Stelios Foundation opens aid applications for Kyrenia ferry victims’ families
The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation has earmarked up to €280,000 for families of those dead or missing after a ferry sank off Kyrenia.
Kyrenia, Cyprus. The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation has opened an application platform for emergency financial support for families of people declared dead or missing after a ferry sank off the coast of Kyrenia last Sunday.
Financial assistance
The foundation said it has earmarked up to €280,000 in total for the families of deceased and missing persons.
Relatives can submit claims through a dedicated online form for €10,000 per family, which the foundation described as an immediate expression of support and solidarity for those who have lost loved ones.
Ferry sinking
The ferry sank four miles off Cyprus’ northern coast while en route to Turkey. Thirteen people have been declared dead and a further 15 remain missing.
Foundation statement
“We never discriminate on the grounds of nationality,” the organisation’s founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, said.
He said the assistance would be provided to widows, orphans and parents who lost loved ones, irrespective of nationality, and expressed hope that it would help alleviate the suffering of 28 families in mourning.
Sir Stelios also referred to previous foundation assistance following the Mari explosion in Cyprus in 2011, the serial killer Metaxas case in Cyprus in 2019, the Mati fires in Greece in 2018, and the Tempi train collision in Greece in 2023, as well as food aid for children in Gaza.
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