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‘Disaster capitalism’: Why Haitians prefer local NGOs over American Red Cross
https://www.rt.com/news/362561-red-cross-haiti-money/
In a report, ProPublica revealed that the American Red Cross basically raised half a billion dollars to aid Haiti after it was devastated by a monster 7.0 earthquake in 2010. It had only built six houses out of the promised 700 by 2013.
Meanwhile, the US Red Cross said in a statement on its website that it deployed its teams to the affected areas in Haiti and is now “distributing a first round of life-saving relief supplies, including hygiene (cooking) kits, and cholera-prevention kits.”
It also claimed that it “is playing a key coordination role with local authorities and international humanitarian organizations to ensure life-saving support and supplies reach all those in need as soon as possible.”
"I think the American Red Cross is a good example of disaster capitalism,”X said, using the expression that was coined in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
“American Red Cross specifically does not have the capacity to do large-scale disaster relief and reconstruction correctly, but continues to collect resources and money to do so.”
The money "balloons” into huge packages full of benefits and privileges for the underprepared NGO staff – people who often don’t even have the language skills to connect with the locals.
Indeed, the 2015 report points to a trend of not hiring enough locals. More money went into paying high international salaries for arriving staff.
“Even before this disaster hit, what we Haitians wanted to do was take back the disaster-capitalist narrative, which always paints Haiti as waiting for a handout, waiting for the West to save us, and that’s not at all the case,” X told RT, adding that there are powers – the government among them – just waiting to “mobilize before the disaster hit, and will be there long after the cameras leave.”
https://www.rt.com/news/362561-red-cross-haiti-money/
In a report, ProPublica revealed that the American Red Cross basically raised half a billion dollars to aid Haiti after it was devastated by a monster 7.0 earthquake in 2010. It had only built six houses out of the promised 700 by 2013.
Meanwhile, the US Red Cross said in a statement on its website that it deployed its teams to the affected areas in Haiti and is now “distributing a first round of life-saving relief supplies, including hygiene (cooking) kits, and cholera-prevention kits.”
It also claimed that it “is playing a key coordination role with local authorities and international humanitarian organizations to ensure life-saving support and supplies reach all those in need as soon as possible.”
"I think the American Red Cross is a good example of disaster capitalism,”X said, using the expression that was coined in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
“American Red Cross specifically does not have the capacity to do large-scale disaster relief and reconstruction correctly, but continues to collect resources and money to do so.”
The money "balloons” into huge packages full of benefits and privileges for the underprepared NGO staff – people who often don’t even have the language skills to connect with the locals.
Indeed, the 2015 report points to a trend of not hiring enough locals. More money went into paying high international salaries for arriving staff.
“Even before this disaster hit, what we Haitians wanted to do was take back the disaster-capitalist narrative, which always paints Haiti as waiting for a handout, waiting for the West to save us, and that’s not at all the case,” X told RT, adding that there are powers – the government among them – just waiting to “mobilize before the disaster hit, and will be there long after the cameras leave.”
