CALL FOR SUPPORT FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY WHO HAVE LOST THEIR FAMILIES IN THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY FROM: Women for Women's Human Rights - Istanbul [EMAIL PROTECTED] The earthquake that hit Northwestern Turkey on August 17th 1999 has resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries. As of August 25 - a week since the earthquake - the number of accounted deaths stands at 18,000 people with over 35,000 people still missing, and another 42,500 people injured. Among those who are in need of most urgent care are the children and the elderly whose families have died or have been injured in the earthquake. The Directorate for Social Services and Child Protection, a governmental agency, is currently identifying the children and the elderly in need of care. As of yet, there is no accurate number of children and elderly people who have lost their families in the earthquake. Given the high number of accounted deaths and missing persons, however, we anticipate this figure to be substantial. To this end, we as Women for Women's Human Rights (Kadinin Insan Haklari Projesi in Turkish), an autonomous NGO established in 1993 in Turkey, have geared our efforts towards the support and rehabilitation of the children and the elderly who have suffered losses in the earthquake. One of the longer-term solutions offered by WWHR to the Directorate for Child Protection is the launch of a campaign for "foster families" willing to undertake short- or long-term care of the children. Upon confirmation by the Directorate for the urgent need for such "foster families", we have started disseminating the information through e-mail networks. Two of our emergency aid campaign participants from Southern Turkey already began an initiative for orphaned children to be placed with some foster families in their town. The donations to the campaign will be used for schooling, housing, rehabilitation, or any urgent individual material or financial needs of the survivors which are not met by other public or private funds. The exact scope of the needs will become clearer as the identification process is completed. >Our principle is to ensure a high degree of transparency. Donors will receive periodic reports on the allocation of donations, the means for their utilization and their outcomes; also the accounting will be done in a detailed manner and will be made available for donor requests. Therefore, we would like to ask those who donate money to inform us about their e-mail address or fax number. If you would like to support this campaign, please note the bank account information below: TURKEY: (Wire transfers only: (For donations inTurkish Lira TL): BANK: AKBANK BRANCH: Saskinbakkal Branch, Istanbul, Turkey Account No: A00/0016470/01-7 ACCOUNT HOLDER: Pinar Ilkkaracan - Karin Brigitte Ronge/ Kadinin Insan Haklari Projesi (For donations in U.S Dollars): BANK: AKBANK BRANCH: Suadiye Branch, Istanbul, Turkey Account No: BU6/0030060/01-8 ACCOUNT HOLDER: Ipek Ilkkaracan - E. Gulsah Seral/Women for Women's Human Rights Our network members are also setting up a bank account in New York for donations from the USA and Canada. If you are interested in the bank account information in New York, please let us know. In order to enable proper follow-up on the campaign donations, anyone who makes a wire transfer or mails in a check should send in a short notice at fax: 90-216-3851262 or e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] of the name of the donor, the amount and the date of the check or the money transfer. If you have any questions, please let us know. Thank you for your attention. In solidarity, Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR) Kadinin Insan Haklari Projesi (KIHP) Plajyolu No: 12 D:9 Suadiye, Istanbul TURKEY e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 90-216-3572142 tel/fax: 90-216-3851262 Gonca Gursoy Artunkal, London: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leyla Gulcur, New York: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Women for Women's Human Rights - WWHR (Kadinin Insan Haklari Projesi - KIHP) is an autonomous NGO, supporting the active participation of women as free individuals and equal citizens in the establishment and maintenance of a democratic and peaceful societal order. We were founded in 1993 in Istanbul, Turkey. WWHR aims to end discrimination against women through empowerment programs and to provide women's organizations at the grass-roots level with tools and strategies to confront structures of inequality and the effects of marginalization. This is accomplished by carrying out research, disseminating the gathered information in various forms appropriate for women of different literacy levels and by utilizing research results to help enact policy, legal and social changes. In line with these goals, WWHR produces training programs, resource materials and publications. 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