Haiti earthquake appeal

Christian Aid continues to respond to the devastating earthquake in Haiti and money raised from the emergency appeal is helping our partners deliver aid to vulnerable communities.

It has now been two months since the earthquake struck.

Our Haitian partners and colleagues in the international ACT Alliance continue to address the immediate needs of those affected while beginning their efforts towards long-term rebuilding and rehabilitation.

Photogallery: how our partners are making a difference

How we are responding

Christian Aid partners in Haiti and the Dominican Republic and its partners are helping almost 150,000 people in nine communities.

They are providing medical assistance, cash, food, daily meals, basic shelter, hygiene supplies, blankets and medical supplies to the survivors of the quake.

The earthquake has posed an exceptional challenges to aid agencies, but the main concern now preparing for the arrival of the rainy season. Without proper shelter and adequate sanitation, there is every possibilty that disease will break out in overcrowded settlements.

Find out how our partners are responding

Video: local communities help run food distributions 

Haiti photo gallery: aid is getting through

Haiti appeal - please give now

Your donations are being used to feed and provide basic relief items to those who lost everything. But in the months ahead, they will also help with longer term development, which includes:  

  • school fees for children

  • repairing and rebuilding of homes

  • provision of seeds and tools ahead of the planting season

  • distribution of livestock

  • provision of relief items and shelter for those who fled into the rural areas.

Nick Guttmann, head of Christian Aid's humanitarian division, talks about rebuilding and reconstructing Haiti in Where does Haiti go from here?

Drop Haiti's debt

Drop Haiti's Debt Christian Aid is also lobbying for long-term support for Haiti.

We handed a petition of 15,000 signatures to the UK Treasury on 4 February, and within two days the G7 had pledged its backing for our calls to cancel Haiti's estimated $890m international debts. Find out more

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Christian Aid is a registered charity in the UK (no. 1105851)