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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Tracking the Red Cross’ $500 Million in Haiti Relief

    A new investigation into the Red Cross in Haiti has revealed shocking news. After an earthquake nearly leveled the island in 2010, the Red Cross raised half a billion dollars in aid money. It pledged to use the money to build tens of thousands of new homes and entire communities from scratch.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 4, 2015 • 1 min read

    A new investigation into the Red Cross in Haiti has revealed shocking news. After an earthquake nearly leveled the island in 2010, the Red Cross raised half a billion dollars in aid money. It pledged to use the money to build tens of thousands of new homes and entire communities from scratch. Five years later, the charity has only built six individual homes, and is leaving Haiti. Where did all the money go? We hear from one of the reporters behind a new investigation.

    The full episode

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    Tracking the Red Cross’ Haiti Funds, Sheryl Sandberg on Grief, and Brian Wilson
    1. 0:00Tracking the Red Cross’ $500 Million in Haiti Relief You’re reading this
    2. 10:44Web Roundup: Sheryl Sandberg on Grief and More
    3. 23:08'Love & Mercy' Tells Brian Wilson’s Story
    4. 39:59Runaway Film Scoring Leaves Some Musicians Behind
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Laura Sullivan

      investigative reporter for NPR.

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Tracking the Red Cross’ Haiti Funds, Sheryl Sandberg on Grief, and Brian Wilson
    1. 0:00Tracking the Red Cross’ $500 Million in Haiti Relief You’re reading this
    2. 10:44Web Roundup: Sheryl Sandberg on Grief and More
    3. 23:08'Love & Mercy' Tells Brian Wilson’s Story
    4. 39:59Runaway Film Scoring Leaves Some Musicians Behind
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand