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One year after the Turkey/Syria earthquakes
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In February 2023, a series of devastating earthquakes cracked the earth, killing more than 50,000 people and displacing tens of thousands more people in Turkey and Syria. One year on, for many, the ground is still shaking.
In this episode, host Mohsin Mohi Ud Din reflects on how the earthquake impacted the Syrian refugee community and the #MeWeSyria volunteers who lived in the epicenter and who survived not just the war in Syria but also the earthquake.
Pulling from audio text messages and voice notes from Syrian survivors of the earthquake in 2023, we look back to hear and feel how the earthquake destabilized an already unstable place. But we also hear and feel directly from survivors how they resiliently found ways to find shelter, food, and ways to lead community healing and community-building spaces in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Through emergency aid funds from #MeWe International, Syrian earthquake survivors from 2023-2024 designed and led community arts and storytelling spaces in open fields and spare classrooms. These #MeWeSyria creative spaces for healing allowed children and parents to process what had just happened and attempt to repair minds and hearts through togetherness, collective problem-solving, and community connectedness.
We hope you'll give this a listen. We extend our love and gratitude to our #MeWeSyria community heroes in Gaziantep, Kilis, Urfa, and Rehanliye: Sara, Shahed, Ola, Ayesha, Asmaa, Hadi, Hiba, Hoda, and many others.
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