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Red Cross: $6 million for Ebola fight stolen through fraud
« on: November 05, 2017, 08:29:06 am »
Red Cross: $6 million for Ebola fight stolen through fraud

    By clarence roy-macaulay and krista larson, associated press

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Nov 4, 2017, 12:32 PM ET


Fraud by Red Cross workers and others wasted at least $6 million meant to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the organization confirmed Saturday.

The revelations follow an internal investigation of how the organization handled more than $124 million during the 2014-2016 epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/red-cross-million-ebola-funds-missing-fraud-50928005
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Re: Red Cross: $6 million for Ebola fight stolen through fraud
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2017, 05:13:46 pm »
http://www.msf.org/ did tremendous work during the Ebola epidemic.

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news-stories/field-news/response-west-africa-ebola-epidemic-remains-dangerously-inadequate

As for the Red Cross, they haven't gotten a dime from me since I saw them in action in '79.
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Re: Red Cross: $6 million for Ebola fight stolen through fraud
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2017, 07:15:51 pm »
Stolen is such a harsh word, the Red Cross prefers repurposed, just like they repurpose money donated by people for a specific cause to a use that they find more worthy.
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