In response to the February 6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the IKEA Foundation has announced a €10 million ($10.7 million) commitment to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in support of relief efforts.

The funding will support the NGO’s efforts to provide emergency medical supplies and bolster medical staff at 23 health facilities as well as to distribute “essential life kits” to displaced people across the Idlib and Aleppo regions in northern Syria.

In an effort to accelerate the humanitarian response, the United Nations has announced the release of $25 million in emergency funds from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs—and, the Associated Press reports, was “exploring all avenues” to deliver aid to rebel-held northwestern Syria.

According to the California Community Foundation, Save the Children has allocated $2 million from its Children’s Emergency Fund to respond to the crisis. In Turkey, the organization has established a response team in coordination with the Turkish government to support the emergency response across the region.

ShelterBox, a UK-based NGO that provides emergency housing and relief supplies during natural disasters and in conflict zones—and was nominated for a Nobel Prize in 2018 and 2019 for its work in Syria—is working with regional partners to distribute pre-positioned supplies and will be expanding the delivery of tents, shelter kits, and cash to displaced people.

Questscope, a Minneapolis-based global humanitarian nonprofit with 1,400 staff and 3,000 volunteers working in Syria, has opened three shelters housing 1,000 people and is partnering with Alight (formerly the American Refugee Committee) to provide fundraising and technology support as well as logistics coordination to expedite construction of additional shelters.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a $100 million pledge of emergency support to be divided equally between Syrian and Turkish relief efforts. The UAE has established a field hospital in Turkey and has sent a search-and-rescue team.

The Kuwait Red Crescent Society has dispatched emergency medical equipment, supplies, and volunteers who will support distribution efforts. In addition, an Emirati bank has contributed AE1,000,000 ($272,000) to the effort, the Kuwait Times reports.

The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation, a government-affiliated charity in Jordan has airlifted logistical and medical supplies, rescue equipment, tents, and food. It also has deployed a search-and-rescue team and doctors from the national medical service to Turkey and Syria and is preparing an additional land convoy to remote areas in Syria.

India has deployed 100 search-and-rescue personnel from its National Disaster Response Force with trained dog squads and equipment and will be sending doctors and paramedics to Turkey, with relief aid distributed in coordination with the Turkish government.

In addition to humanitarian aid groups’ fundraising campaigns, numerous individual crowdfunding efforts have been launched on GoFundMe and other platforms. In the realm of crypto philanthropy, several cryptocurrency companies have pledged a total of more than $9 million to relief efforts, including $1 million from Avalanche Foundation, $1 million from Tron founder Justin Sun, and $5 million from Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao.

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