Help for Earthquake Victims
On February 6, devastating earthquakes struck the border area between Turkey and Syria, followed by further aftershocks. Already, there are more than 47,000 fatalities. The number of injured is not yet foreseeable. Countless children have lost family members and are injured.
We are facing a humanitarian catastrophe: there is a lack of clean water, sanitation, food and safe shelter. Hospitals report a large number of amputations that need to be treated.
We help. Support us!
With “People in Need - Help for Earthquake Victims”, the Ottobock Global Foundation has launched a fundraising campaign to support the development of a medical technology infrastructure on site.
In order to be able to provide patients with prostheses and orthoses in a professional manner, the medical technology company Ottobock is equipping several containers as mobile orthopaedic workshops and sending them to the Turkish crisis region.
Since 2019, the Ottobock Global Foundation has been represented with a workshop in Gaziantep in the Turkish-Syrian border region to provide care for Syrian refugees. A container of this type has also been in use in Lviv, Ukraine, since last year.
News & Updates
One year after the earthquake
Ottobock expands relief efforts to Syria
If you would like to support our relief campaign “People in Need - Help for Earthquake Victims”, please transfer your donation to the special account mentioned above.
Donation account: Ottobock Global Foundation
Deutsche Bank
IBAN: DE55 1007 0000 0937 0370 00
BIC: DEUTDEBBXXX
Subject: „People in Need - Help for Earthquake Victims”
We will promptly invest the funds entrusted to us in the current project. If your donation can no longer be used for the intended purpose, it will be reallocated to current and comparable projects. Your donations will always be used in accordance with the statutes.
Contact persons
Christin Franzel
Additional projects
Helping hands for Ukraine
In order to support the victims of war in Ukraine, Ottobock is supporting the expansion of a local medical technology infrastructure in various ways, from repair service centre projects to training and education programmes to product developments especially for use in crisis regions.
In order to support the victims of war in Ukraine, Ottobock is supporting the expansion of a local medical technology infrastructure in various ways, from repair service centre projects to training and education programmes to product developments especially for use in crisis regions.
Help for the children of Gaza
The ongoing fighting in Gaza is leading to a humanitarian crisis, and the entire medical infrastructure has collapsed. Ottobock and the Ottobock Global Foundation want to work together to help children who have lost their limbs in the attacks.
The ongoing fighting in Gaza is leading to a humanitarian crisis, and the entire medical infrastructure has collapsed. Ottobock and the Ottobock Global Foundation want to work together to help children who have lost their limbs in the attacks.
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