SINGAPORE - Singapore will donate US$100,000 (S$134,000) each to the Singapore Red Cross and to the United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Appeal for Syria to help the victims of the earthquakes in south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Singapore will donate US$100,000 each to the Singapore Red Cross and to the United Nations Humanitarian Appeal for Syria to help the victims of the earthquakes in south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria.has reached 50,000, with thousands more missing and at least six million left homeless as the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks turned many poorly constructed buildings into rubble.
“The contributions will support the ongoing humanitarian relief and reconstruction efforts in these two countries,” said Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday. “We hope that these contributions will help the peoples of Turkey and Syria recover from the aftermath of this devastating disaster.”
The UN Humanitarian Appeal for Syria was launched on Feb 14 with a total amount of US$397 million by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who said that the money would cover the provision of food, healthcare, shelter and protection for nearly five million Syrians over three months.in total earlier to the earthquake victims in both countries. It had also raised more than $3 million from Feb 8-13 through its fund-raising appeal, with individuals, companies and schools contributing to the pool.
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