Red Day 4 Haiti - Live feed from Scotland

Yesterday Scotland's MSPs wore red in support of Red Day 4 Haiti - a campaign across Scotland that raises awareness and funds for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

World Emergency Relief are delighted to be Glasgow the Caring City's partner for this campaign.

The Red Day 4 Haiti campaign asks people across the country to wear red as a show of solidarity with the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, to promote awareness of victims' suffering and to encourage the Scottish people to give generously to help.

The earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday 12th January has become one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of our time. The death toll is estimated to be nearly 200,000 and the destruction of capital city Port Au Prince and the surrounding slums of Cite Soleil is near total. Images of tragedy and need have been replayed many times on the news but even now the story is slipping lower on some people's priorities.

For the hundreds of thousands of Haitians affected by the crisis the tragedy is far from over. Their homes have collapsed and the infrastructure of the country, weak enough to begin with, lies in ruins. The generosity of the people across the world has meant that emergency aid supplies have arrived, and are in use now, but the rebuilding of shattered lives and communities will take long-term support.

By taking part in Red Day 4 Haiti you can show your support for precisely this kind of longer-term help.   Why not encourage your work, school or friends and family to have their own Red Day 4 Haiti?  Send your pictures to info@wer-uk.org and we will post them on this page

You can donate to the campaign here.

WER are proud partners of Glasgow the Caring City in the Red Day 4 Haiti Campaign.