Food, shelter and sanitary kits are now the priority for those affected by the Turkey/Syria earthquake one week ago.
At least 35-thousand people are now confirmed dead with that figure expected to rise as rescue and aid workers access remote communities.
CONCERN worker and Longford Native Gillian Boyle is calling on the Irish public to support the joint aid agency appeal to help victims of the disaster.
Working from Sanliurfa in Southern Turkey, the logistics advisor is managing the flow of supports and aid to the stricken regions.
However, the dangerous political situation in Syria is hampering some rescue efforts, with full picture of the devastation in the country not yet known.
'Even the buildings that surrounding me here there's a lot of cracks across the façade.
The government is trying to do their best to try and inspect each building and clear them but due to the huge numbers of buildings and the small number of engineers, it is taking time.
The Turkish government is working as quick as they can to try and get people back into their homes in the buildings that are considered safe and then we try and support the others that are still exposed'
