Mercato Announced a Donation Campaign Together with UNHCR to Provide Emergency Relief to those affected by the Deadly Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria!

Relief items, including high-thermal blankets, are distributed to families staying at a mosque in the Suliman AlHalabi neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria. The mosque has been turned into a collective shelter after two earthquakes struck the region on 6 February. The 7.7 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck south-eastern Türkiye and northern Syria, killing nearly 20,000 people. UNHCR is distributing core relief items kits to 1,000 families in Aleppo. ; UNHCR is supporting relief efforts in Türkiye and Syria in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes on 6 February 2023. The disaster has struck a region that has been facing one of the world’s largest humanitarian emergencies, with Türkiye, the world’s largest refugee host country, accommodating more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees, and Syria having faced more than 12 years of crisis in which millions have been forced to flee and remain in need of humanitarian assistance. UNHCR is on the ground in Syria providing emergency supplies including high-thermal blankets, mattresses and other supplies, as severe winter storms sweep through the region. In Türkiye, UNHCR teams are assisting refugee and local populations alike in response to the government’s request to provide emergency assistance, and are providing kitchen sets, mattresses and tents.