Humanitarian team Brevard travels to Turkey quake area with supplies

BREWARD COUNTY, Florida. “The founder of the Brevard County humanitarian group goes to the seismic zone of Turkey.

Infrastructure damaged by the earthquake made it difficult for survivors to find clean water. That’s why Joe Hurston and his Air Mobile Ministries team will be bringing water purifiers to the region.

“Clean water is the #1 need after almost any natural disaster,” Hurston said. “When we arrive, I can set it up in literally one minute.”

Hurston and two other volunteers are on their way to Turkey to help those affected by last week’s earthquake that killed more than 24,000 people and injured 80,000.

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“Here, the water passes through a ceramic filter that can be cleaned, good for 10,000 gallons, and then the water enters the ozone and UV chamber,” Hurston said. “I can set it up in one minute. This means that we arrive, open the suitcase, find a dirty source of water and immediately pump out the water.”

Joe Hutson and his team are actually flying commercial flights to Turkey, not their own plane, but this is not the first time he has traveled the world helping those in need.

News 6 was there when Hurston returned from a tour of war-torn Ukraine last April, also bringing portable water purifiers with him. He said he also traveled to Haiti and many other countries to repay debt and get results.

“We’re going to hellholes, we don’t know what we’ll find,” Hurston said. “I have been helping since I was 14 years old, and the main thing people need is clean water.”

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He said he plans to stay in Turkey for at least a week and currently only asks for two things.

“We need funding and prayers to keep going,” Hurston said.

You can find a link to Hurston’s blog where he posts regularly and ways to donate. clicking or tapping here.

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