Your generous donations will help provide hot meals, bread and fruits to survivors, victims and the needy in Hatay, Turkey. Sewa Canada International will match your donations for the first C$ 5,000 collected. Let’s do our part and do our best to be the light, the hope in Turkey and help save lives in the aftermath of the Earthquake.
Please DONATE generously. 100% of your donations will be transferred to the work on the ground. Donations are tax deductible in Canada.
Donations may also be made via cheque payable to “Sewa Canada International” and mailed to the address below. Please mention “Turkey Aid”
Address: P.O. Box 76621, 1661 Denison Street
Markham – ON, L3R 0N5
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Sewa Canada International Aid Inc is a registered Canadian charitable organization with over three decades of serving the world, including Disaster Relief projects.
Regular Updates from the Ground
Update #6 – 17th February 2023
Work continues on the ground serving up to1500 people everyday. Pictures of our volunteers getting ready to serve dinner this evening, as people begin to queue up….
Update #5 – 16th February 2023
Lines of the needy getting longer every day, as our Food For Life volunteers continue to serve up to 1500 people everyday for breakfast and dinner….in Antakya, Turkey.
Update from our volunteers on the ground…in Harbiye, Antakya…..serving survivors of the Earth quake for the last 5 days….breakfast and dinner up to 1500 people now
Update #4 – 15th February 2023
Continuing to serve 1300 meals every day. As word spreads, more people are seeking food at our station. Our volunteers peeling potatoes in progress for serving dinner today. The volunteers are hearing of spread of Cholera. Hence they are putting safeguards in place like using bottled water brought in from Istanbul, washing pots with bottled water and of course for cooking. Continuing to serve in adverse conditions….
Update #3 – 14th February 2023
Our volunteers continue to serve, start early at 6:00am, prepare, cook, serve the 100s of survivors who show up at their distribution point in Harbiye, near Antakya….serving selflessly.
14th Feb – Tuesday morning at Harbiye, near Antakya, our volunteers continue to feed the needy & survivors as they line up to be served. Serving over 1000 hot meals a day….
R & R for our Food For Life volunteers (from ISKCON Turkey & Hungary) on the ground serving in Turkey means…….some sleeping inside the truck…..half the team sleeping outside, next to a fire, in winter temperatures. They have a small generator for lights and limited heating in the truck. Security issues exist too. However, continuing to serve, overcoming adversity & challenges….
Update #2 – 13th February 2023
According to the United Nations, at least 870,000 people need food across Turkey and Syria. Our volunteers on the ground today in Turkey are doing just that- feeding as many survivors as they can. Check out videos of our volunteers cooking hot meals and feeding survivors in Habriye, near Antakya today. Menu was Hot Lentil soup, cheese, olives and bread. The target is to serve 800-1200 meals a day. Survivors from the local village and surrounding queued up for aid. Our volunteers served them in big cups and trying to serve as much as they like. With more help from donors, we can do more.
Update #1 – 12th February 2023
Volunteer team of Sewa Canada International Aid Inc.‘s partner organization “Food For Life” (ISKCON Turkey & Hungary) arrived to Antakya, Hatay province today by road with their truck loaded with equipment and materials to provide 800 to 1200 hot meals per day. In communication with governing local village headmen, they were directed to 3 nearby villages to setup cooking equipment to start food distribution. After unloading, the team has settled down for the night in a location called Harbiye for the night. Team will sleep in their sleeping bags around a wood fed drum heater or in the vehicles. No electricity, no water. They are expected to start cooking early tomorrow morning.
