As international aid teams rush to help survivors of the worst earthquake to hit India in half a century, some of the UK's best-known charities have launched a joint appeal. Up to 100,000 people may have died in the disaster, according to Indian government reports. Entire villages have disappeared.
Hospitals are in ruins.
At the epicentre of the quake, almost all buildings have been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people are sleeping in the open air with little access to water or food. We must help in every way we can so that the people of Gujarat can rebuild their shattered lives.