Urgent donations request - Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal

More than 22K dead, 17M affected, experts warn the tremors could go on for weeks or months, with survivors seeking refuge from freezing temperatures

update your details unsubscribe Turkey Syria Earthquake Appeal This is an urgent appeal for assistance. Please circulate this appeal widely. Following the devastating earthquakes that have hit Turkey & NW Syria, Positive Action in Housing has launched a donations appeal amongst our members and wider support networks to contribute financially towards the wider relief effort to reach people affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The death toll has passed 22,000. 17 million people are estimated to be affected. Survivors forced to flee their homes face freezing winter conditions. Infrastructure is decimated, so people will struggle to find safe shelter, water and food. They desperately need blankets, emergency shelter, food and clean water. Defying the odds, rescue workers are finding people alive in the rubble more than 100 hours after the earthquakes. Experts have warned the tremors could continue for weeks or even months, with survivors on Wednesday continuing to seek refuge from future quakes and the freezing temperatures in mosques, schools, bus shelters and homemade tents, often burning debris to stay alive. Every donation raised from this appeal will go towards relief efforts on the ground. Any gift aid raised from this appeal will go to the Emergency Relief fund which directly supports war refugees with crisis support. Please donate now and save a life, using the donate button below. To donate in any other way outlined below, please make clear that your donation is for the Turkey-Syria earthquake Appeal. Read more here. Robina Qureshi Positive Action in Housing Donate How to give Donate securely via CAF, JustGiving or Paypal We can invoice you for your chosen amount. Just email home@positiveactionh.org Send cheque payable to Positive Action in Housing (Winter Appeal) and post to: Positive Action in Housing Ltd ‪98 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1PJ Bank transfers – email home@positiveactionh.org (Remember to fill in the gift aid form to add 25% to your donation at no extra cost). For other ways to give, visit www.positiveactionh.org/donate About the Lifeline Service In 2022, our Lifeline Service supported 1,737 destitute refugees and asylum seekers needing advice, shelter, and crisis support at crucial stages in the asylum process. Our Room for refugees Programme provided shelter through volunteer hosts for over 4,000 refugees from Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen. Our Ukraine Programme has so far sheltered over 500 Ukrainian refugee families. We distributed almost £100K from our Emergency Relief Fund – a genuine lifeline. These life-saving payments are primarily used for food, essential clothing, hygiene products, baby items, or travel required to access doctors, solicitors, or Home Office appointments. This year's winter appeal has so far benefited 530 beneficiaries (328 adults and 202 children) from 48 countries, including Iran, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Eritrea, Yemen, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Palestine, and Somalia. The annual appeal is supported by our supporters, individuals, social housing providers, trade unions, the EIS and its branches, the Quakers, the Iona Community and companies. This vital appeal directly helps refugees and asylum-seeking families get a little reprieve during this freezing weather when many services will shut down and strikes are expected. About us Positive Action in Housing is an independent, anti-racist homelessness and human rights charity (SC027577) dedicated to supporting women, children and men from refugee and migrant backgrounds to rebuild their lives. We believe in a society where everyone has the right to live safe and dignified lives, free from poverty, homelessness or inequality. Thousands of people have placed their trust in our fearless advocacy, casework, and campaigning since we started 27 years ago, turning to us in times of crisis, uncertainty, and hope. More than 2,000 supporters now donate to our humanitarian work. They are part of a growing worldwide movement defying governments' indifference to the global refugee crisis and inspired to take meaningful action by lending a helping hand to men, women and children risking their lives for a better future. If there was ever a time to join us, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers our humanitarian work and sustains our future. A monthly donation helps us plan life-saving interventions. Support Positive Action in Housing for as little as £10 - it only takes a minute. To make a regular or one-off donation, see below. 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