American Red Cross' 2010 performance in Haiti has critics urging people not to donate
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the southwestern peninsula of Haiti on August 14, killing and injuring thousands. As its citizens search for survivors among the rubble, many Haitian Americans, Black activists, and individuals tied to the Haitian diaspora are warning those interested in donating money to recovery efforts to avoid giving to the American Red Cross.
In 2010, hundreds of thousands of Haitians were killed when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the country, which resulted in an outpouring of nearly a half-billion dollars in donations to the American Red Cross, NPR reported.
Dozens of Twitter users, including many Haitian Americans and individuals with ties to the Caribbean, used their platforms to remind their followers of a 2015 joint investigation by NPR and ProPublica that documented what the two news organizations said was a gap between funds donated to the American Red Cross and what actually went toward directly assisting victims in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
Despite the nonprofit's claim that it housed more than 130,000 people in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, the investigation revealed it had only built six permanent homes.
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