“It’s heartbreaking because I know how seriously the Red Cross takes its responsibility,” Red Cross spokeswoman Bristel Minsker told The Washington Post about the continued backlash. People were urging donors Monday to seek out churches and local organizations, saying, “Please don’t donate money to the Red Cross! “Red Cross is out but I don’t know which local charities are on the ground & doing good work.”@mishacollins forget red cross, we don't need money… we need a boat!, stuck on roof!! In one shelter, sex offenders were “all over including playing in children’s area” because Red Cross staff “didn’t know/follow procedures.” According to interviews and documents, the Red Cross lacked basic supplies like food, blankets and batteries to distribute to victims in the days just after the storms. American Red Cross President and chief executive Gail McGovern responded in a blog post on HuffPost at the time, acknowledging the “persistent myths circulating online” about the Red Cross response in Haiti.

Source: Washington Post August 28, 2017 17:37 UTC