Czech charities mobilising workers and funds to quake-stricken Haiti

The Czech charity organisations People in Need and the Caritas Czech Republic have announced they will be sending 800,000 crowns in immediate humanitarian aid to victims of Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti. The organisations also opened money collections specifically for disaster assistance in the areas. The Liberec charity Hand for Help says it will be sending a team of aid workers to Haiti by Saturday. Approximately 1,000 people are thought to be dead and much of the capital of Port-au-Prince was destroyed in the 7.0-magnitude quake.