Haiti earthquake - International aid efforts under way

Haiti's Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says he believes more than 100,000 people may have been killed by Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake. Bodies have been piled up along the rubble-strewn streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Among the buildings destroyed was the headquarters of the United Nations mission in the city- there to provide help with developing the country and bringing people out of poverty. The Red Cross estimates that tens of thousands are in need of urgent assistance.
International efforts to help Haiti are under way, as governments around the world and aid agencies mobilise search and rescue teams and aid supplies.
Although the full scale of the disaster has yet to emerge, it is clear that it will pose a huge challenge.
Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere, is still struggling to recover from devastating hurricanes in 2008.
It needs all kinds of help, from emergency and medical aid, to food aid, to the longer-term rebuilding of infrastructure.
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