The Synagogue Church Of All Nation (SCOAN)’s Emmanuel TV has donated relief/ charity worth £10,000, to help in resettling displaced people in Turkey and Syria following the earthquake incident.
It would be recalled that on February 6, 2023, the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which shocked the world with its volume of destruction to life and property. This was followed by other devastating twin earthquakes, which left thousands dead, injured and homeless.
It was the 6th most deadly natural disaster this century after the 2005 tremor, which killed about 73,000 in Pakistan.
In Turkey, some 4.6 million children living in the Turkish provinces were badly hit by the disaster, leaving the country with gigantic humanitarian needs.
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The Turkish community groups living on United Kingdom, particularly in Hackney and Haringey Boroughs of North London have since mobilised themselves into raising donations and relief items to Turkey.
Over 200,000 people were displaced and over 100,000 badly injured in the incident apart from over 70,000 lives lost in the disaster. One of such groups is the London Alevi Cultural Centre and Cemevi both working with other organizations to provide money and relief items.
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SCOAN leader, Pastor Evelyn Joshua described the disaster as a “great humanitarian calamity”, calling on all “true human beings to please partake in bringing relief to our fellow human beings now in critical life conditions as a result of these terrible earthquakes”.
She had this to say,
God is love, we are His image and we must live and lead in love. Every kindness you heartily show at this period of their needs illustrates clearly the place of love in human affairs as a tool of human relationships and good neighborliness
Assuring that SCOAN would continue to sustain the legacy of humanitarianism and altruism of its founder, Prophet TB Joshua, the clergy said “the foundation of the Church was Love as shown in the Commission’s logo: “Let Love Lead” for Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour is love.”
She praised the partners all over the world for their untiring spirit, always ready to render selfless services to fellow human beings, praying that God’s grace, mercy and favour would always speak for them at every moment of their needs.
“Let us all continue in good works with concrete love for all around us with our light shining for people to glorify our Father in Heaven.” she said.
She said the exercise would be a continuous one as God ministers to the hearts of His children for an improved and better humanity.
