What Now For Oxfam?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-5379183/Dominic-Lawson-Oxfam-Haiti-prostitute-scandal.html

[anotheoldgit]

Sorry, I have Labour on my mind this morning, I meant to put OXFAM.

[mikey4444]

OXEOXFAM have some serious questions to answer, but I think we should be careful about throwing the baby out with the bath water.

[emmie]

disgusting behaviour by those that should be caring for the communities they are serving. Its an appalling scenario.

[Jackdaw33]

Serve them right if they all got a dose of the pox.

[anneasquith]

Fair enough aog, you could have said brexit.

[AB Editor]

Morning Aog. Changed the title so your thread makes some sort of sense. :)

[Bigbad]

Did they go with prostitutes, or did they make the people the aid was for, prostitute themselves to get it?
A big difference, unless of course, children were involved.

Charity donations are subjective, and whilst a lot of people are happy for money to go to Oxfam, a lot aren’t. So, taxpayers money is given to a charity that they don’t necessarily support.
Does the government give to medical research or animal charities I wonder?

Time we pulled the plug on all of it, and did away with the Department for International Development altogether.

[youngmafbog]

I have similar thoughts Bigbad. The seriousness of the issue surely relates to whether or not the women(or men) involved were prostitutes and so these people gave them some business, whether aid money was used, whether aid was given in lieu of payment and of course underage.

I have not been able to find a full story on this. Once again it may come down to the indignant and hypocritical West trying to stop people earning a living by their chosen profession.

[youngmafbog]

Personally I dont give to large Charities, far too much is creamed off the top for large salaries and plush offices. The Sally Ann excluded as they dont.

[youngmafbog]

Quite possibly, but yet again we have trial by the MSM and social media without the full facts to hand.

[youngmafbog]

// I'd rather go give a homeless man £10 //

Unfortunately in many cases that £10 wont go where you think. give food instead if you want to give to the homeless on the streets.

[andres]

Did the workers use prostitutes and pay for them with their own money. If so I can't see anything wrong . But bearing in mind that the age of consent in Haiti is 18 they might have committed an offence in some cases.