Wyclef Jean responds to allegations made by the New York Post

Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti organization has come under scrutiny once again. A New York Post article questions the way the non-profit organization has handled funds raised for Haiti after the 7.0 earthquake that struck the island a few years ago and killed around 300,000 people.

According to The New York Post, out of the $16 million dollars Yele Haiti raised in 2010, only $5.1 went to the country.

The article goes on to make some pretty strong allegations including that almost $400,000 went to a company owned by Wyclef’s brother-in-law Warnel Pierre. The article also claims another million went to Amisphere Farm Labor Inc., a food company "that does not exist" and a man named Amsterly Pierre that ran this food distribution company, allegedly purchased three upscale condos in Florida.

Yele also allegedly rented a residence for company workers, at an inflated price of $35,000 per-month.

In a letter to AllHipHop.com, Wyclef address these allegations and denies any wrong-doing. Here's an excerpt from the letter:

The NY Post piece entitled, “Questions Dog Wyclef’s Haiti Fund” is misleading, deceptive and incomplete. The Post conveniently fails to acknowledge that the decisions that Yele made were a response to one of the world’s most catastrophic natural disasters in modern history and required an immediate humanitarian response.

There were no roads, no clean water, no sanitation, no banks, no electricity, no infrastructure. Immediate decisions were made to save lives and alleviate suffering. We made decisions that enabled us to provide emergency assistance in the midst of chaos and we stand by those decisions. We did the best we could with the available resources.

I am proud of the way that Yele handled the crisis on the ground in 2010. We were able to feed, clothe, provide medical assistance and shelter for more than 250 thousand people in need.

What the article doesn’t say is that the construction projects funded by Yele Haiti were responsible for rebuilding an orphanage, building a temporary assistance facility, and had constructed a system of out door toilet and shower facilities in Cite Soliel one of the largest slums in Port-au-Prince.

The Post never highlights that Amisphere Farm Labor was responsible for preparing and delivering close to 100,000 meals.