Türkiye sends in more humanitarian aid to Herat earthquake victims

The Turkish government has sent a large shipment of humanitarian aid to the victims of last year’s earthquakes in Herat province.

The Red Crescent Society of the Western Zone wrote in a newsletter that the 9th shipment of Turkish humanitarian aid, which is about 620 tons of food and non-food items, has arrived in Herat through Turghondi port.

Herat Red Crescent press office wrote that these shipments include flour, tents, blankets, wheelchairs, health packages and essential household items.

These aid shipments have been delivered to the Red Crescent Society of the Western Zone, which will then distribute to the earthquake victims in the coming days.

The series of earthquakes of 6.3 magnitude on October 7, 11, and 15 killed over 1,500 people and injured more than 2,600 people.

The assessment, with UNDP as the technical lead, covered nine districts with roughly 2.2 million people.

The earthquakes damaged 49,578 houses, with 13,516 being completely destroyed.

It revealed that over 275,000 individuals were affected. Among these were 17,358 pregnant women, 17,146 infants, 3,976 people with severe disabilities, 3,207 elderly families, 6,806 women-led households, 3,176 individuals with chronic illnesses, and 147,000 children under 18.

Herat, Injil, and Zindajan districts were the hardest hit, with rural and vulnerable communities suffering the most.

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