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Project Location: Çay and Çobanlar Provinces / Afyon / Turkey
Project Duration: 4 Days (14-17 February 2002)
Background Information: 43 people died and 318 had been injured, following the 6.0 Richter scale earthquake that had occurred, with the epicenter being Sultandağı province of Afyon at 9:11 AM on February 3, 2002 . Sultandağı, Çay and Çobanlar provinces were heavily impacted by the earthquake and 1100 families were left homeless under the severe winter conditions. The related governmental bodies and non governmental organizations took immediate action in assisting the earthquake victims with the experience gained from the Kocaeli and Düzce earthquakes in 1999. Within a short period, tent camps and prefabricated shelters were organized, following the establishment of the Crisis Centers in Afyon's city center and provinces, parallel to the activities of the Civil Defense and other search and rescue teams.
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Especially earth buildings in villages collapsed as a result of the earthquake.
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A scene from one of the tent camps in the region.
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Project Summary: IBC had distributed LPG heater sets to the 500 families that were suffering from the cold living in the temporary shelters of Çay and Çobanlar provinces and its villages in coordination with the Mukhtars (head of village) and in accordance with the information provided from the crisis centers.
Project Goal: To contribute to met the heating need of earthquake victims living in temporary shelters under cold weather conditions in order to prevent probable health complications that they might faced with.
Project Beneficiaries: A total of 500 families with 2735 individuals; 90 families/435 individuals from Çobanlar province center, 151 families/873 individuals from Istiklal, Fatih and Atatürk villages of Kocaöz province, 35 families/169 individuals from Çay province center, 224 families/1258 individuals from its villages had benefited from the project.
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Grandchild-grandfather collaboration to carry the distributed LPG and heater
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Stand of distributions in Karacaören village.
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Implemented Activities:
As the initial activity, Afyon Crises Center were visited and necessary information about affected regions and relief activities in these regions was received from the officials in order to avoid any duplication with other organizations' activities and to reach the victims not benefited from relief activities so far. As a result of the negotiations, it was understood that there were gaps in relief distribution in Çay and Çobanlar regions and although the quantity of tents and blankets were sufficient, the deficiency in heating the temporary shelters had been ongoing.
Immediate field visits and surveys were made to establish coordination with the Crises Centers in Çay and Çobanlar provinces in order to get information about affected villages and their populations and also to get in touch with the Mukhtars, the head of villages, in order to determine distribution locations and prepare detailed beneficiary family lists. On the other hand, procurement and delivery of 500 heater sets were organized following the market research that had been made in due time.
Consequently, the distribution of 500 heaters and LPG sets were made starting as of February 16, 2002 , to the needy inhabitants of the following locations; |
Location |
Quantity |
Çobanlar / Center |
90 Sets |
Çobanlar / Kocaöz / Istiklal, Fatih and Atatürk |
151 Sets |
Çay / Center / Şirinevler, Vakıf and Bahçelievler |
35 Sets |
Çay / Karacaören / Bağlar and Seka |
66 Sets |
Çay / Pınarkaya / Center |
63 Sets |
Çay / Pazarağaç / Center, Beşevler and Karabulut |
41 Sets |
Çay / Kadıköy / Center |
54 Sets |
Total
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500 Heaters and LPG sets |
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