You are Not Alone: Turkish Earthquake Disaster

Mez Varol is organizing this fundraiser.

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Merhaba and thank you for visiting this humanitarian site for Turkish earthquake relief. The focus of this effort is to provide sustenance to the families and individuals impacted by this disaster.

Not food for a meal, nor a week, but a fully staffed and equipped industrial kitchen meeting the highest international health standards for 24/7 production over a period of two, three or even five years. No one knows how long it will take for Turkiye to recover.

With your help we will purchase a used, high-capacity mobile kitchen and ship it oversees as soon as possible.

There are chefs scheduled to serve on a rotating basis, food and water suppliers, propane deliveries and waste removal. All are provided as a complete package.

53' Kitchen atop semi trailer (16.15 meters); relocatable to assist multiple communities

Photo courtesy of Kitchen Corps

We will be able to feed 500 to 1,000 people each day with hearty soups and nutritional meals. It is mass production style, not gyros, but flavorfully prepared with care.

It will be decades to build back, but we want to make a difference by using the network in Turkey through my brother and my friend, Sinan Sungur, who has already committed to serving as the On-the-ground Organizer and provider of all the food necessary to operate this massive coordination of the mobile kitchen. In partnership with him, I can make this happen, but I need your help. Make a difference. Unite with me to help save some lives.

This is a brief and heartbreaking video of the devastation in just one area impacting thousands

Approximately 14,000,000 to 15,000,000 people are impacted. We will assist in the cities of Kilis, Malatya, Gaziantep, Diyarbakir, Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Adiyaman, Sanliurfa, Adana, and Osmaniye.

This project named, THE HUMANITY: You are Not Alone is because it touches the humanity of all men, women and children. We want to do more than just say "you are not alone." We want to touch them in the ways that we love and provide for our own families. We have much to appreciate and are blessed to share with our loved ones as well as those in need. Preparing the dishes of my homeland is one way that I enjoy caring for my family and friends. (Scroll down to see.)

Savor not only the images, but the opportunity presented in meeting head-on the overwhelming sorrow and need. I don't want to sit on my butt in my warm living room and let the spirit of apathy take over my behavior. Therefore, I decided that I am going to do something. With your help we can positively impact hundreds of thousands of people's lives right now. Your participation is requested and appreciated.