Oxfam GB has been banned from operating in Haiti after its staff were accused of sexual misconduct following the 2010 earthquake.
Oxfam said it would continue to work in Haiti through affiliate members from Italy, Spain, and Quebec.
Oxfam has been in Haiti since 1978, and increased its presence after the earthquake. But there have been no Oxfam GB staff in the country since the suspension in February.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44474211
(notice nothing on children?)
Oxfam sexual abuse scandal points to a larger problem among aid workers
According to Andrew MacLeod of the Hear Their Cries advocacy group, as shocking as Oxfam’s revelations are, such sexual exploitation is only the “tip of the iceberg” of pervasive sexual abuse among aid workers in the developing world. According to him, there is a growing realization today that the worst crimes of child abuse and child rape by aid workers make up a substantial percentage of sex abuse accusations against aid workers from many nongovernmental organizations, the United Nations and peacekeeping forces
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-oxfam-sexual-abuse-scandal-0220-20180214-story.html
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ESOTERICshade ago
It looks more and more these days like these aid organizations are often nothing more than child procurement services. According to the statistics I have seen, kidnapping children for forced labor on plantations, in mines, sugar cane fields, etc...is perhaps larger than trafficking children for sex slaves. No telling how many children these people steal every year.
Wonder exactly what that means?
lamplight ago
It could mean that they will continue to get children to abuse through affiliate members but not set foot on Haiti soil. Kick the entire Oxfam group out of every country!