UNICEF is calling on Australians to continue helping the millions of people across Turkey and Syria battered by a devastating earthquake.
Three Australians died in the quake, with the death toll recently surpassing 41,000 and continuing to climb.
UNICEF Australia’s Elliot Stein says more children across Turkey and Syria have been caught up in the devastation than the total number of children in Australia.
“Those six million children right now require food, shelter, water, medicine and safety,” he said.
“People ask, what does hope look like? Hope looks like a child in a disaster centre picking up a crayon for the very first time.”…