Haiti Earthquake
This is a collection of news articles about SOS Children's response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake.
This collection starts with the most recent updates. For context see our main Haiti Orphan Appeal page , and our page about sponsoring earthquake orphans.
Update: See our Haiti: One Year On special with videos and photos to mark the anniversary of the earthquake and our work there since then
Haiti Earthquake Appeal: How orphaned children feel
Jan 16, 2010 10:59 AM
The long experience of SOS Children dealing with orphans for sixty years gives clues on how children will be feeling in the Haiti Earthquake aftermath
Haiti Earthquake Appeal: Security concerns lead to armed escorts for Aid
Jan 16, 2010 09:25 AM
Increasing instability in Haiti makes the safety of SOS Children Aid an issue, leading to armed security guards.
Haiti Earthquake Appeal: Orphan charity takes £300,000 in first day
Jan 16, 2010 08:35 AM
Haiti Earthquake Appeal: review of first day of Appeal
Haiti Earthquake Update: SOS Children orphans safe
Jan 15, 2010 03:10 PM
Haiti Earthquake Update: SOS Children orphans safe
Haiti Earthquake photos
Jan 15, 2010 10:40 AM
We are now back in communication with our offices in Haiti and getting photos
No casualties at SOS Children's Villages Haiti
Jan 15, 2010 09:25 AM
Timing "worse possible" for Haitian Earthquake orphans
Jan 14, 2010 07:10 PM
A discussion of what we know about earthquake orphans in Haiti
Nurse shielded baby orphans in Haiti quake
Jan 14, 2010 11:54 AM
A paediatric nurse at an orphanage near the epicentre of the Haiti earthquake has told how she clung to babies and shielded them as the debris fell around them.
Haiti Earthquake orphan appeal
Jan 14, 2010 10:30 AM
Haiti Earthquake orphan appeal, part 2, plan for action
SOS Haiti Emergency Appeal
Jan 13, 2010 03:00 PM
SOS Children has decided to launch an emergency appeal for Haiti, and has started raising funds
Haiti hit by a massive earthquake, death toll expected to be high
Jan 13, 2010 10:00 AM
An earthquake of the magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday evening, destroying many buildings and killing hundreds, possibly thousands of people. The epicenter of the quake was just 10 kilometres from the capital Port-au-Prince.
Thousands feared dead after quake ‘catastrophe’ hits Haiti
Jan 13, 2010 09:55 AM
Survivors spent the night digging through the rubble with bare hands searching for loved ones after a after a huge earthquake rocked the Caribbean island nation of Haiti.