After raising
nearly half a billion dollars for emergency disaster relief after the
2010 Haitian earthquake - including $170 million earmarked for 'shelter
relief' - the American Red Cross has built a grand total of six houses,
according to a new report.
An
investigation by Propublica and NPR has shown a pattern of highly
inefficient spending, management troubles, and a lack of local expertise
which has resulted in very little concrete relief to the people
of Haiti, despite massive outpouring of donations to one of the US' most
prominent charities.
Costly, Inexpert Foreigners Prioritized Over Haitians
One major barrier to effective relief has been a reliance on foreigners who came to the country with little or no knowledge of local culture or language, while dismissing or disparaging Haitians, the report finds. Though the American Red Cross (ARC) says that 90% of the employees in the Haiti program are Haitians, they would not provide a breakdown of nationalities in top positions, and the Propublica investigation found very few made it to top slots.
Costly, Inexpert Foreigners Prioritized Over Haitians
One major barrier to effective relief has been a reliance on foreigners who came to the country with little or no knowledge of local culture or language, while dismissing or disparaging Haitians, the report finds. Though the American Red Cross (ARC) says that 90% of the employees in the Haiti program are Haitians, they would not provide a breakdown of nationalities in top positions, and the Propublica investigation found very few made it to top slots.
The
American Red Cross claims to have provided homes to 130,000 Haitians
crumble under scrutiny, as that number includes people "trained in
proper construction techniques," those in temporary shelters, or people
who received rental assistance, according to a Propublica/NPR report.
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