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Staff of Oxfam, country director for Haiti, Roland van Hauwermeiren, snagged using charity’s fund to pay for sex parties – workers allowed to resign without sanction 

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;"><strong>Oxfam char<&sol;strong><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">it<&sol;span>y leaders had &&num;8216&semi;Caligula orgy&&num;8217&semi; with Haitian prostitutes who survived earthquake<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;"><strong>Workers including Roland van Hauwermeiren&comma; the country director in Haiti for Britain-based Oxfam allowed to resigned without sanction after their sex parties were discovered <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">Overall three senior Oxfam employees were allowed to resign and four were sacked<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;"><strong>68-year-old Roland van Hauwermeiren&comma; country director for Oxfam in Haiti after 2010 earthquake&comma; admitted to hiring prostitutes and having the parties at the villa he rented with Oxfam money<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;"><strong>Footage exists of a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;full-on Caligula orgy” with women wearing Oxfam t-shirts&comma; some of the escorts may have been underage<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;"><strong><span class&equals;"newsCaption">Prostitution is illegal in Haiti and the age of consent is 18<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-289724" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;Roland-van-Hauwermeiren-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Roland van Hauwermeiren 1" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"674" &sol;>Resigned without sanction&colon; Belgian born Roland van Hauwermeiren&comma; country director for Oxfam in Haiti after 2010 earthquake&comma; was let go after his &&num;8216&semi;sexcapades&&num;8217&semi; with prostitutes in Haiti at Oxfam expense&comma; came to light<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A major international charity covered up its employees’ sex parties including a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;full-on Caligula orgy” with Haitian prostitutes who had just survived the island’s devastating earthquake&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Haitian earthquake&comma; which hit the capital Port-au-Prince in 2010&comma; killed 220&comma;000 and injured 300&comma;000&period;In the first wave of humanitarian aid after the earthquake&comma; Oxfam helped around 700&comma;000 people in the Caribbean country&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However a troubling number of senior aid workers for one of UK’s biggest charities were accused of paying survivors of the quake for sex&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In August 2011&comma; Oxfam made a reported an ongoing internal investigation into allegations of misconduct by staff members involved in their Haiti programme&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The report explained that the misconduct related to inappropriate sexual behaviour&comma; bullying&comma; harassment and the intimidation of staff&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Subsequently&comma; three Oxfam employees were allowed to resign and four were sacked for gross misconduct after an internal investigation found some workers had used prostitutes in the disaster-ravaged region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-289728" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;Oxfam-sex-exploitation-prostitutes-inHaiti-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Oxfam sex exploitation prostitutes inHaiti 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"662" height&equals;"393" &sol;><strong>Oxfam senior staffers have been accused of sex exploitation of prostitutes in Haiti immediately following the devastating earthquake on the island in 2010<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-289725" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;Haiti-after-2010-earth-quake-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Haiti after 2010 earth quake 1&period;png" width&equals;"901" height&equals;"670" &sol;><strong>Mother carrying her baby contemplates life after the 7&period;0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti back in Jan 2010&comma; a historic natural disaster with left an estimated the death toll of more than 300&comma;000 people&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Some of the affected workers including Roland van Hauwermeiren&comma; the country director in Haiti for Britain-based Oxfam until 2011&comma; were allowed to resign without any discipline after their sex parties were discovered&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thetimes&period;co&period;uk&sol;edition&sol;news&sol;top-oxfam-staff-paid-haiti-quake-survivors-for-sex-mhm6mpmgw" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Times of London <&sol;a>reported&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The former director in the country was also accused of inviting prostitutes to his residence&comma; rented by Oxfam&comma; the report states&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 68-year-old Belgian admitted to hiring prostitutes and having the parties at the villa he rented with Oxfam money&comma; and the Times reported that some of them may have been underage&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Oxfam was also accused of covering up evidence as the Charity Commission said it had never been shown the specific allegations of sexual abuse mentioned in the 2011 investigation report&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;van Hauwermeiren admitted using prostitutes in the wake of the Haitian earthquake but was not part of the &&num;8216&semi;Caligula&&num;8217&semi; claims&period; he was allowed to resign in August 2011 just a week after an internal investigation was announced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-289726" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;Haiti-after-2010-earthquake-2&period;png" alt&equals;"Haiti after 2010 earthquake 2&period;png" width&equals;"911" height&equals;"609" &sol;>Survivors were completely displaced from their home and left with nothing&period; Here&comma; a woman walks down a street in the devastated city of Port-au-Prince amidst rubble and debris left behind from the disaster on Jan&period; 20&comma; 2010&period;<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-289727" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;Aerial-of-survivors-gathered-around-bodies-in-Port-au-Prince-Haiti-during-an-aerial-assessment-mission-following-a-day-after-the-earthquake-hit-in-2010&period;png" alt&equals;"Aerial of survivors gathered around bodies in Port-au-Prince&comma; Haiti during an aerial assessment mission following a day after the earthquake hit in 2010&period;png" width&equals;"921" height&equals;"753" &sol;>Aerial of survivors gathered around bodies in Port-au-Prince&comma; Haiti during an aerial assessment mission following a day after the earthquake hit in 2010<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Whistle blowers claim they recorded footage of a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;full-on Caligula orgy” with women wearing Oxfam t-shirts&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Oxfam said it launched an investigation as soon as it learned of the claims&comma; said no recording had been submitted to the investigation&period; In early August 2011&comma; it was reported a &OpenCurlyQuote;small number’ of employees were being investigated over allegations of gross misconduct&period; Some Oxfam workers&comma; left as a result of the investigation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The organization said allegations that some prostitutes were underage were not substantiated and it did not tell Haitian authorities because &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;it was extremely unlikely that any action would be taken&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The organization&comma; which was also criticized for a lack of transparency on how money was spent has pushed back&comma; insisting the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;redcross&period;org&sol;news&sol;article&sol;The-Real-Story-of-the-6-Homes-Answering-Questions-about-Haiti" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Times report lacked context<&sol;a>&comma; and noted it spent large amounts of money on setting up emergency shelters such as tents because it &&num;8220&semi;ultimately helped more people&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Oxfam in recent years has  been dogged by a series of scandals&comma; including fraud levels rising more than 64 per cent&comma; sex abuse allegations&comma; and accidental deaths caused by workers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The charity&&num;8217&semi;s annual report for 2016 revealed that &dollar;763&comma;336 &lbrack;£553&comma;479&rsqb; was lost to fraud<br &sol;>&NewLine;The charity was also tackling escalating reports of sex assaults and sexual exploitation among its workforce&comma; according to the report&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Oxfam reacted to the report stating&colon; &&num;8220&semi;We remain committed to transparency on allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by Oxfam staff and partners&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap"><&sol;div>&NewLine;

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