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Pakistani Donor Gives $30M to Quake Aid

Post author By Beth Holmes
Post date February 22, 2023

A Pakistani from the US walked into the Turkish Embassy and arranged to donate $30 million to quake victims.

A Pakistani businessman from the US walked into the Turkish Embassy in Washington on Saturday and arranged to donate $30 million to victims of the earthquake that devastated the country only a few days before. NATO officials have describe the quake as “the deadliest natural disaster on alliance territory since the foundation of NATO.” “Deeply […]

Tags anonymous donor, earthquake, murat mercan, NATO, Natural Disaster, Pakistan, shehbaz sharif, Syria, turkey

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Outpouring of Donations for Syrian Refugees Following News of Child’s Death

Post author By admin
Post date September 21, 2015

The Syrian civil war has been going for some time now, and while the Syrian refugee situation has gotten a lot of press lately, it’s been something that groups like Save the Children and UNICEF have been working on for a while. But, following the death of three year old Aylan Kurdi, a Syrian child […]

Tags Aylan Kurdi, charity, philanthropy, Syria, unicef

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