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OTTAWA — The federal government is sending another $20 million in aid for people affected by the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, and matching millions more in private donations.
The Humanitarian Coalition, which includes Oxfam, Plan International and World Vision as members, is providing emergency food, water, sanitation and health services. "The children and families who survived the earthquake now face homelessness, lack of food and water, and temperatures that regularly drop below freezing at night," said Afshan Khan, UNICEF's regional director for Europe and Central Asia.
The work comes less than three weeks after the magnitude 7.8 quake struck. Turkish authorities say some 173,000 buildings, containing around 534,000 apartments or other units, either collapsed or were severely damaged in the quake.
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