African volunteers become playmates for child victims of Türkiye earthquakes

KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye

Three African students, who came to Türkiye’s southern Kahramanmaras province after the Feb. 6 twin earthquakes, are accompanying the social activities of the children.

Gambian Abdullah Amadue, 31, Huseyin Ahmed, a 24-year-old from Niger, and Hamza Idrissa, a 24-year-old from Burkina Faso, are participating in the activities carried out in the Afsin district as Turkish Red Crescent volunteers.

The three African students who are studying at Bartin University in northwestern Türkiye, act as playmates in social activities held in tent cities.

Idrissa told Anadolu that they are deeply saddened by the disaster in Türkiye.

He said they are trying to do their part in post-quake recovery efforts. “We maybe can’t take their pain away, we can’t make them forget their pain, so we said, ‘Let’s do what we can’.”

Computer engineering student Ahmed said that he came to the region to help earthquake victims.

“We are doing our best. We are playing with kids. We will be in the area for four more days,” he added.

Amadue, a political science student, said they are trying to help humanitarian efforts however they can.

• Feb.6 twin earthquakes
• Kahramanmaras
• Turkiye