Support life-saving health and protection services for women and girls impacted by the earthquakes in Türkiye

Support life-saving health and protection services for women and girls impacted by the earthquakes in Türkiye

You can support the ongoing health and protection needs of women, youth, girls and groups with special needs affected by Türkiye earthquakes.

After the earthquakes that deeply shook all of Türkiye in February 2023, hundreds of thousands of people still need support to recover from the devastating effects of the earthquakes. According to UNFPA's February 2024 data; Approximately 760,000 people reside in the most affected provinces in regular and irregular settlements.

The life-saving health and protection needs of especially women, youth and children continue. 

UNFPA has been on the ground since day one to respond to these needs. We urgently need your help to reach more women, young people and girls.

How is my donation used?

  • We will support information and service provision regarding pregnancy follow-up, prenatal, postnatal and newborn care for women affected by the earthquake.
  • For those in need, we will deliver dignity kits, containing essential hygiene materials and maternity kits, containing the basic needs of new mothers and their babies. 
  • We will support women and girls so that they can have their period in dignity and a healthy way.
  • While we carry out awareness-raising activities on gender-based violence and child marriages, we will also provide psychosocial support to women and girls who are subjected to violence and refer them with the necessary protection services.
  • We will empower young people with awareness sessions, group activities and psychosocial support.
  • We will support disabled women and girls in health and protection areas.

Frequently Asked Questions

Your donation will support UNFPA in its commitment to protect women and girls affected by the earthquakes in Türkiye and support their essential health needs. For every TRY you donate, 92 cents go directly to programme and service delivery, and 8 cents go to the organization's administrative cost. We work hard to keep our administrative costs as low as possible.

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Donations through UNFPA are not tax deductible. If you donate through our support committee in the United States, Friends of UNFPA, your donation is tax-deductible. Do you need further assistance, get in touch with our team at giving@unfpa.org.

You can cancel your donation at any time. Please get in touch with our team to cancel your monthly donation. You can email us at giving@unfpa.org and we will respond to you within 24 hours.

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With your donation you will help UNFPA in its mission to

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To all women having access to maternal health services
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To make modern contraceptives accessible to everyone
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To end all forms of gender-based violence, child, early and forced marriages, and adolescent pregnancies