Kimse Yok Mu, Turkish schools extend help for flood victims in Afghanistan
Date posted: May 6, 2014
AFGHANISTAN
International Charity organization Kimse Yok Mu and Turkish schools operating in Afghanistan delivered aid for 750 families who have been living in tents in the aftermath of a sweeping flood.
Volunteers from Kimse Yok Mu and Turkish schools gave food boxes to the families. Afghan people expressed their gratitude for aid delivery.
Kimse Yok Mu officials stated that death toll increased to 148, 100 are still missing, 50,000, including 25,000 children, lost their homes following the flood.
Thousands of orphans and needy people around the world whose lives depend on the aid they receive from charities such as Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There?), the largest volunteer and global aid organization based in Turkey, are at risk of being affected by the Turkish government’s restrictions on the charitable association.
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