November 9, 2015, Syracuse NY. Volunteers from The Turkish Cultural Center in Syracuse collected donations to fund a water well in Kilifi, Kenya. The water well campaign, initiated by Embrace Relief, started in 2011 with the help of volunteers and sponsors. Since then, over 150 water wells have been built in regions with little or no access to drinking water.
In 2014, a water well was constructed in Uganda, in memory of James Foley, an American journalist killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) earlier this year. The well was built in order to provide clean drinking water to communities in Uganda. John Foley, father of the slain journalist,
