Kahramanmaraş Disaster Coordination Center of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality continues to bring aid to the villages in the region that have been destroyed. The teams that went to the 40 villages determined in the first stage determined the needs and delivered the aid quickly. Wheelchair needs of disabled citizens were met.
The Disaster Coordination Center, which was established by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality in Kahramanmaraş, the epicenter of the earthquake, identifies the villages in Kahramanmaraş that have suffered heavy destruction and have not received any help so far, and heals the wounds. The teams, which examine the needs on the spot and prioritize them, meet the needs of earthquake victims from supplies to tents, stoves to blankets.
“We are going to mountain villages that cannot be visited”
ESHOT Deputy General Manager and Kahramanmaraş Disaster Coordination Center Coordinator Kerim Özer gave information about the activities carried out in rural areas and said, “Our President Tunç SoyerWe are working in and around Kahramanmaraş with the assignment of . We go to mountain villages where no one has touched. Our cleaning teams first collect the garbage in the villages. After that, our spraying teams are spraying. Afterwards, our aid teams reach the villages.”
“On-site service focused on equal needs like İzmir”
Saying that they brought aid to 40 villages they determined in the first stage, Kerim Özer said, “We have set up 250 tents in our villages so far. We delivered aid according to need, priority and equally to everyone. Our work continues,” he said.
Earthquake victims' barriers have been removed
The teams also met the battery-powered wheelchair needs of a citizen in Gaziantep's Nurdağı district. The teams, which also identify the disabled citizens in Kahramanmaraş, deliver the wheelchairs that come with the solidarity of İzmir to those in need.