Latest statistics of (We Sympathize With You) campaign in Sulaymaniyah

Kurdistan 11:09 AM - 2023-02-11

Sulaymaniyah citizens donate money and supplies to Syria and Turkey earthquake victims.

Kurdsat Broadcasting Corporation organized the (We Sympathize With You) campaign to collect supplies and aid for northern and western (Rojava) Kurdistan in collaboration with the Amnasuraka Museum, Kurdistan Save the Children, and Horizon Relief Organization, which is scheduled to end today, February 11, 2023.

According to the most recent statistics available on the Shafafiat website, as of today, the fourth day of the campaign, almost 390 million Iraqi dinars, and nearly 133 thousand dollars have been raised for earthquake victims.

Furthermore, the following items were gathered for the victims:
426 heating devices
180 pieces of assistive technology
13800 items of medical equipment
215 tents
37 pieces of kid's toys
27334 kg of food 
11768 rugs and blankets
9435 garments 
454 children supplies
2572 bottles and baby formula

Besides that, on the third day of the campaign, donations were 180 million Iraqi dinars and 110 thousand dollars, whereas, on the second day, the totals were 51 million Iraqi dinars, 3,850 dollars, and 200 pounds.

The number of earthquake victims is steadily rising. There have been 20,665 fatalities and 80,088 injuries in Turkey and North Kurdistan.

Meanwhile, the death toll in Rojava and Syria has risen to 6,000 and the number of injured to 56,000.

Numerous towns in Turkey and Syria were shaken by an earthquake with a Richter scale rating of 7.4 at daybreak on February 6, 2023, leaving hundreds dead and injured.


Translated from Kurdish and edited by Besha Jawhar, Additional editing by Zareena Younis
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