Oct 6th 2002

News from Tvind Alert
Investigating the Tvind organisation and exchanging information in 50 countries
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No 7 Oct 6th 2002

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Jes Fabricius Mller's brief information on Tvind and news update for non-Danes: http://www.staff.hum.ku.dk/jesfab/abouttvind.htm#update
Friedrich Griess's German-language archive of Tvind news:
http://griess.st1.at/tvind
IICD Watch:
http://iicdwatch.bravepages.com/

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This weeks top stories

DUTCH PARLIAMENTARY PARTY DEMANDS EUROPEAN INVESTIGATION

THE HAGUE: The biggest party in the Dutch parliament, the CDA (the party of the Prime Minister), is now calling for European cooperation in an investigation into Tvind/Humana.   The party again has asked questions to the ministers of Justice and Home Affairs, Oct 1st 2002.

The questions are as follows:

1.      Are you aware that Humana still recruits people in Holland to work as a volunteer in Africa? CDA points to posters attached in Amsterdam recently and last year in Groningen and to advertisements in the free newspaper Metro.

2.      Are you willing to inform with your collegues in Denmark, Belgium and the UK whether the Tvind-cult is involved in unlawful and/or punishable affairs? Are you able to inform the parliament about the outcome from this?

3.      Are you willing to contribute to an international investigation on Humana?

(source: CDA in Dutch parliament)

AMDI HAD A DOUBLE IDENTITY  -    Danish police

According to the Danish police,  Tvind-leader Amdi Petersen had two identities when arrested in a Los Angeles airport this year February. One of his credit cards mentioned him as Amdi Pedersen (in fact is it Petersen, but this explains why in official documents he is called Pedersen), another credit card mentioned the name of Mr M. Cordoba.

This is one the reasons the Danish police doesnt want Amdi Petersen to be released from jail untill his court case starts in February. They are afraid he might flee.

(Source: Danish press)

SOCIALIST PARTY IN OSS, HOLLAND, WANTS TO END RELATIONSHIP WITH HUMANA

HOLLAND: The Socialistic Party (SP) in Oss, part of the town board, says it no longer wants to continue the relationship with Humana as a clothes collector in the village. SP will ask 19 questions and one of them is whether the mayor and the aldermen are willing to ask a local clothes collector if it is capable to take over the collecting from Humana. 

The council of Oss  is talking about the clothes collecting in Oss, coming Friday, Oct. 11th.    The mayor and the aldermen rather want to wait for an investigation the Central Bureau Fundraising has announced in July.     That happened after publications in the newspaper Eindhovens Dagblad and two items on Dutch television.

(Source: Socialistic Party Oss)

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Messages from readers

Michigan school tries to silence its critics Jodies story

CANADA: The IICD in Michigan tried to make disenchanted volunteers sign a no-retribution agreement as a condition of getting their money back when they left. Jodie, a young woman volunteer from Canada, who left after a nightmare in Norway, is now complaining to the Competition Bureau of Canada, her local newspaper (which carried the ad) and Canadaian members of parliament about her treatment. tofugiroux@hotmail.com

Jodies story: http://www.tvindalert.org.uk/stories/jodie's_story.htm

The power of loyalty A Finnish womans story

HELSINKI / DENMARK:  A Finnish woman contacted Tvind Alert after leaving a Tvind college in Denmark she wanted  to say something to alert her friends and team mates still at the school.   She felt they were being exploited.       Unfortunately, her team mates, many from eastern Europe, did not agree they just wanted to get to Africa.    They didnt want her to rock the boat.   She has temporarily withdrawn her story to protect her friends  it is a powerful account and a version will be posted on Tvind Alert soon.   She can be contacted on:  m_fin@hotmail.com

German mother wants legal action against Tvind

A German reader contacted Tvind Alert, telling that she wants legal action to be taken against Tvind in her country. She contacted the German ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs in Bonn after some very unpleasant experiences from her son at the Tvind-school in Ulfborg. She wants the ministry to give advice not to sent teenagers to Tvind-schools anymore.

Shes thinking about writing a report to the German authorities about what happened to her son when he stayed in Denmark. She writes for instance: My son got misused as a teachers help, and he learned .nothing in his week about school subjects for which he came to Tvind. On the other side the youth department, that paid a lot of money every month for the boys stay, had to pay for lessons that never took place at all. Also the rooms of the kids are more than disgusting, there are dirty stinking bath rooms, the most of the toilets are broken.

Anyone who wants to write her can reach her at: sibylleprillwitz@freemail.de

Messages to the Tvind Alert Guest Map
http://pub30.bravenet.com/guestmap/view.php?usernum=2572162163

Fifteen people posted to the Guest Map this week including these comments:

Great! It`s very important tell people this flimflam called TVIND (here in Finland known as Humana-people-to-people)! Thank`s a lot! (Girl from Finland)......Tvind was here in Vancouver recruiting for their California school. I'm glad I found the Tvind alert website while checking them out, it probably saved me from an awful experience! (John) .......the bit about planet aid donating 4 mil to nicaragua/guatemala is crap. i was there, how i wish they donated anything close to that to benefit our projects! (b)......... I've been in lindersvold-danmark-as a student for 5 mounths. I left when i realized that i was been exploited.greetings from porto, portugal (luis coelho).......Went to the Travelling Folk High School, Sweden back in 1978.  Keep up the excellent work with the web site.  (Kenneth)...... Thanks! You helped us to warn our son before any damage was done! Keep up the good work!   (Penny Hajduk)...... Good work - GO ON!! (Christian Gundlach/Berlin)....... been a student in Ulfborg 1981. I participated in the delegation team 2 in Zimbabwe, Chindunduma school  (Hasse M in Stockholm).... I enjoy the site - was with for 1 1/2 yrs.  I enjoyed my work, but hated the org.  (mdb)..... Been employed by The UFF in Sweden (Olle)..... my first love exploited me! (John)...... Keep up the good work!    (anne johnston)

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