easyJet is introducing a new service on its flights to enable passengers to help those affected by the Turkey-Syria earthquake.
More than 21,000 people have died, most of them in Turkey, after an initial 7.8-magnitude tremor on Monday (February 6) and the hundreds of aftershocks that followed.
On Saturday (February 11), easyJet will launch an emergency onboard collection to raise vital funds for UNICEF’s Türkiye and Syria emergency earthquake appeal. In-flight collections will take place across easyJet’s entire network from Saturday over the next two weeks, offering more than 2.7 million passengers across 36 countries the opportunity to donate.
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All money raised will go directly towards supporting UNICEFs round-the-clock emergency response in the region, to help provide urgent support to the children who have lost their homes, sleeping rough and those who have been separated from their families.
Many of the hardest-hit communities are in north-west Syria, where people who have already been displaced several times by the ongoing conflict are among those whose homes were decimated. They are without shelter, food and basic necessities as temperatures plunge well below freezing.
People can also help those affected by making a donation to the International Rescue Committee here
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