On Monday 6th February 2023, two deadly earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria.

Two deadly earthquakes, followed by thousands of aftershocks, have claimed 54,540 lives and injured 117,485 across southern Turkey and northern Syria. Lives and livelihoods have been destroyed.

Find out how our new prefabricated homes are supporting people affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on February 6 2023.

Since the devastating Turkey-Syria Earthquakes on February 6th which displaced over 3 million people and killed 52,000, we have been responding to needs through our local partner the International Blue Crescent (IBC). Read reflections from our Head of Humanitarian Programmes.

The carnage in Syria is unimaginably bad. Since 2011, hundreds of thousands of people have died, probably well over half a million. Nobody knows. The UN stopped counting in 2016. This week marks the seventh depressing anniversary of Syria’s civil war. There is still no end in sight: civilians are killed on a daily basis.

For Refugee Week 2021 we are celebrating the incredible resilience, achievements and contributions of a few of the 1,000+ refugees World Jewish Relief has supported on their journeys into work. This year the theme of Refugee Week is 'We Cannot Walk Alone'. At the heart of our Specialist Training and Employment Programme (STEP) for refugees are our partnerships with NGOs, local and national authorities, who help deliver the programme.

4.17am. It’s a time I hear again and again. 4.17am. A time that usually comes and goes, quietly and unnoticed. But this 4.17am was different, this 4.17am left its indelible mark, in every sense.