It seems like a ton of capital crimes were committed there. What a goddamn tragedy. I hope justice will be served some day, although I fear that may never happen.

Wasn't a young woman mysteriously killed there with ties to TPTB? I remember reading a thread on it before.

Monica Peterson.

Haiti relief fund Clinton slush fund

FTFY

The Red Cross is separate from the Clinton Foundation

Once you zoom-out enough it's not.

ok

They came, they kidnapped children, they left to rape and eat the children, eventually they were exposed and punished.

And so it was written, so it shall be done.

Except they did not and will not get punished.

Clintons.

Here is a partial list of the several relief funds that celebrities supported at the time.

Hope for Haiti - Beyonce, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Bono, Sting, Christina Aguilera, Bruce Springsteen

The Hope for Haiti telethon was held to benefit Wyclef Jean's Yele Foundation, the Red Cross, Oxfam America, Partners in health and UNICEF.

Leonardo DiCaprio donated $1million to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.

James Taylor had a 2 night concert for Partners in Health to benefit Haiti

Actors Meryl Streep, Olivia Wilde, Josh Brolin, Gerard Butler, Amy Poehler, and Jenna Fischer auctioned off their gowns and suits from the Golden Globes through an organization called Artists for Peace and Justice to benefit Haiti relief.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie gave $1 million to Doctors Without Borders

Scarlett Johansson auctioned off four tickets to opening night of her Broadway play "A View from the Bridge" and donated the proceeds from the auction to Oxfam's Haiti Earthquake Response Fund.

Supermodel (and Mrs. Tom Brady) Gisele Bunchen donated $1.5 million to the Red Cross.

Actress Sandra Bullock donated $1 million to Doctors Without Borders.

Actress Alyssa Milano donated $50,000 to UNICEF.

Madonna donated $250,000 to Partners in Health.

Do you think that 'most' celebs know where there money is going?

I very much doubt it.

Why doubt it? Some of these celebrities are very well connected, they probably have more insider knowledge than any random user here

Some, but definitely not most. Most will play along anyway because that's what every other celebrity is doing. Useful idiots.

It'ss a pr stunt, whether or not they knew what happened to the money we can only guess

Some are very well connected. Most are vain morons who act and sing.

How nice for them.

Where did the money go? ...

They did it to the kids.

Clinton fund stole it

There are protests in D.C. to this day.

No one cares about it, it's not sexy.

I thought wyclef pissed it all away.

I actually spoke to someone high up in the Red Cross about this. This person told me that a lot of funds that were collected for Haiti were initially meant to rebuild Haiti. But after the introduction of cholera (by Nepalese people who came to help, this person said this was proven now), most of their funds went to fighting the disease. As the Red Cross is obligated by their own rules to help the weakest people first they could not stand by and watch people die while they were building houses. And that was the reason why they only built 5 or 6 houses there. This person also told me he knows how the media likes to portray things and actually looked genuinly disappointed that so many bad stories are told about what happened there. Im not saying there werent bad things happening but it was defenitely interesting to hear another point of view on this subject. Just thought I should share with you guys

The Red Cross should have a PR team to take care of misunderstandings such as this, no?

I dont completely agree. An for profit organization of this size should have a PR team to take care of publicity. But the Red Cross is not a for profit organization. The understanding I got from this person was that the Red Cross relies on gifts and volunteers and have very few people who are actually paid to do their job (director etc.). They would rather spend money on actually helping people than an PR team.

Really? Is that why I found this PR team page on their very own website? And many other pages showing that they 100% hire people for all sorts of positions (low level and high level) and pay them.

I don't believe your fake anecdote because I've worked with someone who worked for the Red Cross before, he was paid and not "director status" or w/e you're implying.

Even Wikipedia isn't helping your argument:

However, roughly 75% of Haitian households lack running water and thousands still live in camps or similar substandard conditions. Despite all these efforts, every rainy season or hurricane has caused a temporary spike in cases and deaths. Per the Haitian Health Ministry, as of August 2012, the outbreak had caused 7,490 deaths and caused 586,625 people to fall ill.[75] According to the Pan American Health Organization, as of 21 November 2013, there had been 689,448 cholera cases in Haiti, leading to 8448 deaths.[76]

In the first 4 months of 2016, there were nearly 14,000 new cases of cholera and over 150 deaths.[77] Six years after the outbreak, the disease is still killing an average of 37 people a month.[78] To date, around 7% of the population (around 770,000 people) have been affected with cholera, and more than 9,200 have died.

So... housing and running water is what will ultimately eliminate the prevalence of cholera in Haiti. The Red Cross promises to build housing with $500 million dollars yet instead decides to treat those affected by cholera medically. That's totally fine temporarily but in the long run, Red Cross promised housing and Haitians need it to help fight cholera.

Downvote me all you want but something is ducky when Haitians ask people to specifically not donate to the Red Cross. I think they know best.

Non-Mobile link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_cholera_outbreak

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Im not trying to defend or promote the Red Cross. Just telling you what someone told me, no need to get so angry at a stranger on the internet. I also do not mind if you say my anekdote is fake. I think you made a good point and wish you the best. One love.

Aw dang I'm sorry I got sassy. Thanks for reading and being a good human.

They milked the initiative until it bled...to death.

It'ss a pr stunt, whether or not they knew what happened to the money we can only guess