[DONATION] A donation campaign for the natural disaster happened in Turkey

[CLS63]

Hello everyone. I hope that I have opened the subject in the right place. Friends, the biggest earthquake in history happened in Turkey which is the country I live in. And unfortunately we have got the information that thousands of people have died. As the time goes on we see the affect of the natural disaster more. We see cities literally falling to pieces completely. We still can't reach our acquaintances living in the area although there have been many hours passed.

Besides people in the area have to deal with the freezing cold now. Therefore I think we can start an aid campaign on the forum to help the people in the area to get blankets, food and tents at least.



Some shots from the earthquake area...


https://www.hizliresim.com/qf9aol4

https://www.hizliresim.com/hlj82fn

https://www.hizliresim.com/7iq9hkm



The moment of a building falling down

A mother whose children are trapped in the wreckage is calling for help

The final situation of the citizens who have got out of a dispensary

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[CLS63]

If we can collect the needed donation I'm going to prove all the help done with any kind of receipt, photo and document. I'm open for any suggestions, thank you.

[meser#]

Thank you for your effort @CLS63 👏👏 I've already make donation to AFAD early in the morning. And also we are working together to collect cold weather clothes, shoes etc and we will send as soon as possible. Its really terrible situation for whom living in there. 2 big eartquicks in a day. I hope everything goes well

[CLS63]

Thank you for your effort @CLS63 👏👏 I've already make donation to AFAD early in the morning. And also we are working together to collect cold weather clothes, shoes etc and we will send as soon as possible. Its really terrible situation for whom living in there. 2 big eartquicks in a day. I hope everything goes well

Thank you very much. I hope we can create an activity that can be helpful for the lives of the people even a little here. I have also personally done something to help. Besides if we can get the necessary attention here I'm going to donate my earning from the signature campaign I'm in as well.

By the way if you would like to make a donation to foundations through your bank accounts directly instead of cryptocurrencies: https://twitter.com/AFADBaskanlik/status/1622557837585969153

[AnonBitCoiner]

If we can collect the needed donation I'm going to prove all the help done with any kind of receipt, photo and document. I'm open for any suggestions, thank you.

This is time to support Turkey an show human compassion. News is trending on all social media and It is very sad that there has been a lot of financial and human loss. Most of countries offers that they will send help from their country as soon as possible. Local people of Turkeys are also helping  as replied here some members which is positive movement and And support must be extended.

I recommend OP or any most Reputed member(Resident of affected area) to open thread like this in Services section to help Turkeys. We will support as much as we can. Turkey's President Tayyab Erdogan has appealed to the united nation for help. I think they should open the doors for Btc users to donate like Ukraine did in war.

[Doan9269]

If we can collect the needed donation I'm going to prove all the help done with any kind of receipt, photo and document. I'm open for any suggestions, thank you.

Thanks for bringing up such an ideal idea in helping those affected by the disaster, such is so deadly and unbearable for those who happens to be it victim, i couldn't hold it anymore when i was watching it live on the news earlier, i will also suggest that the funds should be mainly targeted on the affected citizens who had sustained injuries and lucky to be rescued, there could be a visit to their various hospitals, payment for their medical bills and provision of food items for the displaced.

[RaltcoinsB]

I am one of those who live very violently.  The earthquake woke us up at night in our sleep.  We tried to ensure the safety of my daughter, who is close to 2 years old, and moved to safe areas.  Since I was going to work 1 hour later, we felt the need to go back to the building and collect our belongings.  I can say that I have close friends participating in the search efforts since yesterday and the situation is worse than it seems.  Especially since 2 large state hospitals were destroyed in the city of Hatay, those who were injured and died in the earthquake are transferred from the port to the city of Mersin by ships.  A relative of my wife works in Kahramanmaraş and our minds are there.  Adverse weather conditions greatly affect the work.  In Kahramanmaraş, there is an air temperature that goes down to minus 10 degrees at night.  This is the most unfavorable situation that also affects the volunteer helpers.  Searches are generally tried to be made by human power.  Many of my colleagues in Turkey Police officers were sent to the region as reinforcements.  There are problems such as electricity, natural gas, drinking water.  That's why this issue is so important.  There was a flood disaster in Pakistan, which I remember recently.  Apart from that, it was one of the most effective disasters.  Two of the biggest earthquakes in Turkey's history occurred within 9 hours of each other.  I hope it doesn't happen again.  If there are new developments, I will try to write, but right now people are completely focused on the region.

[Plaguedeath]

I don't see any Bitcoin address, do you know if there's a charity accept Bitcoin or you're want to become a volunteer? I think it's need few trusted pmembers on your local section such like EFS, Bthd, etc to be a part of controlling the multisig wallet.

The only want I need to add is, better for you to directly distribute the donation to the affected people/family rather than giving a money to a charity company because it's not really transparent and forum members wouldn't see if their money are used for good.

I recommend OP or any most Reputed member(Resident of affected area) to open thread like this in Services section to help Turkeys.

If @OP is only want to accept donation, reputation section might be an appropriate section. But if he want to create a charity signature campaign, then he can post it on service section.

[Zlantann]

God bless you OP. I saw the news and pictures, it was devastating and it will take decades for these cities to recover from the destruction. Your comments are simple and show some signs of integrity. Ensure you keep your records clean, asked Juventus and currently Manchester City about the importance of keeping records. The people of Turkey and Syria need our help and as a community we have to support them. I also expect a member from Syria to create a humanitarian thread. Staying in the cold without basic materials can be fatal. I pray your get the support you need.

