This article is over a year old, but conditions have not changed in the least. With recent events, and natural disasters affecting USA citizens, be cognizant of who you are 'donating' your money to.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/04/red-cross-haiti-report_n_7511080.html
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"In a blistering 2011 memo, the then-director of the Haiti program, Judith St. Fort, wrote that the group was failing in Haiti and that senior managers had made very disturbing remarks disparaging Haitian employees. St. Fort, who is Haitian American, wrote that the comments included, he is the only hard working one among them and the ones that we have hired are not strong so we probably should not pay close attention to Haitian CVs.
The Red Cross wont 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 projects budget.
In statements, the Red Cross cited the challenges all groups have faced in post-quake Haiti, including the countrys dysfunctional land title system.
Like many humanitarian organizations responding in Haiti, the American Red Cross met complications in relation to government coordination delays, disputes over land ownership, delays at Haitian customs, challenges finding qualified staff who were in short supply and high demand, and the cholera outbreak, among other challenges, the charity said.
The group said it responded quickly to internal concerns, including hiring an expert to train staff on cultural competency after St. Forts memo. While the group wont provide a breakdown of its projects, the Red Cross said it has done more than 100. The projects include repairing 4,000 homes, giving several thousand families temporary shelters, donating $44 million for food after the earthquake, and helping fund the construction of a hospital.
Millions of Haitians are safer, healthier, more resilient, and better prepared for future disasters thanks to generous donations to the American Red Cross, McGovern wrote in a recent report marking the fifth anniversary of the earthquake.
In other promotional materials, the Red Cross said it has helped more than 4.5 million individual Haitians get back on their feet.
It has not provided details to back up the claim. And Jean-Max Bellerive, Haitis prime minister at the time of the earthquake, doubts the figure, pointing out the countrys entire population is only about 10 million.
No, no, Bellerive said of the Red Cross claim, its not possible.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/04/red-cross-haiti-report_n_7511080.html
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"In a blistering 2011 memo, the then-director of the Haiti program, Judith St. Fort, wrote that the group was failing in Haiti and that senior managers had made very disturbing remarks disparaging Haitian employees. St. Fort, who is Haitian American, wrote that the comments included, he is the only hard working one among them and the ones that we have hired are not strong so we probably should not pay close attention to Haitian CVs.
The Red Cross wont 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 projects budget.
In statements, the Red Cross cited the challenges all groups have faced in post-quake Haiti, including the countrys dysfunctional land title system.
Like many humanitarian organizations responding in Haiti, the American Red Cross met complications in relation to government coordination delays, disputes over land ownership, delays at Haitian customs, challenges finding qualified staff who were in short supply and high demand, and the cholera outbreak, among other challenges, the charity said.
The group said it responded quickly to internal concerns, including hiring an expert to train staff on cultural competency after St. Forts memo. While the group wont provide a breakdown of its projects, the Red Cross said it has done more than 100. The projects include repairing 4,000 homes, giving several thousand families temporary shelters, donating $44 million for food after the earthquake, and helping fund the construction of a hospital.
Millions of Haitians are safer, healthier, more resilient, and better prepared for future disasters thanks to generous donations to the American Red Cross, McGovern wrote in a recent report marking the fifth anniversary of the earthquake.
In other promotional materials, the Red Cross said it has helped more than 4.5 million individual Haitians get back on their feet.
It has not provided details to back up the claim. And Jean-Max Bellerive, Haitis prime minister at the time of the earthquake, doubts the figure, pointing out the countrys entire population is only about 10 million.
No, no, Bellerive said of the Red Cross claim, its not possible.