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Extraordinary measures for earthquake relief: Falcon jet landed in Turkey
Constructor group financed and organized a falcon flight with doctors and supplies to set up a first response medical station in Antakya, Turkey. Doctors and materials on board were organized by Humanity First Germany (source: Constructor Group).
February 15, 2023
Just one week following the earthquake that tragically impacted Turkey and neighboring countries on February 6th 2023, the Constructor ecosystem carried out immediate relief efforts for victims of the natural disaster. Constructor group financed and organized a falcon flight with doctors and supplies to set up a first response medical station in Antakya, Turkey. Meanwhile, students of Constructor University collected goods and supplies on campus for victims of the natural disaster.
Students at Constructor University organized a humanitarian goods drive to collect supplies from students and the local community in Bremen-Nord (source: Constructor University).
In alignment with the local authorities of Antakya in Turkey, majority shareholder of Constructor University, Constructor group, organized a corporate Falcon from Frankfurt to Antakya on Sunday morning (February 12th). On board: Doctors, medical supplies and materials for relief efforts. Flight expenses were covered by Constructor group founder Serg Bell, and his wife Oznur Bell, who initiated and funded this extraordinary effort to provide immediate help, and also contributed a further 50k USD in donations through the fundraising platform Groundbreaker.
The flight, in collaboration with NGO Humanity First, aimed to: bring experienced doctors and medical supplies to the affected region, establish first response stations, and organize its freight. The equipment sent will also be used for a field kitchen in cooperation with the Turkish local and government authorities (AFAD). The support provided to Antakya is done via Humanity First Germany in coordination with the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
Doctors organized by Humanity First set up a first-response medical station in Antakya, Turkey to provide immediate support for victims. All efforts were funded and organized by Constructor group (source: Constructor Group).
The doctors volunteering with Humanity First have been active in various emergency relief missions, including disaster relief in Africa, Ukraine, and the floods in Germany. Humanity First is a global charity organization active in over 100 countries with eight main programs, including Global Health, Water for Life, and Disaster Relief, and resources such as hospitals and orphanages.
In addition, students from the Community Impact Project (CIP) at Constructor University in Bremen, Germany, quickly organized events on February 11th and 12th for the collection of goods, food, and emergency supplies to send to the devastated areas in Turkey and Syria. CIP student organizers Ani Khutsaidze and Lorena Zaragoza launched the event within 24 hours to collect materials. Ani was motivated by her peers: "I'm proud of our team and community spirit for coming together to support those affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria,” she said, “Their quick response and generosity has been incredible. We collected many of the needed items and they'll be on their way to those in need in the coming days."
The goods and supplies collected by students at Constructor University were taken to Hamburg on February 14th and will be sent via train on Friday February 17th to areas affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria (source: Constructor University).
Constructor group and University will be further working diligently to provide support for relief efforts. In order to coordinate fundraising efforts, Constructor will continue to work with the donation platform below along with Humanity First.
About Constructor University: An international community, vibrant and diverse. Offering academic excellence, ensuring the highest standards in research and teaching. Empowering students to solve the world's pressing challenges through knowledge and science: Constructor University is a top-ranked, English-speaking, private university. Founded in 2001, it provides a wide range of 25+ academic programs and PhD. The Constructor ecosystem comprises the University, located in Bremen, Germany, and an institute in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Over 1.800 students from more than 110 nations on campus benefit from a unique interdisciplinary, foundational theoretical and practical education. Enriched with a buzzing entrepreneurial culture that prepares young professionals to thrive in the job market. With 6.000+ alumni worldwide, our community keeps growing – with our highest cohort ever registered in 2022. The research-centric faculty projects are funded by the German Research Foundation and the European Union's Framework Program for Research and Innovation as well as by globally leading companies. The Constructor ecosystem benefits from partnerships with high-ranked universities such as Carnegie Mellon, the University of Geneva or the National University of Singapore School of Computing, and technology companies such as Anisoprint, JetBrains and ChemDiv.
Constructor is a global institution dedicated to addressing the main challenges of the world through science, education, and technology. Apart from the University, the ecosystem relies on several for-profit entities that provide technology infrastructures and solutions, life-long education programs, consulting services, and funding: Alemira by Constructor, Rolos by Constructor, Constructor Learning and Constructor Capital.
