A charitable foundation set up by wealth manager Quilter is donating £25,000 to help victims of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
More than 11,200 people have been killed in the earthquakes, and many more are injured. People are also trapped beneath the rubble, with buildings destroyed and survivors facing freezing winter conditions. The Quilter Foundation is giving the money to the Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal, launched today by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). The donation, which Quilter's chief executive (CEO) said could provide emergency shelter for 1,000 families who have lost their homes, will support the immediate focus of the DEC's relief effort. This aims to save lives and help those who ar...
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