The report also said three Oxfam employees physically threatened a witness in the investigation into alleged sexual misconduct in Haiti following the devastating 2010 earthquake there. Oxfam unveils action plan after ‘stain’ of sex scandalThe charity fired four staff members for gross misconduct and allowed three others, including former country director (CD) Roland van Hauwermeiren, to resign over allegations they hired young sex workers. A redacted copy of the 2011 report made public by the charity said Van Hauwermeiren offered to resign after admitting to investigators that he had hired sex workers at Oxfam-funded accommodation. “During the interview the CD admitted to using prostitutes in his OGB (Oxfam Great Britain) residence,” the report said. The report said Oxfam officials had received an email in July that year alerting them to alleged sexual exploitation, fraud, negligence and nepotism during relief efforts.

Source: The Express Tribune February 19, 2018 06:22 UTC