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  • 17 Jan 2010
    Christian Aid mobilises large emergency response for Haiti

    Christian Aid has already released £100,000 for immediate emergency relief to help those affected by the earthquake in Haiti, and is working with other agencies and the UN to coordinate the distribution of aid on a far wider scale.

  • 16 Jan 2010
    Haiti's capital 'like a war zone' says churches global agency

    Haiti's capital "looks like a war zone", and one million people are without shelter following the devastating earthquake that shook the Caribbean nation, the ACT Alliance global network of churches and related agencies has warned.

  • 16 Jan 2010
    Haiti Earthquake Appeal reaches £12 million overnight

    Web and phone donations to the Haiti Earthquake Appeal over the past 24 hours have added £10m to the £2m already raised, the Disasters Emergency Committee coalition announced this morning (16 January 2010).

  • 15 Jan 2010
    Got a big fat bonus? Here's an idea...

    Sojourners CEO Jim Wallis has just tweeted some excellent advice to Wall Street bankers wondering how to put their massive bonuses and their consciences together while they watch the news.

  • 15 Jan 2010
    Emergency aid starting to get through in Haiti

    After a really difficult 72 hours, emergency assistance is beginning to get through to earthquake-ravaged Haiti, said the UK Disasters Emergency Committee. Aid distribution has begun but logistics are still very difficult, says the UN.

  • 15 Jan 2010
    UK disaster donations for Haiti hit £2m after 36 hours

    The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) announced today (Friday 15 January 2010) that online donations to the Haiti earthquake appeal had hit £2 million in just 36 hours. The sums were raised before the first radio and television appeals.

  • 15 Jan 2010
    Williams urges support and solidarity for earthquake victims

    Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has said that Anglican agencies worldwide will give concerted support to urgent relief efforts in Haiti following the huge earthquake there, and has urged people to pray and give in response.

  • 15 Jan 2010
    Haiti logjams frustrate increasing aid efforts as thousands more die

    Governmental and NGO aid coordinators are being frustrated in their efforts to assist victims of the huge Haiti earthquake by the country's lack of workable infrastructure - but say that redoubling the effort and contributions is the only response.

  • 13 Jan 2010
    Death of archbishop reported as Catholics mobilise in Haiti

    As the Pope said the Catholic church would respond and Catholic aid agency CAFOD pledged money to the relief effort this afternoon, it emerged that the Catholic archbishop of Port-au-Prince had been killed in the Haiti earthquake.