A whistleblower claims that the World Bank helped cover up child sex abuse at a chain of for-profit Schools it funded, reports Ryan Grim and Neha Wadekar for The Intercept. After reports of serial sexual assault, negligence and abuse were reported by a local human rights group and multiple parents of children at a Bridge International Academy in Nairobi, an internal and independent World Bank entity recommended a deeper look and asked Bridge for more information.
Bridge replied by slowing the process down for months and successfully negotiating a nondisclosure agreement with the World Bank who, along with the Bridge founders, launched an effort to keep all the allegations hidden. The World Bank also retaliated against the investigator who initially uncovered the allegations and pushed for accountability in the face of institutional pressure, as well as hobbled the ability of its investigative unit to make public whatever it found. On October 10, Senators Elizabeth Warren, who serves on the Banking Committee, and Peter Welch sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and World Bank President Ajay Banga, laying out a list of questions for the Bank about the Bridge investigation. Several survivors from the school, now in their late teens, have also now come forward to tell their stories.
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