Contributors to the Red Cross on Thursday night received an email from the charity slamming 'misleading information in the media' about how it was using donations. The Red Cross has told contributors it had committed $30 million 'right now' to help people whose homes were destroyed to meet immediate needs. The Red Cross claimed it had further been paying an average of $1 million a day in grants. 'We’re an unfunded charity from a Melbourne yet we can reach more people in immediate need than these big charities with millions of dollars? 'People need help now.

Source: Daily Mail January 24, 2020 02:13 UTC