CICD - College of International Cooperation and Development.a dossier on Tvind, Humana, Planet Aid and IICD

 

Winestead Hall, near Hull, England, is the home of CICD, the College for International Cooperation and Development.  This is the UK's version of a Tvind 'Travelling Folk High School'.    It recruits idealistic young people from all over the world and 'trains' them for solidarity work in Africa.   Students pay up to 2,000 in advance and spend much of their time raising more money.  The combination of isolation, strict fund raising, long hours and group pressure has driven many students to believe they are being brainwashed.

See also:    Tvind colleges
                     CICD Ltd
                     Winestead Hall School (closed 1998)

            

January 2000:   seven students leave

January 2000:    On 6th-9th January 2000, seven of the 11 students left the college and demanded a refund.    In some cases, relatives flew from abroad to take them home.  The seven students believed they had been exploited and misinformed    -  the exodus was widely reported in the regional press and TV      Click here to read more

      Gita's story

 

      Annelie's story

 

      Simone's story

October 2001, twelve students leave

October 2001:    "Just thought you might like to know that 12 people have left the school in Hull.    There were three from the May team,  eight from September and myself who started with the September team,  but I was put on November team. The Sept team came very enthusiastic but it did not last long, the mood changed to the running of the place and the treatment of the people.   For myself I arrived there sep 23,so I had five weeks before my team arrived so they decided to put me put me on Netup because I paid no 2,000 signing up fee, which unfortunately some people did.   So my first few days I worked fixing up the place while watching what the Sept team, I was just merely sat on the fence.   What we saw was something out of the dark slave trade."   Tony    balls_to_it@hotmail.com

 

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Winestead Hall School  1988-98

This school in the same buildings as the CICD was closed down by the Charity Commission, East Riding Social Services and East Riding Education Authority, 1998, after allegations of fraud and irregularities.

For ten years from 1988-98, Winestead Hall  served a completely different purpose for Tvind  -  it was Winestead Hall School, a residential school for problem teenagers.  It was supposed to be a charity, but Tvind earned millions of pounds from British ratepayers.  In January 1998 the school was suddenly closed, together with its sister small school at Red House, Buton, near Norwich.    Click here to read the full story

See: Tvind schools

         Red House School

     Steen Thomsen's story

Winestead Hall School's headmaster was Danish teacher Steen Thomsen, a member of the Teachers' Group.    In 1998, he left the cult and has since alleged that Winestead Hall was a 'money machine' for Tvind, earning it an estimated 16m which was transferred to Denmark instead of being invested in the school.