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Haiti earthquake - 6 months on - Charity Challenge launch new school building project

10/07/2010

On Tuesday January 12, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti and devastated the lives of millions people across the country. The disaster left 222,570 people dead, more than 300,000 injured and 1.5 million people displaced. Its epicentre lay just 10 miles to the west of the country’s capital, Port au Prince. Already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti’s plight was further exacerbated by the widespread destruction caused by the earthquake.

Almost six months after the earthquake, Charity Challenge organised a trip to Haiti along with a team from News of the World and GMTV presenters Ben Shephard and Dr Hilary Jones. The challenge was joined by Charity Challenge director, Simon Albert, and a team from the leading international children’s development charity - Plan International.  During the 8 day trip, they visited Plan supported projects in schools, hospitals, maternity clinics, HIV/Aids related projects and a number of damaged and newly built schools. Please click here for more information.

If you would like to get involved in our school building programme, please email your contact details to info@charitychallenge.com to register your interest.

Please look out for coverage in News of the World on Sun 11 Jul, and on GMTV on the six month anniversary (Mon 12 Jul), and further coverage on Tue 13, Wed 14 and Thu 15 Jul.

Please click here to view a slide show of images from the visit.

Please click here to view a sample Haiti community challenge school build itinerary.

Please click here to see the News of the World article.

Please click here to see part one of four GMTV videos.

Please click here to see part two of four GMTV videos.

Please click here to see part three of four GMTV videos.

Please click here to see part four of four GMTV videos.

Many thanks to Ben Depp, Carlo Murad, Plan International and News of the World for the use of their images from the recent challenge.

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