[Bthd]

I don't see any Bitcoin address, do you know if there's a charity accept Bitcoin or you're want to become a volunteer? I think it's need few trusted pmembers on your local section such like EFS, Bthd, etc to be a part of controlling the multisig wallet.

The only want I need to add is, better for you to directly distribute the donation to the affected people/family rather than giving a money to a charity company because it's not really transparent and forum members wouldn't see if their money are used for good.

The situation is much worse than you know. More than 6,000 buildings have been damaged and this is only the detectable number. I estimate that 200 to 300 thousand people are under the rubble with a simple calculation.

Directly distributing the donation is not possible because of roads are damaged and It's very hard to going earthquake zone at the moment. Turkish charity platform Ahbap will share crypto deposit addresses today. It's community based so no trust problems.

Well known Turkish NFT artist Refik Anadol shared an ethereum wallet for donations. He will exchange the money and send to AFAD and Ahbap.

Dear friends, ETH wallet to support people in earthquake region. This funds will help so much for people under massive challenges in the most cold days. Hope we can gather together a strong support in web3 community! Thank you! 0xEd67922e36eD2422d391306f6f6ECC19d58EAa4f

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/refikanadol/status/1622623521104089090

[EFS]

NGOs are working hard, but there appears to be a general lack of organization. Two earthquakes of this magnitude and width make it difficult to reach everywhere.
Converting crypto donations to TL individually may be difficult due to regulations.

Ahbap said they don't accept crypto donations. I don't see any news about that since this tweet: https://twitter.com/ahbap/status/1622651956647821315

[CLS63]

NGOs are working hard, but there appears to be a general lack of organization. Two earthquakes of this magnitude and width make it difficult to reach everywhere.
Converting crypto donations to TL individually may be difficult due to regulations.

Ahbap said they don't accept crypto donations. I don't see any news about that since this tweet: https://twitter.com/ahbap/status/1622651956647821315

"Hi fellas, I would like to thank the support of EFS and BTHD on this catastrophic earthquake in Eastern Turkey. @haluklevent, a well-trusted name in Turkey, just shared a BEP20 wallet address for donations. After this, there is no longer any point for anyone to collect donations personally, so if you want to help earthquake victims in Turkey, you can make your donations comfortably to the following address."

https://twitter.com/haluklevent/status/1622913175409623041

*BEP20 Wallet Address:*
0xB67705398fEd380a1CE02e77095fed64f8aCe463

[EFS]

https://twitter.com/haluklevent/status/1622913175409623041

*BEP20 Wallet Address:*
0xB67705398fEd380a1CE02e77095fed64f8aCe463

I can confirm that this is the most reliable donation address for the biggest NGO here. Although it's only for BEP20 transactions more than 100k USD was raised already in less than 40 minutes. Because of the limitations I mentioned they created this address with special permission from MASAK. We also made a suggestion to open a Bitcoin wallet. If it's accepted, we will share that address here.

[Z-tight]

This is very sad to watch, i saw a little of what happened while i was watching T.V yesterday, and to be honest this is really a bad time for those who have been affected by this natural disaster, i hope those who are still alive and stuck under the rubble would be found too and medical help will be provided for them. Thank you for bringing this here for people who haven't found a way to donate to those affected, i am sure myself and other members here would also send our own little contributions to help. My heart goes out to the people of Turkey and Syria, and i would be praying for them.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

I can remember having such donations likewise in the critical situations like during the war and when there's a pandemic outbreak of disease like that of the covid and so on, we saw how people come out to support and donate in various forms while those that could make it to be present where there live to assist others, this is a good initiative for OP to have reason in same manners, it's encouraging to see men having the heart of reaching out to those in need, they never planned for it nor saw it coming and alot of asset and many lives had gone through this already, please make a time to time updates on your every moves over there so that the nearby bitcointalk community members could join in physical for those around the visinity for more rescue and reaching out.

[CLS63]

Lastly if it will help, hilariousandco can move the topic to the place he wishes. I've added the related tweet by Haluk Levent into the OP. Thanks very much to every friend who will help. I hope we can be helpful for earthquake victims as the Bitcointalk family even a little. 

[xzone]

Haluk Levent and AHBAP are one of the most reliable and important persons and institutions in Türkiye. You can totally trust. For many years they have been trying to help every person in need, they always give support.
Unfortunately, Türkiye is going through very difficult times. People really need help right now. I'm sure there will be people who want to donate on the forum as well

[Plaguedeath]

Lol the thread is comeback, it was deleted before

[karabiber]

My country is going through very difficult times. It will take many years to forget this pain. We did not learn from the 1999 earthquake and we cannot act against devastating earthquakes. Iskenderun, the country's most important port, is still on fire.  People have been in the rubble for hours and cannot be helped. Now we must do whatever we can.

To donate blood you can reach the nearest blood donation point here
https://www.kanver.org/KanHizmetleri/KanBagisiNoktalari

You can donate to STK
https://ahbap.org

To volunteer in earthquake zones
https://www.tog.org.tr

For free accommodation
https://www.otelz.com/gecmisolsunturkiyem

[eightdots]

Haluk Levent and the AHBAP team have been reliably running aid campaigns for years.  From the moment the earthquake happened, they continue to work to help them as much as they can.  We need to support them in this.  Too many people need help.  Thank you to everyone who helped.

There is a big aid campaign and everyone is trying to provide whatever is missing to the earthquake affected areas.  We can get through such difficult days with less pain only if we act together.