Turkey- Turkish agency launches flour caign for Syrians

10/23/2015 12:22:05 PM

(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Turkish aid agency the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) haslauncheda campaign for flour donations to boost its bread production in Syria.

The agency needs added stocks of flour to deal with the extra demand for bread over the winter and to bring down spiraling prices.

“We use 20 tonnes of flour a day which is why we must receive flourdonations for the bread we deliver to different regionsin Syria” Osman Atalay a member of the agency’s executive board told Anadolu Agency.

The IHH currently produces around 200000 loaves a day for Syria.

The campaign - FlourUrgently Needed - was conceived after breadpricesin Syria hit 1300 Syrian pounds a loaf (around $6).

As a basic food bread is in high demand in Syria - both in refugee camps and towns and villages.

“The flourused for breadlargely comes from Turkey as there has beennohealthy agricultureand tradein Syria for the last four years” Atalay said.

He added: “Bread consumption increases in winter. We continuously produce bread in our bakery in Kilis [Turkey]. As the weather gets cold these days we have noticed the need for flour.”

Atalay called on companies and other institutions to help make up the shortfall in flour supplies.

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