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A scathing investigation published this week found that the American Red Cross, despite raising a half-billion dollars after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, built only six permanent homes on the island.

Yet, the Canadian Red Cross said Thursday it was able to help build 7,500 permanent homes in the ravaged Caribbean nation.

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Representatives from both agencies refused to say how there could be such a huge, head-scratching discrepancy in outcomes.

According to a joint report by Pro Publica, an investigative non-profit, and NPR, the American Red Cross bungled the management of $500 million in donations. In a statement, the American Red Cross accused the journalists of not being accurate or balanced, but it did not deny that only half-a-dozen homes had been built.

The relief agency claims to have provided housing to more than 130,000 people. It said people were provided homes mostly through rental subsidies and repairs to existing homes.