Over 36,000 people have died since the earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on February 6. According to the United Nations, the quake might have left over 5.3 million homeless.
Sewa International, with the combined efforts of the partner organizations like Sewa Canada, Sewa Europe, DSV Global Transport, Sewa USA, and ISKCON is providing relief to the survivors. Sewa International and Food for Life (ISKCON Turkey and Hungary) volunteers arrived in Antakya, in Hatay province, Turkey, on 12th and 14th February and, to set up cooking stations that served 800 -1200 hot vegetarian meals, snacks and tea to survivors of the earthquake.