Ken Noguchi, who has scaled the highest peaks of all seven continents, was in the Himalayas in 2015 when a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck.
Renowned Japanese mountaineer Ken Noguchi and his charity Peak Aid started a campaign to amass sleeping bags for quake victims, as icy weather continues to bite in the south-eastern regions of Turkiye, where two powerful earthquakes hit early last month.
Having survived Nepal, Mr Noguchi sought to aid victims of other natural disasters through his charity.To help quake victims in Turkiye keep warm, the alpinist reached out to the Japanese public through various media outlets for 1,000 sleeping bags. Monetary donations also poured in, and volunteers from across the country travelled to the aid centre to lend a hand by sorting and packing them for those who lost their homes more than 8,500km away.Some volunteers said they sympathised with Turkiye and Syria’s situation as Japan frequently experiences natural disasters.
Another volunteer, local tour guide Yoshiyuki Suzuki, said: “I won’t be able to do anything alone. I thought I could be of use by helping out in this way so I came.”
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