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    Wyclef Jean charity comes under fire

    •January 1, 1970
    • PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - MARCH 8:  Teams of workers hired as part of a cash-for-work program by Yele Haiti, an NGO operated by entertainer Wyclef Jean, clean the streets in front of the Haitian national palace the morning after a carnival parade, March 8, 2011 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  The city has started dumping trash in an open area near the waterfront and along a main throroughfare. (Photo by Allison Shelley/Getty Images)
    • PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - MARCH 8:  Women hired as part of a cash-for-work program by Yele Haiti, an NGO operated by entertainer Wyclef Jean, pause to attach corsages of plastic flowers-- a gift from a co-worker-- to their hair as they clean the streets in front of the Haitian national palace the morning after a carnival parade, March 8, 2011 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  The city has started dumping trash in an open area near the waterfront and along a main throroughfare. (Photo by Allison Shelley/Getty Images)
    • PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - NOVEMBER 28: Police officers give a thumbs up as singer Wyclef Jean and Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly pass by on top of a truck during an impromptu election protest on November 28, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Following widespread allegations of fraud, 12 of the 19 candidates asked that the results be canceled. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
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    Port-Au-Prince Struggles With Massive Garbage Problem

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - MARCH 8: Teams of workers hired as part of a cash-for-work program by Yele Haiti, an NGO operated by entertainer Wyclef Jean, clean the streets in front of the Haitian national palace the morning after a carnival parade, March 8, 2011 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The city has started dumping trash in an open area near the waterfront and along a main throroughfare. (Photo by Allison Shelley/Getty Images)

    It has been reported that less than a third of the $16 million gathered in 2010 by hip-hop star Wyclef Jean's charity, Yele Haiti, for earthquake relief in Haiti actually made it to emergency efforts in the country, the New York Post reported on Nov. 27.