Turkey donates $1m to children's project

Turkey donates $1m to children's project

JAKARTA: Turkey, which has been active in providing assistance to
victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami, recently donated US$1 million to
the OIC Alliance to Safeguard Children Victims of the Tsunami,
the Turkish Embassy in Jakarta announced.

"Abdullah Gul (Turkey's minister of foreign affairs and deputy
prime minister) presented a check in the amount of $1 million to
OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) secretary-general
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, as a contribution from Turkey to the OIC
Alliance to Safeguard Children Victims of the Tsunami project,
during the 32nd session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign
Ministers held in Sanaa between June 28 and June 30," the embassy
said in a statement received by The Jakarta Post.

Turkey has donated a total of $5 million to Indonesia and
other countries affected by the tsunami.

The embassy said the Turkish Red Crescent and the Turkish
Directorate General for Disaster Management had raised $36
million through a nationwide donation campaign. The money is
being used on reconstruction and infrastructure projects in
tsunami-affected countries, including Indonesia.

Turkey also has provided delicious and nutritious bread to
thousands of tsunami victims in Aceh since the disaster. -- JP