Gibraltar Care Agency raises over £5,000 for Red Cross earthquake appeal to help victims

The GIBRALTAR Care Agency has raised over £5,000 for the Turkish and Syrian Red Cross Campaign since 8 February.

The Care Agency Events Committee, with the support of all its different departments, staff and the general public raised the cash to support relief efforts from the powerful earthquake.

Care Agency CEO Carlos Banderas said he was “delighted” to announce that the effort had raised a total of £5,354.

Different teams within the Care Agency raised the money in different ways.

For example, Jasmine Viagas of Jagrathi Yoga conducted her own yoga sessions to raise much-needed money for the Red Cross Appeal.

The Minister for Health and Care, Albert Isola, said: “I am in awe of the genuine vocational care values ​​displayed by the professionals at The Care Agency who have gone above and beyond their work to support this appeal.”

The money will surely be put to good use after a fresh 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey on Monday.

Walls and balconies collapsed in Syria and around the Turkish city of Samandag in Hatay province, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds.

It followed the magnitude 7.8 quake that struck that area on February 6.

So far, authorities have estimated the death toll at around 47,000 with many more injured and homeless.

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