Uganda Donates Relief Items Worth Millions To Turkey For Earthquake Victims
Uganda has donated relief items including mattresses, and blankets in a 13 tons aid supply to Turkey for people who were hit by the huge earthquake last month that killed over 50,000 people and left several others injured.
According to the Turkish embassy, 13 tons of “in kind aid” was collected by “Ugandan friends” on behalf of the Turkish people.
“This morning we sent via Turkish Airlines, 13 tons of in-kind aid, including 750 mattresses and 550 blankets donated by our Ugandan friends for the victims of the earthquake. On behalf of the Turkish people, we thank our Ugandan sisters and brothers,” the Turkish Embassy in Kampala said in a statement on Sunday.
Speaking about the donation, Turkish ambassador to Uganda Mehmet Fatih Ak thanked the Ugandan people who share the pain with Turkey, as well as the Indian community in East Africa for mobilizing relief supplies.
At least 9.1 million people were affected by the earthquake in Turkey, 45,000 of those died including a Ugandan national.
1.9m people have relocated and the same number of people still living in temporary shelters.
