Reading about fraud is always upsetting, but reading about charity fraud is downright infuriating.
When the already-impoverished nation of Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake in 2010, people around the world opened their checkbooks to donate money to the reconstruction of the country. Among the recipients of these generous donations was the Red Cross, who pledged to help the people of Haiti get back on their feet with the millions of dollars given to them.
Yet five years after launching LAMIKA, a project named after a Creole acronym for “A Better Life In My Neighborhood” and meant to build hundreds of homes in Port-Au-Prince, only six homes have been built across the entire country, forcing citizens to continue dwelling in shacks without water, electricity or basic sanitation and regular flooding. In short, the Red Cross has delivered far less than it promised not just to it’s donors, but to the people it claimed it would help as well.
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because it’s not against the law. Only .04 cents of every dollar has to go to the need. By Fed. law.
I had heard years ago that the red cross didn’t give the money to the places they said they were collecting for. You donate blood to them they in turn sell it they give nothing away. I wonder who got those 6 houses and how much it cost them in money or favors.
People just keep on donating to them, I can’t imagine why.
is there still people who dont know the red cross sucks in 2017 i learned after hugo in 89
Should be buying Manufactured homes and ship them over. Also older RVs. This is what they did for Nee Orleans! Almost all material for putting up homes still comes for America and takes too long to build!
Only 6 homes? The money they raised could have built many more plus a few hospitals..
Very little of what is donated to the Red Cross actually goes to the people who need it. Most of it goes into their ‘administrative costs’ which translates to the manager’s pocket.
No Surprise
Haven’t given to them for a long time
So many pop ups !
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