Want to help the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria? Here’s how

At least 5,000 people have died and hundreds more were injured after two earthquakes reduced homes and other buildings in Syria and Turkey to rubble.

The death toll from massive earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday continues to rise as rescuers swarm the wreckage and brave freezing temperatures in the hopes of finding survivors.

At least 5,000 people have died and hundreds more were injured after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake — and a subsequent earthquake of nearly equal strength — reduced homes and other buildings in the region to rubble.

With each passing hour, new horrors are uncovered in the region. Ali Silo, whose two relatives could not be saved in the Turkish town of Nurdagi, said voices that had been calling out from the crumpled ruins of buildings have gone silent.

“We could hear their voices, they were calling for help,” Ali Silo told The Associated Press.

Governments and humanitarian organizations around the world have sprung into action overthe last day, sending search teams and emergency aid to the region. Canada has announced plans to send $10 million in immediate aid,  though has yet to commit rescue crews or machinery to help.

Canada’s “moral support” is “very strong,” Kerim Uras, the Turkish ambassador to Canada, told Global News following the announcement.

“The support is really very heartwarming,” he said.

“But we do need more help and the cold is working against us.”