The $500M Meant to Rebuild Haiti Only Created Six Houses

Roughly five years ago, tragedy struck the already impoverished country of Haiti in the form of a massive earthquake. Images of demolished homes, people living in poverty and an entire landscape that was now nearly impossible to recognize pulled at the heart strings of millions of Americans.

About half a billion dollars were collected for the American Red Cross’s Haiti earthquake relief efforts. However, the organization has paid for a whopping total of six homes. Just six.

A joint investigation by ProPublica and NPR found that the charitable organization has been touting unsupported data as it gave itself a pat on the back for all the work it has done in Haiti so far.

It may have had outstanding plans for the country, but what actually happened with the  millions of dollars in donation remains a mystery.

“Among the investigation’s findings was that although the Red Cross apportioned about $170m to the category of ‘shelter’ relief, and although it at first planned to build some 700 houses, it only constructed six permanent homes,” The Guardian reported.
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