Watch: Gift of the Givers Assist Turkey After Devastating Earthquake

South Africa Cape Town 07 - February- 2023 -
Gift of the Givers medical team at the Cape Town International Airport. Gift of the Givers are lending a helping hand following an earthquake affecting Syria and Turkey.

In addition, five Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) staff members from the university’s Emergency Medical Sciences Department will be flying to Turkey as well, to assist with search and rescue operations in that country.

Turkey and Syria were struck by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake this week and the death toll has already surpassed 5000. CPUT and Gift of the Givers have a long-standing working relationship with staff members previously joining the disaster response NGO to the 2015 Nepal earthquake and the 2018 tsunami in Indonesia.