Experts said there is virtually no way to monitor how nonprofits operate, nor for governments or disaster victims to hold them accountable for mismanagement
New York, June 5.─ International aid groups largely operate in a “black hole” of accountability, charity watchdogs have said, as fresh allegations emerged this week of the Red Cross’s misrepresentations of its accomplishments after Haiti’s devastating earthquake in 2010.
Officials at nonprofit watchdogs were not surprised by a ProPublica and NPR investigation which found the Red Cross had misrepresented its efforts in Haiti and delivered only a portion of the $488m it raised to Haitians, in spite of a pledge to give “91 cents” of every dollar.
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