Where to donate for earthquake? If you are looking for the answer to the question and want to provide earthquake relief, we tell you how to donate without falling into the trap of fraudsters.
After the earthquake, the epicenter of which was Kahramanmaraş, Turkey is trying to heal its wounds. While everyone is doing their own thing and trying to support, malicious thieves also earthquake relief does not stand still under its name. In this content, we will share information so that you can get your help to the right point. Also, if you want to improve this information, please share it with us in the comments.
Let earthquake aid fall into the right hands
We came together to heal the wounds of the earthquake disaster that deeply affected our country and neighboring Syria. While institutions such as AFAD and Ahbap and aid associations made an effort to deliver the aid they received to those in need at full speed, fraudsters began to roam around. We share below the methods we have seen so far of these people who have tried many ways to defraud.
Why donate?
all here Some online virtual markets, such as these, organize their own work to help. They deliver the products you buy directly to the areas of need, free of charge, without paying any dividends.
However, there is also a statement from The Dude: “While you pay 200 TL for a blanket, we can buy thousands of them together for 50 TL”. For this reason, you should pay attention to points like this when donating. When you send one blanket, your number of shipments will reach four.
Where should earthquake donation be made?
Our primary recommendation here will of course be AFAD, as it is an official state institution. Donations are collected via bank transfer and SMS. Our citizens can donate 20 TL to AFAD by typing “EARTHQUAKE” and sending an SMS to 1866, or 15 TL to the Red Crescent by typing “AFET” and sending it to 2868.
Institutions such as Akut, Ahbap and Kızılay also strive to collect donations and deliver them to relevant points. If you are going to donate to other people, please do not forget to do your research.
Other organizations may also collect donations. Regarding donations from the Ministry of Interior The following statement was made in the statement:
“Article 6 of the Law on real persons, associations, institutions, foundations, sports clubs, newspapers and magazines in order to realize their purposes, to provide aid to the needy, and to perform or support one or more of the public services in accordance with the public interest in the Aid Collection Law No. 2860. It is regulated that they can collect aid provided that they get permission from the competent authorities.
In order for real persons, institutions, associations and foundations to collect money by declaring a bank account or in return for a receipt, they must act in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
There are also those who collect donations through their personal efforts on Twitch. We wrote in our previous news that Hasan Abi collected $550,000.
aid collection centers
In big cities such as Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Antalya, there are help centers established by municipalities. Not only in monetary terms, but also the materials needed to be delivered to the region are organized in these regions, loaded on trucks and trucks, and delivered to disaster areas.
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality aid collection centers
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality aid collection centers
The list of needs to be delivered to the disaster area:
- Blanket
- diapers
- adult diaper
- underwear
- Underwear
- Baby/Child/Adult clothing
- portable charger
- Scarf – Beret
- Heater
- Sleeping Bag
- Flashlight
- This
- Wet wipes
- Sanitary pad
- first aid supplies
- coats
- Boots
- empty parcel
Fraud methods
- Those who collect money under the name of aid: Pay special attention to those who collect donations on behalf of AFAD and Ahbap. Both receive their donations via bank transfer. For this reason, for your help to reach only AFAD Bank Transfer And Dude Bank Transfer There is a benefit in using your accounts. Until now, we have not received any information such as a fundraising center created by official authorities. Make sure to transfer your donations with the information you will obtain on the website of the relevant institution. For this reason, we do not share their information such as IBAN etc. here.
- Evacuation: Beware of those who tell you to evacuate your home urgently, using the names of organizations such as AFAD, Akut, Kızılay and Ahbap. They are in no way the employees of the relevant institutions.
- Interfering with Google search results and social media platforms: This is one of the most troubling points. We usually call our calls “Earthquake aid”, “Where to donate for earthquake?” or “How to donate for an earthquake?” Since it is in the form of fraudsters, they also advertise to Google using the name of the relevant institutions and thus steal your credit card information, etc. In any way, if you come across an ad and click on it as a result of the search, it is useful to check the link you went to.
Everyone is needed for help
Dear Merlin, we believe that all of you are making every effort to do more than you can. Especially due to the winter months we are in, more help is needed. For this reason, “What is the use of 3-5 liras that I will send?” Don’t think so. Because when they all come together, they reach very useful figures.