{"id":231515,"date":"2026-03-25T13:10:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/?p=231515"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:35:47","slug":"joy-and-perseverance-lessons-from-turkey-and-syria-three-years-post-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/joy-and-perseverance-lessons-from-turkey-and-syria-three-years-post-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy And Perseverance: Lessons From Turkey And Syria, Three Years Post-Earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 6, 2023, devastating earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, reshaping entire cities in a matter of minutes. Today, nearly three years later, recovery is still unfolding.<\/p>\n<p>As local organizations worked through the aftershocks\u2013both physical and emotional\u2013needs continued to surface and shift.  The cameras may have left, but community organizations stayed. They moved with grace from lifesaving care to the slower, more deliberate work of rebuilding schools, homes, jobs, and mending the cultural fabric of the community itself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"box_bottomMargin1 box_verticalPadded1 box_horizontalPadded6 text_fontSizeLarger col_ggPrimary1Text\"><p>Still, recovery is not a straight line. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A few months ago, I traveled through communities at the Turkish-Syrian border affected by the earthquake to connect with some of the organizations at the heart of this work. What I saw was sobering.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"box_bottomMargin1 box_verticalPadded1 box_horizontalPadded6 text_fontSizeLarger col_ggPrimary1Text\"><p>Construction crews still dot the landscape. Thousands of families remain displaced, many living in converted storage units and temporary settlements. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In Syria, families displaced repeatedly by parallel crises of conflict, unrest, and the earthquakes  continue to shelter in makeshift accommodations with limited services. Livelihoods are fragile, and educational opportunities remain inconsistent, with children and families continuing to feel the strain. <\/p>\n<p>It was a stark reminder: recovery is a long road without shortcuts. And in both Turkey and Syria, that road is still being paved. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"box_bottomMargin1 box_verticalPadded1 box_horizontalPadded6 text_fontSizeLarger col_ggPrimary1Text\"><p>And yet, communities are rebuilding.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Local organizations are stepping in to rebuild community systems and push for essential services with limited resources as political instability compounds in northern Syria.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1108\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5652.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5652.jpg 1108w, https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5652-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5652-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5652-768x473.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, (min-width: 568px) 80vw, (min-width: 1024px) 33vw\" \/><small class=\"grid-12 layout_center box_topPaddedHalf text_4i text_fontSizeSmallest\">Reconstruction in Hatay, Turkey. <\/small><\/p>\n<p>Local leaders continue showing up each day\u2014reopening clinics, organizing classrooms, distributing winter kits.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"box_bottomMargin1 box_verticalPadded1 box_horizontalPadded6 text_fontSizeLarger col_ggPrimary1Text\"><p>New spaces for healing are opening inside damaged neighborhoods. Mobile clinics are reaching families in remote and unstable areas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Winter kits are protecting children from harsh weather. Music rooms are filled with sound and laughter again.<\/p>\n<p>I got to see some of this work in action while spending time with SEDYAD (Serinyol Elele Dayanisma Dernegi), an organization formed from within Turkish earthquake-affected communities to offer daily music lessons and safe spaces for impacted children and adults. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sedyad-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sedyad-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sedyad-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sedyad-1-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sedyad-1-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, (min-width: 568px) 80vw, (min-width: 1024px) 33vw\" \/><br \/>\n<small class=\"grid-12 layout_center box_topPaddedHalf text_4i text_fontSizeSmallest\">From my visit inside the beautiful SEDYAD Music House, which brings earthquake-affected communities in Hatay together through music.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>I spent time in those music rooms filled with sound and laughter, and saw firsthand how joy, hope, and creativity continue to illuminate the path of resilience for attendees. I watched as students whose entire young lives have been uprooted joined together in community and shared their music\u2014beautiful pieces that reflected the honored traditions of the region and the resilience of past, present, and future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"box_bottomMargin1 box_verticalPadded1 box_horizontalPadded6 text_fontSizeLarger col_ggPrimary1Text\"><p>Together, communities in Turkey and Syria are finding strength in one another and carving a path forward \u2013 one that honors what was lost while investing in their shared future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That shared future has been proudly supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/projects\/turkey-earthquake-relief-fund\/#menu\/?rf=learn_tserf\">Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief Fund<\/a>. The fund has supported 53 of community-based organizations in the region through flexible, relationship-centered support \u2013 meaning local leaders can flexibly mobilize funds to adapt to their community\u2019s changing needs well into recovery and preparedness.<\/p>\n<p>This support also means that organizations like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/donate\/103427\/space-of-peace\/?rf=learn_tserf\">Space of Peace<\/a>, a Syrian, women-led organization distributing winter kits, can continue delivering safety and warmth to female-headed households, including widows, orphans, families, and children with disabilities  \u2013 providing emergency relief to those affected by compounding crises amid a moment of tremendous change and instability in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>It also meant that SEMA (Syrian Expatriates Medical Association), a Syrian doctor and expatriates operating six mobile clinics across Syria\u2019s hardest-hit regions could receive flexible funds to provide free medical care and nutritional support for pregnant and nursing women and children. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"box_bottomMargin1 box_verticalPadded1 box_horizontalPadded6 text_fontSizeLarger col_ggPrimary1Text\"><p>Recovery in Turkey and Syria does not belong to one organization. It has unfolded through many locally-led efforts: medical teams, women-led initiatives, grassroots associations\u2014each rebuilding in their own communities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief Fund has helped channel resources to these efforts, allowing each organization to respond in the ways they know best.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an honor to work with these local organizations and leaders helping communities get the support they need\u2014not just in the immediate aftermath, but for the years it takes to rebuild lives. With your continued support, we can keep showing up for the people who are still repairing, still recovering, still hoping.<\/p>\n<small class=\"js-learnProjCaption layout_center box_topPaddedHalf text_fontSizeSmallest\"><span class=\"text_4i js-getProjTitle\">Featured Photo: Playing instruments at SEDYAD Music House<\/span> by <a href=\"org_url\" class=\"js-getOrg link_subtle text_underline text_4n col_defaultText\" target=\"_blank\">org<\/a><\/small>\n<p><center><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/projects\/turkey-earthquake-relief-fund\/?rf=learn\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about the Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief Fund.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 6, 2023, devastating earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, reshaping entire cities in a matter of minutes. Today, nearly three years later, recovery is still unfolding. 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