items including blankets, hygiene and kitchen items, and solar lamps.
Without the support of our generous donors, many people would not have received critical lifesaving assistance in their greatest time of need.
