Tag: EARTHQUAKE TURKEY AND SYRIA
Ramazan helped with construction after earthquake in Turkey and Syria: ‘Still a mess’
In his family’s village, Körkün, near Gaziantep, the damage was relatively minor. Seven houses and the mosque had collapsed, but fortunately there were no fatalities. But there too, villagers still…
Amersfoort donates 1 euro per inhabitant for earthquake victims
Amersfoort – The municipality of Amersfoort transfers an amount of 160,000 euros to Giro555. That is one euro per inhabitant. With this decision, the municipality follows a large number of…
Jules (11) and Jens (13) sell real Limburg pies for Giro555
Their entrepreneurship has not gone unnoticed by the friends of the brothers. “Friends now call me vlaaienmans”, says Jules. Jen’s friends find it especially “funny that he is so busy…
Utrecht for 555: stew-drive-thru, mosques in action and a call team in Oog in Al
Behind Giro555 are many aid organizations. One of them is Church in Action. That club has its own call team in the Utrecht neighborhood of Oog in Al, in the…
Bingo and stew: Utrecht in action for Giro555
The National Action Day of Giro555 will start at 5.55 am in the action center in Sound & Vision in Hilversum. NPO FunX is then the action channel and broadcasts…
Firas from Houten feels powerless after the earthquakes in his homeland: ‘There are still living people under the rubble’
Firas Mamo is still asleep on Monday morning when his phone rings. It’s his father. Firas lives in Houten, but a large part of his family and friends live in…
Zeist donates 1 euro per inhabitant for aid to earthquake areas: ‘It is an unimaginable disaster’
In addition to the amount of money that the municipality transfers, the flag on the town hall will also hang at half-mast from today. This will remain the case during…