A Facebook post uploaded last Sunday by the Naxxar Local Council urges people not to dump their unwanted items as ‘charity’ for earthquake survivors in Turkey.
‘We asked for donations for the earthquake victims but it seems as though some just wanted to get rid of junk’ said the post.
‘What’s worse is that they did not even have the decency to bring them during opening office hours. They placed them in the entrance without any semblance of respect to those wishing to enter the building, including pensioners requiring assistance.’
The local council put a stop to these unnecessary donations, but the post was met with a mixed bag of reactions. Some backed up the local council whereas other criticised the approach taken by the post as demeaning to all those who wanted to contribute in any way that they could.
Yesterday, the Turkish Embassy released a statement to also put an end to clothing and food as donations, instead urging donors to focus on either financial donations or other necessary items such as sleeping bags, gas heaters, mobile toilets or container homes.
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