As well as funding food, blankets, tents and latrines, donations to MRDF have helped to provide a water purification system in the Belair neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince. This is providing 10,000 homeless Haitians with crystal clear drinking water – the first clean water they have had since the earthquake struck.

Simeon Mitchell, MRDF’s Fundraising, Marketing and Campaigning Director, said: “Methodists have once again responded with speed and generosity, and we are deeply grateful for this support. In view of the widespread devastation and chaos, every donation is significant. These gifts are enabling us to alleviate some of the suffering in the short term, and empower people to begin rebuilding their lives.”

Donations to the appeal from Thornton Methodist Church totalled £485.00.

People can donate via the Methodist Church by visiting www.justgiving.com/Methodist-Church-Haiti-Appeal, or sending a cheque payable to the World Mission Fund to Dave Bennett, Fundraising Coordinator, at Methodist Church House, 25 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5JR. Postal donations should be labelled ‘Haiti Appeal’. For further information visit www.methodist.org.uk or contact Revd Tom Quenet on 020 7467 5160.

To donate via MRDF, visit www.mrdf.org.uk or call 020 7224 4814 to give by debit or credit card, or send a cheque made payable 'MRDF (Haiti emergency)' and to MRDF, 25 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5JR.