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"It's not as if we murdered babies in their cots" - Oxfam

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JaimesGoldenHand · 17/02/2018 11:07

Apparently the Oxfam CEO thinks the reaction to the Aid Worker rape and use of prostitutes and the subsequent apparent cover-up has been disproportionate. It happens in all aid agencies so why the fuss.

I was in two minds as to whether to boycott Oxfam but this has decided me. I feel physically sick.

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VaguelyAware · 17/02/2018 11:21

They should have taken immediate action against perpetrators of abuse, as soon as any individual cases became known, that's what they should have bloody done. Instead they appear to have buried it & hoped that no-one would find out. Disgraceful that they think this is a reasonable way to respond, it pretty much shows why they perpetrators got away with it as long as they did.

FusionChefGeoff · 17/02/2018 11:19

@Bananagrabber the linked article also says there are questions over MSF workers who were 'repatriated'...

QueenLaBeefah · 17/02/2018 11:18

Bloody hell! I don't think they can recover from that comment alone.

Tiddlywinks63 · 17/02/2018 11:17

Despicable comment, he should be ashamed of himself and removed from his post.
I refused to support Oxfam after discovering how much money is diverted to wages and overheads. And after being doorstepped by a very rude 'representative' who wouldn't take 'No' as an answer.

AllButterShortbread · 17/02/2018 11:17

Jeez. My mind is boggled that anyone could think this let alone come and say it.

I follow the Daily Mash and News Thump on fb - they’re satirical news/spoof pages - and this is the kind of thing that makes me have to double check whether I’m reading actual news or a joke story Sad

Bananagrabber · 17/02/2018 11:14

Cancelling my direct debit and supporting MSF instead

VaguelyAware · 17/02/2018 11:14

WTF. Shock They are now on my boycott list. And we are big users of & donators to charity shops.

AngryAttackKittens · 17/02/2018 11:13

Well you just raped them rather than killing them so that's alright then!

Never getting any money from me again.

Popchyk · 17/02/2018 11:12

God, just when I think they can't get any worse.

BBC link

stitchglitched · 17/02/2018 11:12

I read yesterday that one of the 'prostitutes' was an underage girl who had just lost 5 members of her family in the eathquake and a 68 year old aid worker paid to have sex with her twice a week. I will never support them again.

TallulahWaitingInTheRain · 17/02/2018 11:10

Classy, Oxfam Hmm

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