Almost a yr after the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes that impacted 11 southern provinces, 1,874 out of the 1,912 orphaned youngsters affected by the tragedy have efficiently reunited with their households, Ayşegül Yıldırım Kara, director basic of kid providers on the Family, Labor and Social Services Ministry, reported.
Kara said that the ministry rapidly fashioned a disaster desk after the earthquakes and stated: “After the first minutes of the earthquake, this crisis team contacted the provinces to ensure coordination in all areas where we provide services. We first reached out to protect the children who stayed in our institutions in the earthquake region and transferred approximately 900 children to our institutions in different regions of Türkiye within 48 hours.”
With cooperation from different ministries and organizations, the kids who misplaced their relations within the earthquake, whose households couldn’t be reached or who have been unidentified, have been recognized and cared for.
“We had 1,912 children under the care of our ministry. Of these 1,912 children, we reunited 1,874 of them with their families after carrying out investigations. We based our process strictly on scientific evidence.”
Kara said that, immediately after the quakes, 16 of the kids below their care died after being hospitalized for accidents. In different instances, six have been positioned within the care of foster households, 15 have been taken below the safety of ministry establishments, and one continues to be receiving medical remedy.
The official additionally assured that follow-up psychosocial assist for the kids below their safety and care continued and that particular actions for youngsters with post-traumatic stress dysfunction have been organized.
“Our field screening teams have worked to support approximately 4 million children in the earthquake region one by one in terms of psychosocial support. Of these, about 4,000 children had lost their relatives. We also carried out one-on-one follow-ups with children who lost their mothers, fathers or both their parents,” she said.
Highlighting that the ministry’s work within the earthquake area additionally reached out to assist adults, Kara stated: “We have also strengthened our support for parents. While we provided psychosocial support to both families and children, we also provided psychosocial support services to our colleagues.”
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