Melbourne's decided Turkish neighborhood has secured a constitution flight to ship truckloads of donations to earthquake catastrophe zones.
Volunteers have been working by way of the night time to organise the donations, which embrace sleeping baggage, tents and blankets.
The quake is already among the many world's deadliest this century, with the loss of life toll right this moment surpassing 15,000.
Bea Tercan, a volunteer, mentioned she hoped the donations would convey a small quantity of reduction amid temperatures nearing freezing in Turkey and Syria.
"You might have our hearts. We're with you, we could be hundreds of kilometres away however our coronary heart is with you," she mentioned.
One other volunteer, Nilufer Kurtuldu mentioned she had been utterly overwhelmed with the efforts of the Turkish neighborhood in Melbourne's north.
"It has been overwhelming the help now we have been getting from everybody from each neighborhood," she mentioned.
"We do want to emphasize it has been solely neighborhood based mostly."
The Victorian authorities confirmed it could contribute $1 million to humanitarian reduction efforts on the bottom to supply fast shelter and meals gadgets to those that have been injured and evacuated within the catastrophe.
Public buildings in Melbourne's CBD will probably be lit up in white tomorrow night time to indicate solidarity with the folks of Turkey and Syria.
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