Living in a makeshift tent village, Türkiye's earthquake survivors struggle to cope and to explain what's happened to their children.
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A four-year-old girl is happily playing with a doll and pulling faces when SBS News visits the family in the village.The little girl appears to be coping well, but her father explains it's because she's too young to understand the gravity of the situation.“She thinks we’re camping and she’s having fun. Because she sees her grandfather and grandmother, she thinks this is kind of like a holiday.
One of the sociologists, Mihrac Erbova — whose family are also new residents of this camp for displaced people — says they’re holding group therapy sessions. “This is the sun, house, tent, two clouds, the chimney of the house, and this is the grass,” she points.Six-year-old Duru with her dad Nurullah. Both have been moved to the tent village in Adana, after the devastating earthquake in Türkiye.“When the psychologists are here, she is happier. But once we get in the tent, she goes back to a bad mood.”It’s not only the children who are struggling. Adults like Donay say they haven't showered for days. She copes by praying.“I use my beads.
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