As a first step, JDC provided funds for the trucking of urgently- needed tents from Istanbul to Duzce. Next, JDC procured 1,000 sleeping bags in Israel and these were taken by the Israeli Air Force to Turkey. A young boy carries sleeping bags for himself and a family member. At Adapazari, the site of the Israeli village where JDC is helping to supply the health clinic and school, JDC Country Director Ami Bergman met with the Deputy Governor regarding maintenance of the village and needed services. The clinic is operating, and nurses and doctors come each day.
Medicines are available.
A dentist comes several times per week. Trauma relief services are essential to lessen the fears of the survivors who have now endured multiple quakes and after-shocks and are not able to resume normal life. JDC is working with an Israeli trauma relief group to develop a program which will deliver training to local professionals. JDC Country Director Ami Bergman assists IDF soldiers distributing sleeping bags to Turkish earthquake victims who were forced from their homes by building damage.