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How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built Six Homes
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 19:50
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The Red Cross won’t disclose details of how it has spent the hundreds of millions of dollars donated for Haiti. But our reporting shows that less money reached those in need than the Red Cross has said.
Lacking the expertise to mount its own projects, the Red Cross ended up giving much of the money to other groups to do the work. Those groups took out a piece of every dollar to cover overhead and management. Even on the projects done by others, the Red Cross had its own significant expenses – in one case, adding up to a third of the project’s budget.
In statements, the Red Cross cited the challenges all groups have faced in post-quake Haiti, including the country’s dysfunctional land title system …. https://www.propublica.org
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/06/how-red-cross-raised-half-billion.html
Yeah, and don’t forget Slick Willy and that Stupid Dumbass Bush’s cut of the donated money. Me. I felt sorry for Haiti but didn’t contribute one dime as I knew it would just go up someone’s ass and not to the poor deserving people of Haiti. That was a man made disaster anyway to rid Haiti of its’ population.