Nova Scotia woman heading to Turkey to provide aid after devastating earthquake
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Mandeep Dhunna says she couldn't sit back and watch relief efforts from the comfort of her home.
A Nova Scotia woman is heading to Turkey to provide aid after a powerful earthquake devastated the region last week.
Mandeep Dhunna says she couldn’t sit back and watch relief efforts from the comfort of her home. She’s one of two volunteers leaving Canada on Thursday to provide assistance through Khalsa Aid International.
“My parents are worried and my kids are worried about me and I said, ‘Don’t worry, I’m strong’,” she recalls about sharing the news of her departure.
Dhunna says as she watched the tragedy unfold in Turkey and Syria, she immediately asked her husband what they could do to help.
They’ve volunteered with Khalsa Aid in Nova Scotia since 2016, providing meals at shelters, masks to front-line workers during the pandemic and helping supply international students with warm coats for the winter.
Dhunna knew she could help in Turkey after learning the non-profit humanitarian organization had teams on the ground.
“I’m not worried about it, I just wanted to go,” she says. “I pray to God to give me more strength, whatever I have there I can do for people.”
When Dhunna arrives she’ll join volunteers in handing out meals, blankets and medication to those in need.
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