{"id":4729,"date":"2015-06-29T15:24:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T15:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4729"},"modified":"2015-06-24T15:56:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T15:56:40","slug":"linked-in-search-of-the-red-cross-500-million-in-haiti-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/06\/29\/linked-in-search-of-the-red-cross-500-million-in-haiti-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;In Search Of The Red Cross&#8217; $500 Million In Haiti Relief&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6675,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/03\\\/411524156\\\/in-search-of-the-red-cross-500-million-in-haiti-relief&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250928182810\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/03\\\/411524156\\\/in-search-of-the-red-cross-500-million-in-haiti-relief&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 19:47:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-19 21:45:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-19 21:45:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/06\/03\/411524156\/in-search-of-the-red-cross-500-million-in-haiti-relief\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via NPR<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>After several emails, the Red Cross acknowledged that the &#8220;130,000 Haitians&#8221; figure is made up of people who went to a seminar on how to fix their own homes, people who received temporary rental assistance, and thousands of people who received temporary shelters \u2014 which start to disintegrate after three to five years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Archaic land title and government requirements make building in Haiti very difficult and time-consuming, but other charities have built almost 9,000 homes so far, according to figures from Global Shelter Cluster.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019ve had my own problems with Red Cross in the past. No charity is perfect but they easily get the most attention and donations after any natural disaster occurs. The fact that half a billion dollars has been squandered away is completely irresponsible.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t give money to these dirtbags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via NPR: After several emails, the Red Cross acknowledged that the &#8220;130,000 Haitians&#8221; figure is made up of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:27:41Z","apple_news_api_id":"5256722d-92a2-4ba8-8ff3-c54ed295c12f","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:27:41Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AUlZyLZKiS6iP88VO0pXBLw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1eh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":759,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2010\/01\/13\/att-hates-haitian-earthquake-victims\/","url_meta":{"origin":4729,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 AT&#038;T Hates Haitian Earthquake Victims [UPDATED]","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"AT&T has responded. 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