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This stage, and still aid is not getting across that border the way it needs to, and let's face it, every single humanitarian appeal for syria, from the day that the revolution, then war broke out there, every single humanitarian appeal has never been met, and that today, sadly, despite these circumstances, that hasn't changed. >> arwa's group is inara. that's i-n-a-r-a. arwa damon, appreciate it. thank you. if you want more information about arwa's organization, the international network for aid relief and assistance what is it's called. i-n-a-r-a. the link for you is inara.org/rapidresponse....

Believe were thieves who had perhaps used that brief panic to try to steal from some of the abandoned buildings here. the air at night thick with smoke. food sporadic but here certainly. but the biggest question is where do you live? where do you sleep at night when virtually every building you see is damaged in some way, if not flattened, anderson? >> nick paton walsh. thank you. former cnn correspondent ara damon is the founder of an international network for aid relief and assistance which works with children from conflict areas. her teams are working the ground in turkey. she's trying to...

Of the world, whether they're looking for coloring books and stuff to be able to distract their children. we're taking down tents and mattresses and flashlights. again, no power. candles. i mean just about everything that you could possibly think of. the need is so vast, anderson, that it's almost impossible to wrap your head around it. then when you look at the need that's inside syria, i mean that's just nonexistent right now. >> that was going to be my next question. we don't really know just how bad things are there. i mean some groups are getting their now. >> some groups are barely getti...

Former cnn correspondent ara damon is the founder of an international network for aid relief and assistance, which works with children from conflict areas who suffered physical and mental harm. her teams are working the ground in turkey. she's trying to get aid into syria. she joins us now from istanbul. arwa, when you first heard about this quake, i know you were actually in the united states doing work for your charity. you spent so much time in the region. what have you been seeing and hearing from people on the ground? >> reporter: it's of such a scale, anderson, that it's like this multi-...

The concrete. his daughter's name is irma. she's 15. what do you do when the light of your life has ended? you try to hold on to it as long as you can. this was a photo of them together before. no idea that it would one day come to this. around the father, out of frame, rescuers picked through the rubble, but masout couldn't take his hand out of hers. he couldn't let go. the death toll from monday's earthquake in turkey and syria has now climbed to more than 23,000. the united nations high commissioner for refugees estimates the quake may have left 5 million homeless. nick paton walsh is in tu...