A major earthquake, measuring 7.0 on the richter scale, struck the impoverished nation of Haiti on Tuesday 12 January.
The quake is the most powerful to hit the Caribbean country in 200 years and is a devastating blow for Haitians who were already struggling to survive.
Oxfam has approximately 200 staff in Haiti, and we are flying in up to 10 tons of water, sanitation, health and shelter equipment, valued at around $114,000, on a specially-stripped British Airways flight to Santa Domingo.
Resident search for survivors among the debris after an earthquake in Port-au- Prince, January 13, 2010.
A view of the Canape-Vert area after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, January 13, 2010.
Residents sleep in the street after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, January 13, 2010.
Residents rest on the street after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, January 13, 2010.
Some of the water-tank equipment that we are sending to Santa Domingo (Dominican Republic) on a specially-stripped British Airways flight on Saturday, 16 Jan.
Some of the water-tank equipment that we are sending to Santa Domingo (Dominican Republic) on a specially-stripped British Airways flight on Saturday, 16 January 2010.
Residents surveying the damage on the street after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, January 13, 2010.
A resident loots food from the Caribbean supermarket in downtown Port-au-Prince after a major earthquake hit the Haitian capital, January 14, 2010.
