The 2L Foundation is committed to providing both immediate relief efforts as well as long-term recovery initiatives to rebuild and revitalize the affected communities. This includes offering support for housing reconstruction, livelihood rehabilitation, and providing clean water and sanitation facilities.
2L collaborates with local authorities and other credible organizations to ensure that recovery efforts are sustainable and tailored to specific community needs.
Disaster Relief
THE TURKEY / SYRIA EARTHQUAKE
The official death toll is 50,783 in Turkey and 8,476 in Syria. These numbers alone make this earthquake the deadliest natural disaster in the country’s history since the 526 AD Antioch Earthquake. However, many believe that this count is a drastic underestimation of the fatalities and that there are many more who are unaccounted for.
According to a 2022 UN report, over 50 million people are currently living in modern-day slavery. The statistics are more damning today than they’ve ever been throughout history:
59,259
59,259 people who have died
297
297 people are still missing
107,204
107,204 people were injured
15.73M
15.73 million people have been affected
4M
4 million buildings have been impacted
The full cost and fallout in terms of lives lost, physical injuries, psychological and emotional damage, and financial destitution will not be known until years from now.
DONATION MATCH
The 2L Foundation ran a dollar-for-dollar matching donation program in partnership with the Angelink donation platform. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we were able to raise $222,823 to support the victims of Turkey’s earthquake.
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PERSONAL LETTER FROM ONUR HAYTAC
