Romania starts donation campaigns aimed at helping Turkey
The Turkish Embassy in Romania, the Ministry of Health, city halls across the country, businesses, NGOs, and politicians have announced the organization of donation campaigns aimed at helping Turkish citizens impacted by the earthquake.
Radu Dumitrescu · Journalist
· Updated · 4 min read
The Turkish Embassy in Romania, the Ministry of Health, city halls across the country, businesses, NGOs, and politicians have announced the organization of donation campaigns aimed at helping Turkish citizens impacted by the earthquake.
The Turkish Embassy in Romania, in collaboration with TIAD (Turkish Business Association of Romania), has mobilized to meet the needs of those affected by the earthquake in southern Turkey by collecting funds and first aid items, which will be directly donated to the Natural Disaster Management Authority (AFAD).
Authorities are asking for goods that can help those impacted by the earthquake bear the biting cold of winter. Winter clothing for adults and children, coats, jackets, raincoats, boots, sweaters, pants, gloves, scarves, shawls, hats, socks, stockings, and underwear are all needed. Other items, such as tents, camp beds, mattresses for tents, blankets, quilts, sleeping bags, stoves, heaters, gas lamps, gas canisters, thermoses, lanterns, external batteries, generators, food boxes, canned foods, baby food, diapers, hygiene and cleaning products, and hygiene products for women can also be donated.
These can be delivered in:
- Bucharest, between 10:00-17:00, at Aprodex Mașini SRL (Titan Precision Machines), address 1 Decembrie 1918 Boulevard 1G. Contact: Sever Rașid 0755 042 304.
- Constanta, between 10:00-17:00, at Romtextil SA - Aurel Vlaicu, No: 125. Contact: Selahattin Süsli 0743 064 813.
- Cluj-Napoca, between 10:00-17:00, at the Turkish Honorary Consulate 1 Mai Street, No. 8, Apahida, postal code: 407035 Cluj County (Vitacom building). Contact: Kertesz Levente 0728 503 576; Takacs Emoke 0728 503 501; Vita Vasile 028 503 503.
Donations can also be in the form of money. The collected funds will be transferred to AFAD accounts at regular intervals.
The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Bucharest expresses its gratitude to those interested in contributing to support those affected. Members of parliament from the governing PSD and PNL parties announced that they would make donations to the account created by the Turkish Embassy in Romania to support the population affected by the earthquakes in that country.
In addition to items and funds, Romania’s Ministry of Health has launched an urgent call to medical personnel who wish to enroll as volunteers to help the wounded and supplement the medical teams on site. Doctors and medical assistants who want to become volunteers for the necessary medical assistance teams must fill out a
