The scenes of devastation which have followed Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti have led to people in the UK giving £12m to the official relief fund.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he had been "humbled" by the generosity shown by those who had donated money.
UK airlines are transporting aid to the Caribbean nation, with British Airways taking supplies and Virgin Atlantic carrying medics and rescuers.
Some British citizens are unaccounted for, the UK's ambassador in Haiti said.
Efforts were continuing to contact them, Steven Fisher added.
Appeals have been broadcast on TV and radio by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), which brings together 13 major British-based charities.
The funds it raises will be spent on search-and-rescue operations, medical care, food, clean water, clothes and temporary shelter.
Airlines have converted passenger planes so they can carry more cargo to the Caribbean nation, where the 7.0-magnitude earthquake has killed tens of thousands of people.
A British Airways Boeing 747 took off from London's Heathrow Airport on Saturday morning, bound for Haiti's neighbouring country, the Dominican Republic.
Seats were removed from the economy-class cabin so water containers, purification equipment and pumps could be stored there.
The company has also pledged £300,000 from its Unicef Change for Good programme, plus the £250,000 cost of the plane and its fuel.
Virgin Atlantic sent an airliner carrying aid and medical personnel to Miami, with further flights bound for Orlando and Jamaica due to leave in the coming days.
'Harrowing scenes'
The prime minister said it was "extraordinary" that so much money had been donated to the appeal in such a short time.
"The generosity of people's spirit, our willingness to give even when some people have so little to give, humbles me," he told a meeting in London.
The international development minister, Mike Foster, said people had "responded magnificently".
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he had been "humbled" by the generosity shown by those who had donated money.
UK airlines are transporting aid to the Caribbean nation, with British Airways taking supplies and Virgin Atlantic carrying medics and rescuers.
Some British citizens are unaccounted for, the UK's ambassador in Haiti said.
Efforts were continuing to contact them, Steven Fisher added.
Appeals have been broadcast on TV and radio by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), which brings together 13 major British-based charities.
The funds it raises will be spent on search-and-rescue operations, medical care, food, clean water, clothes and temporary shelter.
Airlines have converted passenger planes so they can carry more cargo to the Caribbean nation, where the 7.0-magnitude earthquake has killed tens of thousands of people.
A British Airways Boeing 747 took off from London's Heathrow Airport on Saturday morning, bound for Haiti's neighbouring country, the Dominican Republic.
Seats were removed from the economy-class cabin so water containers, purification equipment and pumps could be stored there.
The company has also pledged £300,000 from its Unicef Change for Good programme, plus the £250,000 cost of the plane and its fuel.
Virgin Atlantic sent an airliner carrying aid and medical personnel to Miami, with further flights bound for Orlando and Jamaica due to leave in the coming days.
'Harrowing scenes'
The prime minister said it was "extraordinary" that so much money had been donated to the appeal in such a short time.
"The generosity of people's spirit, our willingness to give even when some people have so little to give, humbles me," he told a meeting in London.
The international development minister, Mike Foster, said people had "responded magnificently".
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