Ahead of 80-Ton Charter Flight, Turkey’s Consul General Visits Direct Relief

Eighty tons of medical aid has been staged for a charter flight to Turkey next week, the latest infusion of support for the region recovering from last month’s catastrophic earthquakes. On Tuesday, Sinan Kuzum, Turkey’s Consul-General in Los Angeles, visited Direct Relief’s Santa Barbara, California, warehouse before the shipment departed. Kuzum received a tour of […]

Operational Update: Medications for Ukraine, Fourteen Additional Countries Delivered This Week

Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 241 shipments of requested medical aid to 31 U.S. states and territories and 15 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 11.8 million defined daily doses of medication, including antibiotics, field medic packs, diabetes management medications and supplies, cancer therapies, personal care products, and more. Turkey-Syria Earthquake Response […]

Strengthening the Humanitarian Supply Chain, Post-Earthquake

It’s been three weeks since a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, with the scale of the disaster coming into sharper focus since. More than 44,000 people have lost their lives due to the earthquakes, and more than 2.2 million people have been displaced or evacuated, according to the U.N. Office for […]

More than 23 Tons of Medical Aid Departs for Turkey

More than 23 tons of medical aid departed Direct Relief’s warehouse on Friday, bound for Turkey and filled with medications and supplies specifically requested by Turkey’s Ministry of Health. The death toll from the quakes has risen to 43,000 across Turkey and Syria, with dozens of health facilities damaged or destroyed. Direct Relief has focused […]

Essential Medicines Arrive in Syria, Post-Earthquake

On Tuesday, 14 pallets of medical aid from Direct Relief arrived in Syria to support the medical efforts of the Syrian American Medical Society, which operates hospitals in northwestern Syria that have been inundated with patients following a deadly earthquake in the region last week. The 6,800-pound shipment was trucked from Adana, Turkey, and transported […]