On February 6, 2023, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria, followed by numerous aftershocks. The Turkish areas of Hatay, Adıyaman, Kahramanmaraş and Malatya were the hardest hit. Immense infrastructure damage and over 108,000 injured persons, 50,000 deaths, and displacement of around three million people altogether left communities devastated and in need of humanitarian assistance. Before the earthquakes, Turkey was already hosting approximately 3.5 million Syrian refugees, many of whom were displaced again. The economic cost of the earthquake was estimated at $104 billion USD with devastating effects on the labor market and businesses.

CORE collaborated with the Turkey Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), the Ministry of Family and Social Services, and two established local NGOs, YSYD and IHSAN Relief and Development (IHSAN). CORE and its partners responded with food vouchers and other in-kind support and implemented one of the first early recovery initiatives delivering business grants and training to small businesses in Hatay Province.

This learning brief focuses on lessons of CORE’s small business recovery support to 58 business owners located in the Hassa business park, which was implemented from May to September 2023, and includes recommendations for scaling in this context.

• Organización: CORE
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• Año publicación: 2024
• Derechos de autor: Tenzin Manell, Kara Fink, Gersán Vásquez
• Sitio Web: https://www.calpnetwork.org/