People across the UK have donated £10 million to the Haiti earthquake relief fund in just 24 hours.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown praised the generosity of British people as cash continued to pour into the Haiti Earthquake Appeal, while charities and aid agencies battle to get emergency supplies to the stricken island.
Planes that usually carry holidaymakers have been pressed into service to carry vital supplies. Seats were stripped out of economy class to make way for cargo, including containers of water, purification equipment and pumps.
A spokesman for Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Haiti Earthquake Appeal said on Saturday evening that £10 million had been raised in 24 hours, with the total standing at £12 million.
DEC chief executive Brendan Gormley said: "Aid is beginning to get through, with more supplies arriving. We urge the public to continue to dig deep into their pockets so supplies can be sourced and delivered as swiftly as possible over the next few days and weeks."
International aid is flooding in to Port-au-Prince's airport, which is now controlled by the US military, but logistical problems and the country's shattered infrastructure means much of it is failing to reach people.
A British Airways flight carrying supplies from Oxfam and Unicef is due to land in the Dominican Republic on Saturday night and a British Red Cross emergency logistics team is also flying in to help co-ordinate supplies.
Red Cross chief executive Sir Nicholas Young said staff on the ground in Haiti would make sure aid is distributed so it goes to those most in need.
Meanwhile, aftershocks measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Saturday as rescue teams continued their desperate search for possible survivors trapped in rubble and pulled more bodies out, but a Unicef spokeswoman said the aftershocks have not hampered the aid effort.
Mike Thomas, the man in charge of the UK search and rescue team that pulled a two-year-old girl from a collapsed building on Friday, said they would continue to help "as best we can".
