Here Comes The Help: Evaluating Local And National Coronavirus Relief Proposals
Pandemic relief may be coming to Maryland, and to the nation. What do the plans look like?
Monika Hörling, a nurse from the Swedish Red Cross, takes care of a patient in the Finnish Red Cross mobile health clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 21, 2010.
In the wake of a devastating earthquake in Haiti five years ago, the American Red Cross raised half a billion dollars in aid. But delivering assistance with that money has posed challenges – a recent investigation by Pro Publica and NPR found that the funds have done little to create permanent housing. We connect with a Red Cross point person about the challenges they’ve faced in Haiti and the work the organization continues to do to provide relief there.
Pandemic relief may be coming to Maryland, and to the nation. What do the plans look like?
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