Members of the Oxfam NGO, linked to the organization's subsidiary in the United Kingdom, took advantage of the devastating situation in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake that left more than 220,000 dead and 300,000 injured to organize "orgies worthy of Caligula" with local prostitutes who "can not be ruled out that they were minors". This has been revealed by an investigation carried out by the British newspaper 'The Times' which also ensures that the NGO, far from ignoring the facts, even covered them up before the Charity Commission when the investigation was carried out.
Specifically, the investigation of 'The Times', which has never been denied by the NGO, points to behaviors of sexual exploitation, pornography download, bullying and intimidation protected by a "culture of impunity" that is not ruled out that even cover up child abuse. "It can not be ruled out that any of the prostitutes was less," says the report prepared in 2011.
In fact, one of the sources cited in the investigation, tells that men invited groups of young prostitutes to their residence - called 'Apartments Rosas' and nicknamed by the aggressors as "The house of whores" - in order to carry out Sex parties, while another points to who came to see a video of one of the parties they organized. "They had big parties with prostitutes in which the girls ran half-naked in Oxfam shirts as if it were an orgy worthy of Caligula himself, it was incredible, insane, they talked about it as 'young meat barbecues'," says one of the girls. unidentified sources of the investigation.
And it is that Oxfam Great Britain, which receives 330 million euros in donations and government aid each year, allowed three men to resign discreetly and gradually in addition to dismissing four others after carrying out an investigation that directly involved the Oxfam director in the area, Roland van Hauwermeiren. The 68-year-old Belgian, who admitted to using the services of prostitutes in the villa that the NGO had rented for him near Port-au-Prince, the executive director at that time, Dame Barbara Stockin, offered him a "climbing and dignified exit "because of having fired" there would have been serious chances that they had been compromised "the work and the reputation of the organization.
"Without a doubt this is not the image we want to project, for us transparency is key and although it has made the leap now to the media it is something that is public since 2011," says Orenes. "This produces indignation and sadness in the sector and our task is to ensure that these things do not happen again." Actually in 2011 Oxfam did report that it had disposed of several workers for misconduct, clarifying that they had not stolen money from the 75 million euros that went to the project, but it was never specified that the dismissals had been caused by scandal sexual.
Feel free to share your thoughts about haiti situation.
Fortunately, we now have cryptos. So, we can directly send them to people we wish to help.
Also, the internet which now allows us to actually see people on the scene trying to help.
Further, in the future, we will actually be sending materials that are needed. As in, a hurricane is bearing down on island, and before it makes landfall a ship filled with water and solar/battery power lights are en route. And the shipment is paid for before it leaves the harbor.
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Great idea @builderofcastles but we need local help to provide goods to those people.
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The thing about catastrophes is that the people inside can't provide goods at all.
And so, they need outside goods to hold them over so that they can get their economy and systems back together.
And the thing about welfare is that it needs to be given when the group is knocked down, but the group needs to get back to self reliance, not a group dependent on the aid. Which means, that the people really do not need money, they need goods, like generators, sheet metal, concrete, roof tiles...
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They need enough because half measures won't really help as much as prolong the inevitable.
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Totally agreed..! @builderofcastles
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I'm so disappointed in Oxfam. I thought they were better than this. Hopefully they won't let it happen again.
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Yeah hope so.
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How can we think "they won't let it happen again"? It always keeps happening. Power structures don't change much throughout history, and there is NO evidence that they will change if we maintain current social organizations and current models of governance
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Whao!Thanks for bringing awareness to support our brothers and sisters around the world! Bless ya
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Oxfam is really taking advantage of the situation in Haiti by exploiting homeless young girls and women. This is really condemnable. Nice post @cyberwarrior
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Thank you @citypope resteem it for let more people know about this.
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you welcome
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The was well-known about and the Clinton Foundation has ties to this.
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The NGO industrial complex at work..
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You need a link to The Times article
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