As many of you know at least ten provinces in southeast Turkey, including my hometown has been devastated by a major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit Gaziantep/Kahramanmaras provinces at 04:17 am (01:17 GMT) on 6 February 2023. The earthquake was followed by multiple aftershocks with the highest being of magnitude 7.5. I am supporting Mozaik who have launched the Kahramanmaras Earthquake Emergency Relief Fund to support civil society organisations working on the ground to provide immediate relief and medium to long term recovery to survivors of the earthquake.