{"id":83223,"date":"2023-02-09T11:46:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T11:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/un-food-agency-launches-emergency-response-for-quake-hit-turkiye-syria-asks-for-46-million-2"},"modified":"2023-02-09T11:46:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T11:46:31","slug":"un-food-agency-launches-emergency-response-for-quake-hit-turkiye-syria-asks-for-46-million-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/un-food-agency-launches-emergency-response-for-quake-hit-turkiye-syria-asks-for-46-million-2","title":{"rendered":"UN food agency launches emergency response for quake-hit T\u00fcrkiye, Syria; asks for $46 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The UN World Food Program launched an emergency response Wednesday after devastating earthquakes struck Tu\u0308rkiye and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>The agency is seeking $46 million to support immediate humanitarian needs.<\/p>\n<p>The funds will be used to help 500,000 victims in Tu\u0308rkiye and Syria for the next three to four months, UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>He said the UN was working on an appeal for Tu\u0308rkiye and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not ready yet but hopefully, we&#8217;ll be able to announce something in the coming days as we accumulate more information about the needs. But the first task, of course, is to identify precisely what the scale of the needs are,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>UN aid agency, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, also announced $25 million in humanitarian aid Tuesday for Tu\u0308rkiye and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll in Tu\u0308rkiye from Monday&#8217;s Kahramanmaras-centered massive earthquakes has risen to 9,057, according to the Turkish president with more than 52,000 injured.<\/p>\n<p>Other provinces in southern Tu\u0308rkiye that were affected by the tremors are Gaziantep, Hatay, Osmaniye, Adiyaman, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Adana, Diyarbakir and Kilis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. The UN World Food Program launched an emergency response Wednesday after devastating earthquakes struck Tu\u0308rkiye and Syria. The agency is seeking $46 million to support immediate humanitarian needs. 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