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"Our $5 million goal is based on early assessments," said Robert Fox, Executive Director of Oxfam Canada. "This is what we are aiming for, but there is the chance that this number will increase as the assessment of the damage becomes clearer in the coming days and weeks."

Thanks those who have made significant contributions to date for the Haiti earthquake relief

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire) - The HUMANITARIAN COALITION has set an initial fundraising target of $5 million for the emergency relief efforts of Haiti, it was announced today.

The member organizations of the Humanitarian Coalition (Save the Children Canada, Care Canada, Oxfam Canada and Oxfam-Québec) are launching a public appeal with the support of its partners, including the CSN, the CSQ, the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec, the FTQ, the Jean Coutu Group, the ROCAHD, and Mélanie Renaud, Oxfam-Québec’s ambassadress for Haiti.

International aid agency Oxfam has called for a radical shake-up in the way the world deals with food crises in Ethiopia and beyond. Although food aid can save lives, the Humanitarian Coalition member said the dominance of this approach fails to offer long-term solutions to break these cyclical and chronic crises.

Members of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION, are racing to prevent a public health crisis as aid efforts in the region move from recovery to humanitarian relief.

Despite heavy rains that continue to fall in the Philippines and roads cut off by mudslides in Indonesia, emergency workers are making extraordinary efforts to deliver aid. Clean water, blankets and shelter are vital to preventing disease outbreaks.