Taipei, Jan. 14 (CNA) The Taiwanese government has offered another US$300,000 donation to its Caribbean ally Haiti, which was hit by a magnitude-7.0 quake, and is trying to confirm the fate of a Taiwanese girl pronounced dead in the disaster, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Thursday.
Taiwan is offering the US$300,000 to add to the US$200,000 donation announced a day earlier shortly after the massive earthquake struck, said MOFA spokesman James Chang.
A government medical team and Taiwan International Health Action (IHA), a group of volunteer medical experts, were also set to leave for Haiti for medical relief and assistance, Chang said.
The girl, the daughter of a Taiwanese engineer working in Haiti, was reported to have been killed in the quake but the MOFA later found out that the information might have been incorrect.
Chang said the Republic of China Embassy staff had managed to get in touch with most of the other Taiwanese nationals known to be in Haiti, all of whom are safe and in good shape.
There are presently more than 30 Taiwanese nationals in Haiti, including embassy and technical mission staff, employees of Taiwan's Overseas Engineering and Construction Co. (OECC) and individual businessmen.
According to media reports, a Taiwanese backpacker was also reported to be missing and Chang said the MOFA is looking into the matter.