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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I donate to Salvation Army or Samaritan Purse. 2 great organizations that the executives back very little and of the money actually helps the people
This typical of the Red Cross. My Dad said that when they getting on trains to be shipped overseas for WWII the Red Cross was there to offer coffee and donuts but the soldiers had to pay for them. We had a fire in our area the
Red Cross would help find people a motel to stay at but the people had to pay for their rooms. We donated cash to help the locals. Wonder where the money went.
this is why I do not give to the red cross
Find a real organization to contribute too. Red Cross pulled the same bullcrap during hurricane katrina. Wanker cross.
Red Cross should be investigated
Told ya!
The UN and Red Cross and charities are scams.
#Foolsandtheirmoney
Red cross needs to be investigated. Who is profiting from ALL donations. No accountability. No donations until investigated. Look to other organizations (honest/credible). Where there is smoke there is fire.
How big were the houses?