International relief organizations are stepping up their efforts to help the millions of people left homeless by the killer. earthquake February 6, which claimed the lives of more than 43 thousand people in Turkey And Syria.

Two people were pulled alive from rubble in Turkey yesterday Thursday, but such rescues are becoming increasingly rare. Yesterday, a 17-year-old girl was pulled alive from the ruins of a collapsed building in the southern province of Kahramanmaras, 248 hours after a deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake, according to TRT Haber.

About 10 hours later, Naslihan Kılıç was rescued, and her relatives lost hope. “We prepared her grave and asked the rescuers to stop digging, as we were afraid that the bodies under the rubble would be dismembered. A few minutes later, her voice could be heard through the rubble of the building,” her son-in-law told CNN Turk. Kilic’s husband and two children have not yet been found.

Turkey’s quake has killed 38,044 people, officials said today, while neighboring Syria has recorded 5,800 deaths, a number that hasn’t changed much in recent days. Neither country has announced the number of missing persons.

UN call

Yesterday, the UN called for more than $1 billion to be raised to help Turkey. On Tuesday, he requested $400 million for Syria.

Families waiting for the release of their loved ones are growing angry at poor construction and uncontrolled construction, which is causing the collapse of thousands of homes and other buildings.

“I have two children. There is no other. They are both under rubble,” Sevil Karaampdoglu said as bulldozers demolished what was left of the high-rise apartment building in Antakya where her two daughters lived.

It is believed that about 650 people died as a result of the collapse of this building. “We rented this building because it was luxurious, safe. How do I know the contractor built that way?” Karaambdoglu asked.

Approximately 200 kilometers away, about 100 people gathered in a small cemetery in the town of Pazarchik to bury a family of four killed in the same house.

Cross-border crossings

The Syrian government has announced that the death toll in areas it controls has reached 1,414, noting that this is the final tally.

Most of the casualties are in rebel-held northwest Syria, with rescuers saying no one has been rescued alive in the region since February 9. Consequently, efforts are now focused on helping the survivors.

Much of the region’s infrastructure has been damaged or disabled by the 12-year war, and health authorities are faced with the difficult task of ensuring that survivors now do not become infected.

Aid in northwestern Syria is becoming difficult due to the conflict, and many in the region feel abandoned when aid reaches other affected areas.

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it was particularly concerned about the health of people in northwestern Syria, where some 4 million people were already reliant on humanitarian aid before the earthquake.

So far, 119 UN trucks carrying humanitarian aid have passed through two border crossings on the border between Turkey and Syria, a UN spokesman said.

Many survivors fled the affected areas, but some chose to stay despite the appalling living conditions.

“We spend our days (eating) bread, soup and food from the help sent by the citizens. We no longer have a life. We are afraid,” said Mustafa Akan from Antiyaman, who sleeps outside and warms himself with firewood in a bucket.

^{According to REUTERS, APE-MPE}