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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sammy Gecsoyler and Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

UK’s Turkish and Syrian communities rush to aid earthquake victims

Volunteers sort through donations of baby clothes at ABS Transport in north London
Volunteers sort through donations of baby clothes at ABS Transport in north London. Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

Dozens of volunteers are packing boxes piled high on a north London industrial estate, filling them with vital donations to be sent to Gaziantep, the south-eastern province in Turkey devastated by the earthquake that hit in the early hours on Monday.

Huseyin Goran, 36, has been helping for three days straight. “The first two days I didn’t sleep and did as much as I could. I took a three-hour rest and carried on.”

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