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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ondath" data-source="post: 8931536" data-attributes="member: 7031770">Friends, some of you may know I'm from Turkey, and 10 cities in Turkey as well as Northern Syria were struck by two massive earthquakes on February 6. In a rare disaster, we had one earthquake that struck at 4 AM, getting many people in the sleep, and a second one at noon that further demolished the region. Just one of these earthquakes would already be devastating, but both of them happening back to back has created a situation that is no less than apocalyptic. Entire cities and towns have been razed to the ground, and death toll in Turkey is currently at 9000 — and rising.I am one of the lucky ones who had no friends or family endangered by the event, but I know people in my university whose parents lost their home. Worse, the government response has been incredibly lacking. I won't go into details since I don't think discussing politics will be particularly helpful. But cities like Antioch and Maraş have been abandoned by government agencies for the first two days, with people digging their friends and family with bare hands. What's worse, the government just started blocking Twitter to censor criticism of the situation, when people were using Twitter to coordinate search & rescue operations. It's really, really bad.The reason I wanted to start a thread here is to ask for your help. Critical Role Foundation already pledged 25 Million USD through CARE, and there has been massive outpouring of international aid, both monetarily and by sending personnel. When I first heard of Critical Role's help, I was really touched.If you have any money you could spare, consider donating to AHBAP. They're an NGO that has been really trustworthy in past natural disasters, and frankly I trust them to better manage any relief funds than our government agencies. They received considerable donations from big corporations and public personalities in Turkey, and US streamer Hasan Piker (@hasanabi) raised more than 700 Million USD. AHBAP accepts donations in US Dollars, Euros and even cryptocurrencies the last time I checked.For donating via bank transfer, you can use the following link:[URL unfurl="true"]https://ahbap.org/disasters-turkey[/URL]Haluk Levent, AHBAP's founder, also opened several cryptocurrency wallets to accept donations there.[MEDIA=twitter]1622913175409623041[/MEDIA][MEDIA=twitter]1622926244512661504[/MEDIA]Lastly, you can also use the following link to donate:[URL unfurl="true"]https://bagis.ahbap.org/bagis[/URL]You can also find Critical Role Foundation's announcement here:[MEDIA=twitter]1622706658177863680[/MEDIA]They seem to have donated through CARE, but I don't know to whom CARE will direct their funds. Frankly, I would discourage you from donating to CARE if they will deliver the funds directly to government agencies.Thanks for taking your time. I hope we can get to discuss sillies matters like linear fighters/quadratic wizards and the OGL soon.</blockquote>

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