Totton: Oceanside Logistics sending aid to Turkey and Syria

Totton-based Oceanside Logistics is paying for food, clothing and other items to be airlifted to the region to help families made homeless in the disaster.

Staff are appealing for donations to be delivered to its headquarters at Brunel Road on the Calmore Industrial Estate.

Director Harry Green said: "We are collecting the items onsite and then transporting the aid.

"We are working with the Turkish Embassy, which has identified the need for supplies."

Some of the aid that has already been donated to Oceanside Logistics (Image: Oceanside Logistics)

Mr Green appealed for "new or gently-used items" to be delivered to Oceanside by Wednesday, February 22.

He added: "Like everyone else, our staff has been incredibly moved by the images and stories coming out of Turkey and Syria.

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"We decided to help in the best way we can, which is to collect items needed and help ship them to Turkey."

Hampshire has been heavily involved in the relief effort since the quake struck in the early hours of February 6, when most people were asleep.

Some of the aid that has already been delivered to Oceanside Logistics (Image: Oceanside Logistics)

As reported in the Daily Echo, Southampton FC donated £10,000 to the British Red Cross to support the rescue efforts.

Students at the University of Southampton set up a stall outside the Westquay shopping centre and asked passers-by to donate to their cause.

Congregants at the Shahjalal Mosque and Islamic Centre raised £2,400 in one day.

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Woolston Learning Centre collected donations for the huge number of people who lost their livelihoods in the disaster.

Ottoman Kitchen on Southampton High Street opened a collection point for goods that will be transported to Turkey. On February 22 the restaurant will host a fundraiser for Gaziantep, which is owner Niyazi Kaya's home city.

Hundreds of Southampton musicians are planning to take part in a city-wide event that aims to raise £10,000 for survivors of the 7.8 magnitude quake.

Niyazi Kaya outside Ottoman Kitchen in Southampton (Image: Newsquest.)

Last year Oceanside Logistics covered the cost of sending aid to Poland following the Russian invasion. The items were distributed to refugees who had fled the fighting.

Now the company is striving to help the people of Turkey and Syria.

Items needed: Sleeping bags, bedding, tents, baby formula, dry food, warm clothes for babies, children, and adults (jumpers, coats, thermals), hats, scarves and gloves, nappies, women’s sanitary products, shampoo, shower gel and soap (no aerosols).