Impact stories

After surviving the 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquake, Elcin reflects on rebuilding her life in Hatay, the hardest-hit region. Despite losing her children and mother, she shares her journey of resilience and recovery with the support received.

Kholoud, a CARE community activator, now living as a refugee in Turkey, shares her longing to return home in Syria, after being displaced multiple times.

CARE Türkiye’s helpline, which has been serving as a multi-purpose information line for the refugee and host communities living the South-central provinces of Türkiye, had to be adapted immediately after the earthquakes to meet the emerging needs of…

Souad Aboud is a 20-year-old blind refugee from Syria. After surviving the war, fleeing to Turkiye, and making it through the earthquakes, she is now a community activator trained to raise awareness about topics such as early marriage, violence against…

Even though Vural was also affected by the earthquake he was one of the first to volunteer to help the people who lost their homes, their family members and friends, and everything they owned. Like may other affected aid workers, he continues his…

"I lost my home in Syria and then I lost my home in Türkiye. However, I am grateful. We survived. We are together. And with CARE I can do something with meaning. Shaping society with what I have learnt and experienced for a better future," says Aya, a 26…

Hanah* is a mother of six children. She has experienced the challenges of repeated displacement due to the war, and more recently, the earthquakes that shook Türkiye and Northwest Syria six months ago.

Six months later, the humanitarian needs following the earthquake are still enormous. The situation for people in the affected areas of Türkiye and north-west Syria remains catastrophic.

After losing her mother and children to the earthquake, Elcin and her father now live in a 7-by-2-meter container in her neighborhood. Their town is destroyed to the ground. The earthquake destroyed homes, workplaces, markets, and schools.