The Philippine authorities will donate $200,000 to Syria and ship reduction help to assist the nation get well from the devastation attributable to the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck its neighbor Turkey final month, the Presidential Communications Office mentioned Friday.
“Through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippine government will be sending a financial donation of USD 200,000 to the Syrian Arab Republic aside from the in-kind relief assistance,” the PCO mentioned in a submit on its social media accounts.
More than 50,000 in Turkey and Syria died within the earthquake that struck Turkey on Feb. 6.
The Syrian authorities earlier requested for help and donations from the Philippines.
The Office of Civil Defense mentioned on Feb. 13 the federal government has ready gadgets to be donated to Syria.
Meanwhile, the Philippines despatched a crew to Turkey to assist in the earthquake response.
“The Philippine government had previously sent an 82-man Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) in Turkiye to assist in the response operations of the earthquake-hit country,” the PCO mentioned.
The PIAHC medical crew handled 1,022 sufferers there, it added.
Meanwhile, the search and rescue crew which is a part of PIAHC “assisted in search and rescue operations in the collapsed buildings, assessing a total of 36 buildings from February 10-15, 2023,” the PCO mentioned.
The Philippines additionally gave 11,205 blankets, 5,000 bonnets and 420 pairs of gloves for quake victims, it added. —KG, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
