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> The American Red Cross says it "provided homes" for more than 130,000 Haitians, but acknowledges that much of that is made up of people who went to a training

> The American Red Cross says it "provided homes" for more than 130,000 Haitians, but acknowledges that much of that is made up of people who went to a training seminar on how to fix their homes, received temporary rental help or lived in shelters like these in Bon Repos, which start to disintegrate after three to five years. Residents say they don't have bathrooms, kitchens or running water. I think the 130k people number is a big fat lie.

res0nat0r 11y ago
Stolen from the top comment on Reddit: > Providing homes does not equate building a brand new home. Why would people think that? >> When land was not available for new homes, the Red Cross provided a range of housing solutions including rental subsidies, repairs and retrofitting of existing structures, fulfilling our promise to ensure tens of thousands of Haitians are back in homes > Red Cross takes a tough stance in NOT paying off greedy government officials. Saying there was a lack of land is the same thing as saying they couldn't justify paying outrageous prices for land. Many charities have to enter environments like these knowing they are going to be inundated with scammers. And that's the kind of news they don't need, being tricked into doing business with them. http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/38nkp8/the_red_cross_has_defended_its_work_in_haiti/crwcipb http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/38nkp8/the_red_cr...
jjulius 11y ago
How about this little gem from their response[0] to the NPR article, where they talk about the "myth" that they call "temporary, or t-shelters, permanent homes." > In no place has the Red Cross called a t-shelter a permanent home. We consistently refer to the range of housing solutions that the Red Cross has offered in Haiti to provide people safe housing. So, essentially, they admit that they're not going to call it "permanent housing", but if they include those numbers under the banner of a "range of solutions" then they can continue to make public claims with numbers that look happy. ---- [0] http://www.redcross.org/news/press-release/13-Facts-about-the-Red-Cross-Response-in-Haiti http://www.redcross.org/news/press-release/13-Facts-about-th...

res0nat0r 11y ago

Stolen from the top comment on Reddit: > Providing homes does not equate building a brand new home. Why would people think that? >> When land was not available for new homes, the Red Cross provided a range of housing solutions including rental subsidies, repairs and retrofitting of existing structures, fulfilling our promise to ensure tens of thousands of Haitians are back in homes > Red Cross takes a tough stance in NOT paying off greedy government officials. Saying there was a lack of land is the same thing as saying they couldn't justify paying outrageous prices for land. Many charities have to enter environments like these knowing they are going to be inundated with scammers. And that's the kind of news they don't need, being tricked into doing business with them. http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/38nkp8/the_red_cross_has_defended_its_work_in_haiti/crwcipb http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/38nkp8/the_red_cr...

jjulius 11y ago

How about this little gem from their response[0] to the NPR article, where they talk about the "myth" that they call "temporary, or t-shelters, permanent homes." > In no place has the Red Cross called a t-shelter a permanent home. We consistently refer to the range of housing solutions that the Red Cross has offered in Haiti to provide people safe housing. So, essentially, they admit that they're not going to call it "permanent housing", but if they include those numbers under the banner of a "range of solutions" then they can continue to make public claims with numbers that look happy. ---- [0] http://www.redcross.org/news/press-release/13-Facts-about-the-Red-Cross-Response-in-Haiti http://www.redcross.org/news/press-release/13-Facts-about-th...