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This is urgent: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria early Monday morning, causing widespread damage and more than 3,000 deaths across the region. This is a major humanitarian emergency — and it is devastating communities already pushed to the brink due to extreme food shortages and violent conflict. Mercy Corps teams are responding right now in Northwest Syria — and we need all the support our global community can offer. Please send an urgent gift to our Humanitarian Response Fund to help people in moments of crisis like this one. Mercy Corps’ Syria Country Director Kieren Barnes just sent this update: "Our colleagues in Northwest Syria reported that the situation is catastrophic, with the area affected by the earthquake being the center for over 1.8 million displaced Syrians who were already suffering after a decade of conflict in Syria. Already, 4.1 million people were going hungry in Northwest Syria and food insecurity has worsened since the war in Ukraine started." Mercy Corps is rapidly assessing needs and providing emergency water, sanitation, and hygiene support to people whose homes were affected by the earthquake.
Harim, Syria. People in Northwest Syria rush to a building that was damaged by the massive earthquake that struck the region on February 6, 2023.
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