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B.C. woman shares grief, concerns upon return from Turkey quake zone

Nural Sumbultepe lost 10 relatives in the quake, including six immediate family members.

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Missionaries in #Syria continue to bring desperately needed help and supplies to earthquake survivors. Your donation to @miseancara will go directly to missionaries delivering hot meals, shelter, clothes, diapers, mattresses and heating fuel to those left with nothing. Please give today: https://bit.ly/3y6bCry
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Missionaries in Syria – bringing relief and hope to earthquake survivors – Misean Cara

“The next morning our team pulled out a toddler from roughly the spot the detector had marked. A paramedic said he probably died a few hours earlier.” #SyriaTurkeyEarthquake

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Opinion | We Were Too Late, and the Rubble Was Quiet

We wanted to help, but we were too late.

Please continue to share this fundraiser across your networks. Another devastating hit for the region with ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE, but people are still being pulled from the rubble of the original earthquake, so there is hope. Please continue to give generously and encourage others to do likewise.

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False social media posts are hindering earthquake relief efforts in Turkey. You can help stop that
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/14/turkey-syria-earthquake-misinformation-relief-efforts-turkey?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

The more I read about traditional social media and its algorithms, the more toxic I feel it is.

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False social media posts are hindering earthquake relief efforts in Turkey. You can help stop that

Online misinformation exploits victims’ traumatic experiences, and factcheckers need support as they work to debunk it, says Abbas Panjwani of Full Fact

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‘We will never forget’: Emotional crowd greets B.C. search team returning from Turkey

"You fought for us. We will never forget these days, especially how you helped," wrote one grateful supporter in a letter to the team.

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Turkey earthquake: Grief gives way to anger as anti-Syrian sentiment boils

Several days after the earthquake devastated the region, sorrow and grief is turning to anger with Syrian refugees anecdotally blamed for looting and acts of criminality

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Okanagan community members collect donations to help with relief efforts in Turkey

An ongoing united effort between the Turkish community in the Okanagan to organize a donation drive for those affected by the earthquakes that have struck Turkey and Syria.

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