Türkiye Earthquake Emergency Relief & Recovery - Fundraising Campaign

2/24/2023

Dear friends and family,

Capital Turkish Connections (capitaltc.org), a 501(c) non-profit registered in Washington DC, launched a fundraising campaign via GoFundMe to support relief and recovery efforts following the earthquakes in Türkiye. The goal is to create additional channels of support for NGOs, international organisations and government programmes without duplicating existing work.

In the first phase, CTC partnered with Cadena, helping to coordinate close to 100 volunteers in Türkiye for rescue and relief operations. CTC also received a major anchor donation of $100K and seeks to extend its impact beyond immediate response.

The broader CTC network includes more than 180 experts who contributed to the earlier initiative “92 Proposals for a Better Turkey”. CTC plans to focus on longer-term projects such as:

• supporting colleagues from institutions like Harvard who volunteer to organise large-scale post-trauma therapy for children who lost parents in the earthquakes;
• creating educational scholarships in Türkiye and abroad;
• developing employment and internship opportunities for young people through the CTC network;
• building digital tools and platforms to improve the flow of emergency information and coordinate donations and disaster relief.

To increase impact, CTC invites a smaller group of friends and family to join with donations and project ideas. As with previous initiatives, CTC is committed to full transparency and detailed reporting of expenses and outcomes.

Join if you can, and share hope and positive energy regardless.