These Singaporeans are doing whatever they can to help victims of the recent quakes in Türkiye and Syria, from raising funds to packing and transporting essential items like tents and warm clothes.
SINGAPORE: All it took to convince Mr Nuzulul Qadar that he needed to get involved in humanitarian efforts after a massive earthquake shook Türkiye and Syria was a call.
He and his friend drove 17 hours from Istanbul to Antakya, mainly because there were no flights at the time. “So I thought since we have a vehicle, why don't we take all these items, this aid, in the city centre to the villages? We managed to do a maximum of three trips per day, but that's the best we could do,” he said.
“We saw so many people leaving everything behind and just going down to help – like shop owners, they closed their shops and whatever they had, they took it with them and brought it to people. Those selling kebabs by the street gave them out for free,” he said.Adding to the demand for tents were the many people who had abandoned their homes, even though they were not destroyed in the quakes.
“But we made a deal with the owner. That he himself would send the supplies directly to the victims,” he said. “While there are tentmakers in Türkiye, the demand is enormous," she said."So anything from overseas ready supplies is a benefit."She set up the Türkiye Relief Initiative with several friends to raise funds to buy bulk-discounted tents directly from China and have them sent to Türkiye.
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