The recent earthquakes in Turkey have dominated the news over the last few weeks. Unfortunately, whilst these events are now becoming yesterday’s news; they are still very much the bitter reality for thousands of people whose lives have so cruelly and suddenly been disrupted in such a tragic way.

My family and I had originally set up this fundraiser to:

• arrange to make and send pre-fabricated homes and

• organise free transport out of the danger zone

So far, your donations have paid for 2 out of 4 pre-fabricated homes in full and enabled countless victims to reach safety. We are beyond grateful for all your contributions.

However, there has been a vast increase in the demand for pre-fabricated homes since we started our page. Unfortunately, this has pushed up production and transport costs to an unsustainable level for our little fundraiser.

As the situation is ever changing, we have decided to adjust our cause in line with local feedback. Going forward, we are concentrating our efforts on providing general aid including but not limited to; heating, shelter, evacuation, clothing, bedding, schools equipment, kitchen supplies (including cooking equipment), sanitary & hygiene products, food and clean water...

We are all grief stricken and feel utterly helpless so are trying to do our bit to help directly in this way, without any associated big charity overheads or red tape.

We would love for you to consider giving to our cause and to share via social media as much as you can.

Thank you so much, Pinar, Serap, Ibrahim and the Turkish people