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Wyclef Jean's organization under scrutiny over Haiti charity
Haiti News.Net
Saturday 16th January, 2010 (ANI)
Washington, January 16 : Wyclef Jean's organization 'The Wyclef Jean Foundation Inc.' has come under scrutiny over charity work for earthquake victims in Haiti.
Groups that vet charities have pointed out mischief in the foundation's accounting practices.
The foundation has raised more than 2 million dollars via text message in two days, but experts claim there is no accountability.
"It's questionable. There's no way to get around that," Fox News quoted Art Taylor, president and chief executive of the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance, as saying.
Taylor reviewed Internal Revenue Service tax returns for the organization also known as Yele Haiti Foundation from 2005 through 2007.
He hinted that the poor accounting practices was apparent, as three years of returns were filed on the same day - Aug. 10 of last year.
Also, in 2007, the foundation's spending exceeded its revenues by 411,000 dollars.
Taylor added: "Here's the bottom line: for an earthquake of catastrophic proportions, do people really believe that this organization is in a position to do anything right now?"
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti earlier this week.  Email this story to a friend
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Anonymous
01-18-10, 03:21 AM |
Wyclef Jean's organization under scrutiny over Haiti charity
He has done a lot for his people. I believe that he’s not the kind of person who will take adventage of the disaster to enrich himself. That guy has a lot of money on his own. I heard a lot about his organization. I keep giving him thumbs up because we Haitian people consider him as our advote he had the courage to go on CNN an motivate the world to become to our rescue. Wyclef keep on doing the good work. God gave the opportunity to do what you are doing. As you know people can be jaleous... Do not give you. We admire you... Be careful! May the Lord blessed you.
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