Oxfam sex scandal – what happened in Haiti, why did Helen Evans resign and who else has quit?
A major relief effort was launched following the quake that killed 220,000 people, injured 300,000 and left 1.5million homeless
OXFAM was rocked by a sex scandal which has led to questions over the future of the charity's funding.
As its "moral leadership" is said to have failed, here's all we know about what happened in Haiti.
What are the allegations against the charity?
A report in The Times alleged aid workers within Oxfam paid for sex while on a mission to help those affected by the 2010 earthquake.
A major relief effort was launched following the quake that killed 220,000 people, injured 300,000 and left 1.5million homeless.
Sources gave the newspaper an account of "serious sexual misconduct by a group of male aid workers".
It is claimed they threw parties with prostitutes at a guesthouse known as the "pink apartments" rented by the charity.
Sources alleged some of the "prostitutes" were girls aged 14-16, below the age of consent.
Paying for sex is banned under Oxfam’s code of conduct and is against UN guidelines for aid workers.
The charity said it did not call police because the state of the country made it “extremely unlikely that any action would be taken”.
Oxfam said it publicly announced an investigation into the allegations when they surfaced in 2011.
However it is alleged the reports did not say the men had been using prostitutes - something the charity denies.
The scandal deepened after it emerged there have been 123 allegations of sexual harassment including against girls as young as 14 at its stores.
The under-fire charity has also been accused of failing to carry out criminal record checks on its 23,000 volunteers who man its 650 shops.
According to the Mail, there were 123 alleged incidents of sexual harassment probed in its stores in just nine years.
Fresh allegation were made against the charity on March 17 that said a senior member of staff was allowed to stay at Oxfam despite repeated abuse allegations.
What has Oxfam said about the scandal?
The charity says it disclosed sexual misconduct to the charities regulator.
Dame Barbara Stocking, head of Oxfam in 2011, told the BBC the charity had a long record of having a good code of conduct.
She added new whistleblowing procedures were put in place and said Oxfam often worked in difficult locations where "the rule of law isn't going on".
A spokeswoman for the Charities Commission said: "In August 2011, Oxfam made a report to the Commission about an ongoing internal investigation into allegations of misconduct by staff members involved in their Haiti programme.
"At the time, and based on the information provided, we were satisfied that the trustees were handling matters appropriately and did not have regulatory concerns."
Mark Goldring, the charity's chief executive has spoken repeatedly over the scandal.
In one interview with The Guardian, he claimed critics were "gunning" for the charity and said the issue had been "blown out of all proportion to the level of culpability".
Oxfam has also said it will stop bidding for Government funding until ministers are satisfied with the steps it has taken in the wake of the scandal.
Oxfam bosses have estimated the Haiti vice scandal will cost them up to £100million.
Heads at the charity told Whitehall officials falling donations could slash its £300million funding by a third.
The charity’s £32million funding from central government has been put on hold.
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Who is Helen Evans and why did she resign?
The charity’s former head of safeguarding Helen Evans claimed shop volunteers as young as 14 had been abused but the claims were covered up.
Ms Evans, who was at the charity for more than six years, also said overseas staff had traded aid for sex with ten per cent of workers either witnessing abuse or being sexually assaulted.
She told Channel 4 News: "Behind Oxfam, there are thousands of committed staff. They put their lives at risk every day.
"In terms of the senior leadership team, I think they need to look back
Ms Evans claimed that Oxfam shop volunteers as young as 14 had come forward saying they were abused and revealed one case of an adult worker assaulting a child assistant.
Among 12 allegations of abuse over two years, one shop manager allegedly attempted to force a young volunteer to drop charges against an adult male who apparently carried out an indecent assault.
Ms Evans also claims Oxfam chief Mark Goldring failed to act on allegations a woman was coerced to have sex in return for aid in a disaster zone.
She said a meeting was held to discuss her concerns about widespread abuse but no action was taken until last year.
Ms Evans there were “those in senior leadership positions who knew the scale of what we were dealing with and in my view did not adequately respond to that”.
Her bombshell claims came after Oxfam was accused of failing to carry out criminal record checks on its 23,000 volunteers.
According to the Mail, there were 123 alleged incidents of sexual harassment probed in its stores in just nine years.
What have MPs said?
The International Development Committee said delivering aid to the most needy is an “attractive sector for people wishing to exploit others” in a damning analysis of the sector.
MPs said charity aid bosses have “collectively failed” to tackle “the horror of sexual exploitation and abuse” over many years. Their report found sexual abuse was widespread across organisations, institutions and countries and aid bosses were “self-deluded” about tackling the problem.
And it hit out at a “macho” and “boys club” attitudes to women which resulted in a workplace where sexual assault was seen as “permissible by perpetrators and their supporters”.
The initial report from MPs on the issue following an expose of the abuse of aid victims in Haiti found “sexual predators” were using resources and power to “exploit and abuse some of the most vulnerable people in the world”.
Committee chair Stephen Twigg blasted the “culture of denial” from charities like Oxfam and the UN with “limited action” taken in the past when claims were made.