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Wyclef Jean Accused Of Wasting YELE Charity Money

The New York Post says hip-hop star Wyclef Jean collected $16 million for earthquake relief in Haiti but says less than one of third was spend on the charity work... What happened to the rest?

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The New York Post reports...

Yele Haiti's coffers swelled to $16 million in 2010, the most the charity had ever received. But less than a third of that went to emergency efforts, and $1 million was paid to a Florida firm that doesn't seem to exist...

records show that Yele Haiti spent just $5.1 million for emergency relief efforts

Yele Haiti paid five contractors... including P&A Construction... which received $353,983 and is run by Warnel Pierre, the brother of Jean's wife, Claudinette...

Wyclef responded to these accusations, we will find his official response but first let me ask...

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Lena says...

money is devil u know that u think all the time u see mr jean leave new-york and hollywood to come to haiti u think is love, he making money in haitain name i beleive in mr shawn penn he is real not mr

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John says...

Wyclef te vle volo depi sou Aristide men Aristide pat vle e li tounen kont li men le Preval vini Clef rantre anba vant Preval poul te ka volo e li fel ak pouvwa

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Judith Jolicoeur says...

Hi,
I can not speak for Wyclef Jean. We will find out what he have to say about all of this. All I want to say is, If 3 THIRD of that MONEY was SENT to small Nonprofits that was already in Haiti at that time. I believe so many things would of got done. I don't know Wyclef and I really don't care to know him cause I never hear of him trying to help the little man that is still living in Haiti, that have schools or anything else already in Haiti, that they have worked with their own hands to start off and now in need of help to keep it running and our still trying to do what they can for the people in Haiti to stand on their.

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David Grant says...

If this is true, it is a good thing that this man was stopped short from becoming the president of our beloved country.

What would have happened if he were elected president of Haiti, it would have been the same old jean pants.

God saved

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