Where's The $354 Million In U.S. Red Cross Donations for Haiti????
“We want our money! We want our shelter!”, “Who's the real criminals?
Red Cross, double cross!” & “Red Cross where's the money? That's our blood down in Haiti!”
These repeated chants were shouted by upset demonstrators who withstood the drizzling rain this past Monday evening while gathering in front of the Headquarters of the American Red Cross at 429 W49th St. in mid-town Manhattan.
They were publicly protesting the whereabouts of hundreds of millions of dollars in public donations that was supposed to go towards relief efforts in Haiti.
“Everybody who went into their pockets and pulled out $5, $10, some pulled out thousands of dollars - because they saw the suffering in Haiti. People donated money to the Red Cross thinking that it was going to Haiti - we call that a double cross!” - shouted Omawale Clay of the December 12th Movement
He added,
“Suffering took place because the U.S. & France are the biggest criminal enterprises in the world! Haiti's underdevelopment is directly because of the U.S. & France! The people saw the misery and heartbreak and gave their money to this criminal enterprise!”
The financial contributions from across the U.S. were supposed to be utilized for clean clothes, food and water and also to set up new shelters for many of the residents who were devastated and displaced by the 7.0 magnitude killer quake which struck the peninsula-country's capita of Port-Au-Prince this past January 12th.
Yet, many individuals working with the relief efforts are saying that the executives at the Red Cross are using the funds for their own personal gains and also that the U.S. is using the disaster as an excuse to deploy over 100,000 military personnel there as they plan to re-colonize the nation.
“They sent Clinton and Bush down there to continue the robbery of Haiti!” -Clay suggested.
“There's no difference between the Red Cross and Wall street. They're not in the business of crisis - they're in the business of making a profit. They make a profit off the crisis, heartache and humanitarian needs of the people.
“The people gave money because they want to help… out of the love for their people - but this Red Cross is nothing but American double cross. They make a profit off of people's misery… don't be fooled by them!”
According to certain reports the American Red Cross has collected over $354 million for relief aid in Haiti, yet only approximately 1/3rd of that has been accounted for.
“People all over the U.S.; your friends, relatives, everybody in solidarity with Haiti; gave money to the Red Cross, thinking that they weren't the good old American gangster entrepreneurial, seditious double crossers. Red Cross has only allocated $106 million out of $354 million,” claimed Clay.
He went on to warn:
“You know how they do, once they collect the money, they take Haiti off the television - they did it with Katrina. They think that we're going to forget... but we're not going to forget Haiti because that's our blood down there!”
Also of significance is the upcoming rain season in that region of the Caribbean, which is expected to strike Haiti with torrential floods and mud slides within a month. Without proper shelter and necessary supplies for survival, the small nation is sure to suffer more casualties and is still in dire need of more financial and moral support, rather than more armed soldiers.
“It is very unfortunate for the suffering people in Haiti to be deprived of the resources that good people intended for them because the Red Cross has not allowed the free flow of those resources. Evil takes no holidays!” -assessed Brother Tarik.
Clay concluded:
“The Red Cross is a criminal enterprise and they are carrying out crimes all around the world! Haiti stood up for us and we're going to stand up for Haiti. Haiti stood up for Africa and Africa is going to stand up for Haiti. Haiti stood up for all freedom loving people. Haiti is going to rise again. All we have to do is get these imperialist off your back. Rise up Haiti. In the name of the spirits of Toussaint, Dessalines and Christophe - Haiti rise!”
To make donations towards relief aid for Haiti you can contact Friday Haitian Relief Coalition: 718-398-1766.










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2 Responses to “Where's The $354 Million In U.S. Red Cross Donations for Haiti????”
Hi, this is Gloria from the American Red Cross social media team. Let me clarify some of the facts on Haiti relief allocations:
- We have received about $369 million in donations for Haiti relief. We have spent or allocated $106.4 million in the areas of food and water, shelter, and health and family services.
- Allocated money refers to money that we have already designated to specific relief services. This doesn't mean that the remaining money will NOT be spent on Haiti relief.
- All of the money we received for Haiti WILL be spent in Haiti. We will continue to support survivors in the months and years ahead until the last donated dollar is spent.
- We are committed to getting *****istance to Haiti and its people quickly, but with a thoughtful approach that ensures we meet long-term needs such as restoring water and sanitation systems, providing transitional and permanent housing as well as supporting sustainable livelihoods.
- Regarding the rainy season, Red Cross workers have been working hard to address these problems. We are working with partner agencies and have provided emergency shelter materials to nearly 879,000 people in Haiti, which is more than two-thirds of the 1.3 million left homeless by the earthquake.
- Tens of thousands of tarps, tents, ropes, timber uprights and toolkits continue to arrive in Haiti, and efforts are on track to reach all 1.3 million people without shelter by the original target date of May 1.
- We understand that the pace is frustrating and we also wish it could be faster. Although we want to build large numbers of transitional or permanent shelters, there are many issues with clearing m*****ive amount of debris, a lack of open land, and other issues with land ownership.
- Again, we are not withholding donated funds for Haiti relief, nor are we diverting the funds to non-Haiti related purposes. We are prepared to stay in Haiti, supporting the Haitian Red Cross and working alongside partner agencies to rebuild health, water and sanitation, and transitional shelter services as well as to develop health programs and sustainable livelihoods which communities so desperately need.
I encourage anyone looking for more information to read our Disaster Online Newsroom (http://newsroom.redcross.org/category/haiti-earthquake-Jan-2010/), where we post any information we have about our relief efforts. Additionally, I invite you to discuss your concerns with us; we welcome the conversation. My email is below.
Thanks,
Gloria Huang
HuangG@usa.redcross.org
I recently submitted a viable Housing proposal for Haiti, and it was rejected by the ARC as "failing to meet minimum standards
required by the RFA." Not a word about the merits of the proposal, which eliminates the Emergency-Transitional-Permanent Shelter cycle, and provides recipients with permanent (50 years plus) equity in their homes from day one.
I have tried to contact CEO McGovern, but she seems to have no email address. In order to rebut the critique above, the ARC must show some sign of listening to experts in the construction trades who work in the private sector. In 2005
I spoke with the ARC about housing for New Orleans and was told "We have no expertise in housing. We just deliver food, and medicine." Now they are responsible for a major portion of Delmas along with the French Red Cross. Have your qualifications changed in the last five years?
http://www.shelterusnow.com