By Jacqueline L. Salmon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 5, 2006; Page A14
Two international Red Cross organizations issued scathing criticisms of the American Red Cross's chaotic response to Hurricane Katrina, accusing the charity of approaching the relief effort with a 'dangerous combination of ignorance and arrogance.'
The reports -- by the British Red Cross and the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross, which sent experts to the Gulf Coast shortly after Katrina struck -- say their American counterpart was ill-prepared for the disaster, relied on inexperienced volunteers in key positions and had an ineffective system for moving supplies to where they were needed."
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The actual documents are available for download either from the New York Times article or from the blog link below. The big surprise is that the criticism of the Red Cross is about untrained volunteers and heavy reliance on in-kind donations. They are implying that the Red Cross needs to become even more professional and do more advance planning.
http://www.wheremostneeded.org/2006/04/red_cross_colle.html
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