A small number of donors have begun to withdraw their donations from the Australian arm of Oxfam following revelations that senior staff from Oxfam UK paid local women in Haiti for sex during the organisation’s relief efforts in the country following the 2010 earthquake disaster.
The charity’s UK arm has already been threatened with a 50 million pound funding cut from the British government and its deputy chief executive has resigned over the matter.
Oxfam Australia says they are reviewing their staff-vetting processes and keeping a close eye on procedures in the wake of these developments.