The thread of life was cut for more than 36,000 people (estimated at the moment) after a devastating earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale that “hit” Turkey and Syria.

For some creatures, however, for only a few months, life begins in chaos and destruction.

For Aya (Arabic for “miracle”), life literally began in ruins as she was born under the ruins of Monday’s deadly earthquake. Her umbilical cord was still attached to her mother’s lifeless body when rescuers found her.

The kid lived for more than 10 hours under the rubble of a five-story building and is now recovering in the hospital.

It is believed that Aya is the only survivor of her family, although there are dozens of requests for adoption. However, according to the Guardian, her uncle is expected to take over her custody, despite the fact that his own house was also completely destroyed by the earthquake.

Unfortunately, Aya is not the only child who is alone in the hospital, because traces of the family have disappeared. Three-year-old Tariq Haidar was pulled alive from the rubble of his house in Jandarisnorthern Syria, 42 hours after the earthquake, according to the news agency Reuters. He was taken to the hospital, where doctors had to amputate his left leg.

His family did not survive. Malek Qasida, the nurse who cared for him, told reporters. Reuters: “They pulled his father and two of his brothers before him out of the rubble. Unfortunately they were dead. The bodies of his mother and another brother were later found.”

Many children were orphaned or left unaccompanied after the devastating earthquake

There are many children orphaned by the devastating earthquake, but the exact number is still unknown.

The families of 263 children rescued from the rubble in Turkey are missing, according to the Turkish Ministry of Family and Social Services on Friday.

Of the 263 children, 162 continue to be treated in hospitals, and 101 children, after treatment, were transferred to the relevant departments of the ministry and placed under inpatient treatment.

“It is clear that many children lost their parents in this devastating earthquake.”he decided Joe iEnglish, UNICEF Emergency Specialist. He pointed out that unaccompanied children who either have be separated from their families or become orphans so that they can also receive proper care.

“After such disasters, displaced children, especially those unaccompanied or separated from their families, become vulnerable to violence, exploitation and abuse, including the risk of human trafficking or gender-based violence,” I noted.English.

At the beginning of the adoption process

OUREnglish he also added that the adoption process should never begin during a natural disaster.

“Until the whereabouts of the child’s parents or other close family members are known, we believe that all children have living close relatives,” a UNICEF spokesman said. CNN, adding that “every effort must be made to reunite the children with their families.”

It is noted that UNICEF, in addition to providing water, food, warm clothes and medicines reserves for those affected, it provides psychological and psychological support to children in order to gradually cope with the trauma they received as a result of a natural disaster.

At the same time, the Disaster Emergencies Committee (DEC), made up of 15 of the UK’s leading charities, said it was closely monitoring and helping unaccompanied and separated children.

“We have created special spaces for children that provide appropriate psychosocial activities and appropriate care,” he said in CNN V Madara HettiarachchiDEC Program Director.