Residents of Osmaniye say they want meals, heaters and correct housing preparations to handle their kids.

Osmaniye, Turkey – Eight days after catastrophic earthquakes and aftershocks left tens of hundreds useless and plenty of extra homeless, humanitarian support nonetheless has not reached folks in components of Turkey that had been severely affected.

Greater than 100 individuals are staying in a makeshift camp in Osmaniye after their homes had been broken or collapsed – they’ve but to obtain any assist from AFAD – the state emergency and catastrophe committee.

To make tents and makeshift shelters for themselves and their households, they needed to scavenge for supplies wherever they may discover them.

All they’ve acquired to this point is a few meals from the municipality.

“We’d like heaters, we want meals, we want assist for our youngsters,” Songul Bulsan, 44, mentioned, as one of many kids coughed, a harsh, hacking sound. The adults declined to be photographed however allowed Al Jazeera to {photograph} their kids.

“We requested for tents – however we couldn’t even get a tent. It’s so chilly – if we discover tyres, we burn them,” he added. “We burn no matter we are able to discover to get heat. There’s not a lot assist in Osmaniye proper now.”

Individuals are scared to enter their broken properties as sturdy aftershocks of practically magnitude 5 proceed.

Greater than 20 million folks have been affected by the earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 and seven.6 that came about in southeastern Turkey and northwest Syria. In accordance with the United Nations, some 870,000 folks want pressing scorching meals throughout the 2 nations.

Dozens of nations have pledged support to Istanbul as rescue and reduction efforts proceed, regardless of dwindling hope of discovering any survivors.

A non-governmental enterprise organisation, the Turkish Enterprise and Enterprise Confederation, has estimated a lack of as much as $84.1bn from the catastrophe.

‘Can’t blame anybody’

In the meantime, a camp of AFAD tents in a close-by faculty is full.

However, some folks say the authorities are doing the very best they’ll within the scenario however are very stretched.

One lady instructed Al Jazeera she was delicate to overseas journalists making “propaganda”.

“You can not blame anybody, the impression is a lot. Even when Turkey will get completely flattened we are going to love our authorities.”

Final week, opposition chief Kemal Kilicdaroglu criticised the federal government’s response, saying that whereas the earthquake was “enormous”, there was a “lack of coordination, lack of planning and incompetence”.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has acknowledged “shortcomings” within the state’s response to the quakes, including that extreme climate had made rescue efforts harder.