Turkish NGO takes food, medicine to Niger
Volunteer Turkish doctors wait in the departure hall of Istanbul Airport before their departure to Niger on August 08, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. The volunteers from Worldwide Doctors (Yeryuzu Doktorlari), a Turkish non-governmental organization, departed for Niger on Thursday to provide health support and deliver aid ahead of the upcoming Eid al-Adha -- the festival of sacrifice. Ayşe Nur Sarıalan, the project coordinator, told Anadolu Agency that the group had organized aid activities for Eid al-Adha since 2005. 'We will operate in a total of eight countries being Chad, Niger, Yemen, Somali, Palestine, Tanzania, Afghanistan and Syria,' she said. She said that a group of ten volunteers was traveling to Niger along with 66 aid packages containing medicine and food. Sarıalan said the group would provide medical screening in Chad and Niger and the the group would hold aid activities in the other countries.