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After the earthquake, exploitation of labor rises and the risk of early marriage rises.
Expansion of programs such as child protection-education-psychological support
It has been more than a month since the Syria-Turkiye earthquake occurred. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 23 million people, including 1.4 million children, will be affected by the earthquake. The international relief and development NGO World Vision conducted a survey of 322 households in northwestern Syria and found that 94% of respondents had suffered damage from the earthquake, 51% had their homes destroyed and 82% were living in temporary shelters. In addition, 42% of respondents reported damage to educational facilities in the region, and 84% said the earthquake increased the risks faced by children from child exploitation, child labor, child marriage and others.
World Vision declared a Category 3 emergency, the highest level of disaster, and launched an urgent need assessment immediately after the quake, expanding its response to help Syrian and Turkiye communities. World Vision is focusing on Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Kilis, Adiyaman, Hatay, Azaz, Afrin, Idlib and Aleppo in northern Syria to support emergency relief efforts in Turkey and Syria. It aims to provide approximately 63.5 billion won ($50 million). World Vision provided basic daily necessities such as food, drinking water, and temporary shelters, as well as winter items such as blankets, heating appliances, and fuel, for the victims who had to endure the cold.
A Syrian World Vision employee delivering fuel to affected families.In addition, World Vision plans to expand psychosocial support services such as child protection, education, health and nutrition programs, and trauma treatment to help resolve the long-standing mental health crisis faced by Syrian children, which has continued for 12 years since the Syrian conflict began. Mental health experts in Syria, who have been active since 2013, feared that many children were already suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of the conflict before the earthquake, and that the situation worsened after the disaster.
“It has been a month since the earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, but humanitarian aid in Syria has not met the enormous needs of Syrian refugee families and children who have gone through complex crises over the past 12 years,” said Cho Myung-hwan Cho, chairman of World Vision Korea. He added, “World Vision is a professional organization with experience in responding to large-scale natural disasters and skilled manpower, and is doing its best to help the vulnerable who have been affected by this disaster.”
Source: Donga
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