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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That’s why we should donate to local charities.
I’m not surprised
I am angry
Give to the Salvation Army people. The Red Cross has become liberal and corrupt just like the DNC.
The Red Cross is the biggest scam there ever was,they always have their hands out,then they spend it on themselves.
Do not donate one red cent to these greedy leeches.
Sounds about normal for NON PROFIT. They collect millions and spend a few hundred for the charity the rest goes to way over paid staff.
Don’t donate to red cross, most of the money goes to administration some with 6 figure salaries!
I’ve heard of people receiving money from the Red Cross, then receiving a bill later from them wanting the money paid back. Give to local charities and forget about these money grabbers.
Another reason I don’t donate to the red cross or united way , too much going to the top.
CEO makes $4,000,000 a year.