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After Haiti was devastated by an earthquake in 2010, the American Red Cross raised nearly half a billion dollars in relief efforts. But now, five years later, an NPR and ProPublica investigation of documents and emails from the charity, shows very little but badly managed projects, “questionable spending and dubious claims of success.”
From the story:
“The organization out-raised other charities by hundreds of millions of dollars — and kept raising money well after it had enough… But where exactly did that money go? Ask a lot of Haitians — even the country's former prime minister — and they will tell you they don't have any idea.”
Read the full story here.