Turkish aid agency provides winter tents to 1,000 quake-affected families in Afghanistan

Published November 12,2023

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The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) offered winter tents to 1,000 earthquake-affected households in Afghanistan‘s Herat province.

Arafat Deniz, TIKA’s workplace coordinator in Herat, advised Anadolu that because the October earthquakes in Herat, the company has assisted 2,000 households with meals assist.

Deniz mentioned that the help company has now offered winter tent help to 1,000 households within the villages of Zindecan district.



He mentioned that Sinan Ilhan, Türkiye’s consul common in Herat, and officers from the Afghan Red Crescent additionally witnessed the distribution of the tents.

“A large number of settlements were affected by the Herat earthquake and the number of people left homeless was also high, so we prioritized the provision of tents to meet the need for shelter. As the weather got colder, we also wanted to help people who had to stay without tents on the streets and in parks,” he mentioned.

Deniz mentioned that 10 cell bathrooms have been additionally put in within the area.

Last month, consecutive earthquakes within the Herat province, situated on the border with Iran, brought about the loss of life of roughly 2,500 individuals, forcing the Afghan authorities to difficulty a world assist request.


More than 10 earthquakes, the most important of which was 6.3 magnitude, brought about heavy destruction in 16 villages in Zindejan district of Herat.