NGO owned by Pakistani-American mobilizes $10M worth of relief items for Turkiye quake victims
WASHINGTON (AA) – A US-based NGO owned by a Pakistani-American has mobilized millions of dollars’ worth of relief supplies to help the victims of two powerful earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye, killing some 6,000 people at last count and leaving many in need of assistance.
Mubashir Kazi, a Pakistani-American from the Global Empowerment Mission, which was founded in 2011 as a first responder to global disasters, said they had amassed roughly $10 million worth of relief items over the past 24 hours as of Tuesday afternoon, including medical kits, food items, warm clothing and blankets.
“It’s not something that is very easy, especially for a country like Türkiye, which I have a great deal of love and affection for,” he said. “I cannot express in words how I feel right now.”
He said the Global Empowerment Mission will continue to collect donations through their website globalempowermentmission.org.
“We’ve been able to mobilize in our dispatching over 100 pallets of relief goods within 24 hours of us making contact. We’ve identified and allocated over 1,000 pallets to ship out within the next five to 10 days.”
Kazi stressed that this is an aid effort from the American people and American donors to the nation of Türkiye.
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