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Turkish aid association builds homes in Darfur
“Two million people who had to leave their homes stay in camps and 700,000 of them are in Nyala,” he said.
Deputies from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), including Yahya Akman, Seracettin Karayağız, İlknur İnceöz and Özlem Müftüoğlu, and writer İkbal Gürpınar have been Nyala’s Orhaniye, where the construction of homes by Kimse Yok Mu has started. The group has experienced moving moments as they have seen the conditions in which people have to live.
Since 2003, an estimated 300,000 people have died and about 2 million have fled their homes due to conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan and that Shengi, a village in Nyala, is one that many people left. Kimse Yok Mu renamed Shengi “Orhaniye” upon the request of the Nyala Governor’s Office. Sudan suffered a 17-year civil war followed by ethnic, religious and economic conflict.
Erdoğan criticized the United Nations for its policy of having the people live in camps rather than providing them with an education, homes and jobs.
“They use the people living in the camps where there is a big security problem. People are afraid that their children could be kidnapped,” he said regarding claims that there is an organ mafia operating in the camps.
Kimse Yok Mu volunteers work with locals in agriculture and other areas in order to have them to continue to be self-sufficient instead of depending on others for everything.
“We expect support from our brothers in Turkey. Families will be able protect themselves from the rain and sun in the houses that we build here. A house costs $4,200, which is quite inexpensive when we compare them with the homes that we have in our country, but they are just as valuable,” Erdoğan said.
AK Party Şanlıurfa deputy Akman expressed his appreciation for the volunteers who work so far from their home country to help people in Darfur.
“Here live our Muslim brothers. Their appearance and language are different but they are human beings,” he said. “Our government tries to help such organizations through institutions such as the Turkish Red Crescent [Kızılay]. That assistance will continue. We came to Sudan to draw attention to the situation here. We hope to see them living in much better conditions in 10 to 15 years.” AK Party Gaziantep deputy Müftüoğlu said the aid association’s efforts are worthy of appreciation.
“They built a village clinic, school and a police station and they now build homes,” she said, adding that they have all been moved by these efforts.
Founded in 2000, Kimse Yok Mu carries out aid activities in many countries around the world. The Turkish charitable organization has carried out 20,000 health screenings and 4,000 operations thus far in various parts of the world. In some regions, there are two Turkish doctors working at every hospital.
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