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Report: Red Cross Built Total of Six Houses in Haiti Despite Raising $488 Million Post-Earthquake

The muckraking journalism site ProPublica has printed a number of highly critical pieces about the Red Cross in the last year, covering subjects including the august charity institution's low morale and seemingly ineffective response to Hurricane Sandy. On Wednesday, ProPublica and NPR released another such scathing article, this one addressing the Red Cross's (alleged) failure to efficiently and meaningfully spend the $488 million it raised for Haiti relief after that country was devastated by an earthquake in 2010.

The piece discusses a number of troubled relief programs launched by the organization, but the biggest takeaway factoid is this: Two high-profile Red Cross announcements of projects to build permanent homes in Haiti have led to the construction of only six homes—total—while other aid agencies have built thousands.

From the piece:
“They collected nearly half a billion dollars,” said a congressional staffer who helped oversee Haiti reconstruction. “But they had a problem. And the problem was that they had absolutely no expertise.”

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/06/03/red_cross_haiti_houses_permanent_dwellings_not_constructed_despite_massive.html