WCK served 20.2+ million meals after devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria earlier this year. Our Relief Team served comforting and nourishing food to displaced families in temporary shelters, tent communities, parking lots and cars, train cars, and other buildings such as car washes. WCK also served first responders and search-and-rescue teams working tirelessly around the clock to save lives. One family we met—and were honored to serve—was Ayhan and Meryem, with their son Mehmet (4). Ayhan shared, “We have been here all week, I am so thankful for the food. I pray that nobody should experience anything like this. Thanks for the food, it’s very helpful. I would go to bed hungry if WCK weren’t here.”
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED
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CHARITY STORY
WCK's response to the 2023 Türkiye and Syria earthquakes
Photo Caption
Ayhan, Meryem, and their son Mehmet were displaced after their building collapsed due to the earthquakes. We met the family at night time while distributing meals. Pictured here are Mehmet and his father.
Photo Credit
World Central Kitchen/WCK.org.
CHARITY VIDEO
About World Central Kitchen
Transcript
We show up, boots on the ground and we start feeding people and in the process the plan shows up. People don’t want a solution one week from now, one month from now, the solution has to be now. You begin taking care of people, the reconstruction begins much earlier. Here we are, with more than 40 small farmers that we are giving grants. One day they will have a very big percentage of the foods they consume produced right here in the island. Food relief cannot be about check. A plate of food for us is a way to have a contract with the communities. We come and we tell them: Here we are and we’ll come back tomorrow and the day after, until you are okay. Wherever there is a fight so hungry people may eat, we will be there.
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50873
