Assistance to Kermanshah earthquake victims

The 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Kermanshah occurred on November 12, 2017. This would not have been possible without your help, dear ones. From the first days that we witnessed such an event, and by contacting families and friends in western Iran in the areas of Kermanshah and Sarpol-e Zahab, as well as Qasr Shirin, we were convinced of the severity of this incident. I lived in Qasr Shirin and then in Kermanshah and I was aware of the conditions and facilities there until these donations were collected in a few nights with the help of benevolent people.

The necessary items were collected from the very beginning and I have to thank all my close friends and people from the bottom of my heart. Even people who could not afford it made us ashamed by providing our basic equipment.

Cash donations became a significant amount until the last night, with which we bought hygiene items, food and basic necessities for the earthquake victims. I was happy when we entered a shop to buy, and the shopkeeper cooperated because of this.

After fully gathering our belongings, we went to the west with Soroush Shabanloo at night. As expected, private and government cars from all over Iran were helping along the way, and this made us happy. You can see the photo below on the way near Biston Mountain.

After a few hours of traffic and road closures, we finally reached Sarpol-e Zahab. The goal was to provide assistance to remote areas, and due to the company of a cleric who had full knowledge of the areas, we moved to villages that were less targeted for assistance.

This video includes public aid to the earthquake-stricken areas of western Iran from the functions of Sarpol-e Zahab in Kermanshah province. We were left behind and thank God it reached its needy directly so that you would not be disgusted that this might not be possible with the intervention of government forces.

Fortunately, there was no problem along the way and during the distribution, and it was easily distributed and distributed among the needy people. All these areas are completely saturated with goods, so in my opinion, do not send at least non-cash aid to these areas.

Rumors of a lack of aid to remote villages are not true, and the lack of aid to the quake-hit people only existed in the first days of the disaster.

The result of this work was the support of dear people and people like Ali Amiri, Soroush Shabanloo, Mohammad Hossein Jangiri, children of Afroud Alireza Beigi and many friends for their efforts. Finally, after ten years of living in these areas and with All the good and bad I experienced during this period, I considered it my duty to volunteer in this work. Tohid Shabanloo - November 2017