GOPA-DERD Presents New Aid to the Affected People by the Earthquake in Syria
With the increasing needs resulting from the earthquake, the translation of the directives of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, continues with intensive work on the ground, where GOPA-DERD team, at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, present new levels of response, paralleling the momentum of relief efforts that have continued since the first day of the disaster.
In Latakia, GOPA-DERD's team distributed food to the affected families in the city, ready-to-eat meals, and family hygiene kits to those affected in Jableh, in addition to distributing food and family hygiene kits to the affected people in Al-Haffah, in cooperation with ZOA. The livelihoods team also inspected the damaged projects in Al-Haffah, and continued to provide meals to medical staff and patients in Jableh National Hospital.
In Aleppo, and following up on the medical examinations conducted by GOPA-DERD medical team, they began providing a set of supportive medicines within the Queen Zenobia School accommodation center, including painkillers, fever reducers, medicines for treating arthritis, digestive medicines, vitamins, and others, in addition to sterilizers.
In turn, GOPA-DERD's team in Hama implemented psychological first-aid sessions for women, and recreational activities for children in some shelters in the city. GOPA-DERD protection specialists also began assessing some cases of women and children most affected by the earthquake…
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