Oxfam charity vows a shake-up after UK threatens funding
The British-based charity is accused of covering up a prostitution scandal involving some aid workers in Haiti
London — Oxfam announced a new raft of measures to tackle sexual abuse cases after being ordered to meet the British government on Monday to explain its handling of a 2011 prostitution scandal involving its aid workers in Haiti. The British-based charity will re-examine the episode as part of an independent review started this year to drive out unacceptable behaviour, while pledging to improving the recruitment, vetting and management of staff. "It is not sufficient to be appalled by the behaviour of our former staff — we must and will learn from it and use it as a spur to improvement," Caroline Thomson, Oxfam’s chair of trustees, said in a statement. She confirmed the charity would meet with the Department for International Development (DFID) on Monday and the Charity Commission, which regulates the sector, later this week. Earlier on Sunday Britain’s International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt warned Oxfam to cooperate with a renewed probe into the scandal or face repercuss...
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