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    Oxfam Official Resigns Amid Allegations That Prostitutes Hired In Disaster Zones

    Penny Lawrence, the U.K.-based charity's deputy chief executive, said she was "deeply sad" and "ashamed" that the behavior occurred on her watch.
    by Scott Neuman Feb 13, 2018 2 minutes
    Penny Lawrence at Oxfam House in Oxford, in 2016. Lawrence, who was the U.K. charity's deputy chief executive, stepped down Monday amid a growing scandal over aid workers who paid for sex in Haiti and Chad.

    A senior Oxfam official stepped down Monday after news reports revealed that the humanitarian group had covered up evidence that some of its aid staff hired prostitutes in Chad and Haiti as the organization was delivering disaster assistance to those countries.

    Penny Lawrence, Oxfam's deputy chief executive, that she was "deeply sad" and "ashamed." She acknowledged that allegations had been known that country

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