The United States announced on Monday its intention to provide additional USD 50 million to support earthquake affected communities in Turkiye and Syria.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID), committed an additional USD 50 million in urgent humanitarian assistance to help earthquake-affected communities in Turkiye and Syria during an international donors' conference in Brussels, Belgium.
The announcement comes nearly six weeks after the worst earthquakes in the region in nearly a century-devastated community in Turkiye and Syria.
More than 50,000 people have died, at least 3 million have lost their homes, and hundreds of thousands of buildings have been damaged or destroyed in both countries.
Sarah Charles, the Assistant to the Administrator for USAID's Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, made today's announcement, bringing total US humanitarian assistance to support the earthquake response to USD 235 million.
With this additional humanitarian assistance, USAID partners are expanding existing deliveries of food, relief items, shelter, safe water, and sanitation to reach millions in Turkiye and Syria, as many affected people continue to live in temporary shelters and lack basic everyday necessities due to damage to their homes.
The newly announced funding is supporting USAID humanitarian partners in northwest and central Syria to scale up food assistance, emergency health services, shelter and relief commodities, and water and sanitation support to meet immediate needs of earthquake-affected communities.
In Turkiye, this additional assistance, provided as part of the US government's response to the Turkish government's request for assistance, is supporting USAID humanitarian partners in addressing the most critical needs of earthquake-affected populations, particularly in hard-to-reach areas.
Source: Kuwait News Agency