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ALEPPO, SYRIA May 4, 2023 – Baitulmaal, a Dallas-based international humanitarian nonprofit, recently distributed food packages to more than 12,800 earthquake survivors in Syria.
According to Elora Bashir, program operations manager at Baitulmaal, the beneficiaries included 2,570 vulnerable Syrian households who have been displaced due to the earthquake, especially communities in hard-to-reach areas.
“Many families in Aleppo and Latakia were displaced from their homes due to the earthquake,” Bashir said. “Our team prioritized these families to ensure they received essential food assistance during these trying times.”
The World Food Programme estimates that 12.9 million Syrians – more than half the population – are in the grip of hunger, and the series of earthquakes have only exacerbated the brutal socioeconomic conditions many families face.
Baitulmaal immediately responded to the earthquakes that struck Turkiye and northern Syria earlier this year. Baitulmaal has been on the ground in northwest Syria delivering food, and responding to emergencies including the recent earthquakes. Hospitals and clinics in northern Syria were among the recipients of a $5.35M medical aid shipment. To learn more about or contribute to these efforts, visit Baitulmaal.org.
Baitulmaal is an international humanitarian aid organization that provides life-saving, life-sustaining and life-enriching aid to people in need around the world. With headquarters in Texas, the charity has domestic offices in California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan and New Jersey as well as international offices in Europe, Africa, South Asia and the Middle East.
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