#humanisim

Turkey has declared a fourth level alert state after being hit with two major earthquakes . The "level 4" alarm condition includes an international call for help. A lot of people are still waiting to be saved, thousands are out in the streets in the middle of the winter, more than 6000 buildings are destroyed.

Please keep in mind that

1 $ is 18 ₺

1 € is 20 ₺

1£ is 22 ₺

However small your donation seem, it could buy someone a meal or a tent.

If you want to help, the most trustworthy organizations are;

AHBAP

Non-Governmental Nonprofit organization founded by a Turkish musician. This organization helped in many natural disasters before. If you want to see what they are doing with the donations you can follow the founder @haluklevent on Twitter and get updates on the help they are providing as well as the current state of things.

TL Hesabı: 1021-1380059

IBAN: TR120006400000110211380059

USD Account no: 1021-2150262

IBAN: TR320006400000210212150262

EUR Account no: 1021-2150277

IBAN: TR150006400000210212150277

GBP Sterlin Account

IBAN: TR370006400000210212260849

Crypto currency account: *BEP20 Cüzdan Adresi:*

0xB67705398fEd380a1CE02e77095fed64f8aCe463

TÜRK KIZILAY

Non-governmental Nonprofit organization founded in 1868. They provide help, fist aid, food, water and shelter during disasters, they regularly collect blood donations and they provide food and shelter to people in need all throughout the year. Right now you can donate them to help provide with disaster shelters.

Türkiye IBAN: TR 4800 0100 2110 0000 2868 5254

To donate from Abroad, Ziraat Bank International AG Filiale Frankfurt Account Numbers;

IBAN: DE26 5122 0700 1080 0000 01

KONTO NO: 1080000001

BLZ: 512 20 700 Copy - SWIFT: TCZBDEFF

Or you can dial 0090 216 168 11 22

AKUT

Non-governmental Nonprofit search and rescue organization founded in 1995 by seven Turkish athletes and made of many volunteered trained personals. They provide help with searching, assisting and rescuing all who require aid within its authority and means.





There are few important things I have realized recently, not only in light of the very unfortunate Santa Barbara incident, but in my own experiences, and I would like to share with you all.

1. Pointing fingers at specific people or groups of people will not get us anywhere. It will do the opposite. Let's not do that.

2. We are all problems and we are all solutions. Which one you will be is entirely up to you, but I hope we all try to be solutions.

3. A lot of people lash out and make generalizations because they are afraid. People are usually afraid for a reason. Before you lash back, please take a minute to be open minded and see where they are coming from. I have found that as long as you show/demonstrate to the person that you heard them and their feelings, they are more willing to listen to your side of the story. Even though you may not agree with what they have to say, show others the respect and maturity you would like to be treated with. They, and you, may be pleasantly surprised. 

1. Proclaim the natural dignity and inherent worth of all human beings.

2. Respect the life and property of others.

3. Practice tolerance and open-mindedness towards the choices and life styles of others.

4. Share with those who are less fortunate and mutually assist those who are in need of help.

5. Use neither lies, nor spiritual doctrine, nor temporal power to dominate and exploit others.

6. Rely on reason, logic and science to understand the Universe and to solve life's problems.

7. Conserve and improve the Earth's natural environment—land, soil, water, air and space—as humankind's common heritage.

8. Resolve differences and conflicts cooperatively without resorting to violence or to wars.

9. Organize public affairs according to individual freedom and responsibility, through political and economic democracy.

(Peter Ustinov at the beginning of his career- picture taken from

www.ustinov-foundation.org )

Besides my parents and grandparents the person I most admire and I aspire to be like is the late great Sir Peter Ustinov.

Generally I’m not one who idealises celebrities, for me we are all just human beings, fame and fortune are things that distort peoples sense of self and lead to terrible excesses and unhappiness.

I admire Sir Peter Ustinov not because he was a famous Oscar winning old school actor but because he was an exceptional human being and above all an exceptional renaissance man in the artistic sense.

(Sir Peter Ustinov in his role as UNICEF representative, apologies for skipping everything else in between - picture taken from

www.ustinov-foundation.org )

Sir Peter was someone who had a tireless energy in life dedicating himself to every possible creative and humanistic pursuit. He was not only a gifted character stage, t.v and movie actor but a talented director of film, opera and theatre, playwright of numerous award winning stage plays, author of hundreds of titles, documentary maker, journalist, visual artist, humanitarian (a UNICEF ambassador), voice artist, stage designer, impersonator (he could imitate every person you can think of),linguist (he was fluent in Italian, French, German, English, Russian and could string a sentence together in Turkish). But above all he was an extraordinary communicator who respected all humanity and he did it all with an astounding humility. The goodness he did in the world is continued by the Peter Ustinov Foundation whose goal is to continue his work to build a world without prejudice.

I’m almost embarrassed to mention the fact that I actually got to meet my so called ‘hero’ (I don’t particularly like that word). It was embarrassing on my part simply because I got terribly overwhelmed that I came across as a complete jackass.

I got to interview him back during my student days when a fellow broadcasting classmate and I ventured to his press conference on his visit to Perth Western Australia when he was touring on his one man show. Thanks to an amazing fluke no one turned up to his press conference and so we got a one on one interview in Sir Peter’s hotel room. So you can imagine what happened to this nervous little thing with not questions and a head filled with Sir Peter memorabilia gathered from years of following his career as a fan. I couldn’t blurt out the fact that he was the person I most admire in the world, I would have sounded like a maniac.

Thank goodness Sir Peter came to my rescue understanding that I was completely out of my depth we ended up having a completely normal conversation, which he assured me really is the best kind of interview.

Looking back I am thankful that Sir Peter Ustinov met my expectations and taught me the most important thing is to communicate.

Rochelle