The million-dollar donation of Amancio and Marta Ortega to Turkey and Syria after the earthquake

“Our contribution will serve to cover the basic needs of the people affected by the earthquakes.” Inditex has donated three million euros to the Turkish Red Crescent after the catastrophe that has already claimed more than 16,000 fatalities in Turkey and more than 3,000 in Syria.

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This has been announced by the company created by Amancio Ortega and presided over by his daughter Marta in the last hours. They have also provided around 500,000 pieces of warm clothing for those affected. In addition, the Emergency Unit of Doctors Without Borders, continuously financed by Inditex, is also already mobilized.

Inditex added in its statement: “In addition to providing items to cover basic needs (blankets, awnings, kitchen kits or water), professionals on the ground support search and rescue tasks, provide psychosocial assistance, distribute hot food and have sent the blood and plasma area.

The quakes have left more than 3,000 people dead and 5,000 injured in Syria, of which 1,262 dead and 2,285 injured have been registered in the areas of Syria controlled by the authorities, according to data from the Syrian Ministry of Health collected by the Syrian state agency of news, HEALTHY. These data correspond to the provinces of Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, Tartus and the areas of Idlib in the hands of government forces.

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To the Syrian government figures we must add more than 1,900 deaths and 2,950 wounded in the areas controlled by the rebels in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo (northwest), according to what the Syrian Civil Defense, known as the ‘white helmets’, has said. through his Twitter account, where he has insisted that “the balance is expected to increase significantly, since hundreds of families remain trapped under the rubble more than 75 hours after the earthquake. Human, material and financial aid from a multitude of countries, government institutions, private entities and foundations have not stopped arriving.