Oxfam has sacked another round of staff for breaching its sexual misconduct and child protection policies in Haiti in 2010.
Five years ago, it emerged that staff providing humanitarian aid, reportedly used sex workers after an earthquake killed 220,000 people.
The 10 staff were fired in 2021 and 2022, but it has only become public knowledge in Oxfam’s recently released 180-page annual report.
Oxfam was founded at 17 Broad Street in the Oxford city centre in October 1942.
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This comes following a pledge the charity made to root out abusers when the sex workers scandal was exposed in 2018.
Outrage over the case led Oxfam to receive a 19-month ban from bidding for government funding.
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It was set by a group of Quakers, social activists and Oxford academics with the initial aim of sending aid to alleviate the famine in Greece.
The so-called ‘Greek Week’ campaign raised £10,700 for the Greek Red Cross - the equivalent of £370,000 in today’s money.
Oxfam now has shops all over the world and has become a global movement to alleviate poverty.
A total of 23,000 volunteers now run 560 shops worldwide.
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