Humana Italy

Status:    Piccola Societa' Cooperativa a Responsabilita' Limitata ("Small Co-operative with Limited Liability").

Officially established on November 16, 1998

Office: Via Aldo Moro 5 - 20010 Pogliano Milanese (province of Milano), telephone 02-9396401.

The Coop had 13 employees in 2000 (vs. the 22 or 30 they claim on their websites. Are they lying somewhere or are they growing so fast?). Employees are different from members, they are like normal workers, employed by the members.

The Articles of Association of the Coop establish that Humana does the usual business (collecting clothes, improving social conditions, aid to poor countries), but there is an interesting clause: The Coop can "promote the spirit of saving of its members, setting up a section of activities, governed by specific regulations, in order to gather loans from members only, and only in order to perform the purposes of the cooperative. It is strictly forbidden to gather loans from the public."

This is probably a Teachers' association policy: the members pool their resources as "loans". However, it only refers to *members*, not to the *employees*.

The whole coop consists of only 3 people, an incredibly small figure. All three are foreigners, one even lives abroad (in Austria) and the other two have the same address (in Italy):

Ulla Carina Bolin, born in Sollentuna, Sweden, July 19, 1957, tax code
BLNLCR57L59Z132R, resident in Piazza dello Sport 3 - 20020 Arese (province
of Milano). Chairman of the Board.

Helle Christensen, born in Grove, Denmark, November 15, 1954. Tax code
CHRHLL54S5Z107B, resident in Vienna, Austria, in Gregorygasse. Deputy
Chairman.

Eduardus Willem Mattheus Fonck, born in Amsterdam, Holland, April 23, 1696.
Tax code FNCDDS69D23Z126L, resident in Piazza dello Sport 3 - 20020 Arese
(province of Milano). Councilor.

The organization has the following premises, all registered as "store houses" (depositi):

1) Via S. Maria Crocifissa di Rosa - 25039 Travagliato (prov. of Brescia) - tel. 030-6865907, fax 030-6165386, opened Nov. 11, 1999.

2) Via Castellano 21 - 65015 - Montesilvano (prov. of Pescara) - opened February 1, 2000.

3) Via Candini 8 - 40012 - Lippo - Calderara di Reno (prov. of Bologna) - tel. 051-6466417 - fax 051-6426560 - opened Nov. 11, 1999.

4) Strada Statale 16 Sud  via da denominare - 64028 Silvi (prov. of Teramo) tel. 085-4458932 - fax. 085-4458932. 3 people employed there. Opened  December 1, 2000.

5) Via Ugo Foscolo 14 - Vigonza 35010 (prov. of Padova). Opened February 1, 2001.

The list looks quite different from the list which appears on their website.

(Information correct at July 2001)

Humana Italia and Textile Transformation bv (Holland)

These Humana addresses were suppliers of Tvind company Textile Transformation EC Trading b.v of Holland (went bankrupt 2000):

PMI Humana Via Berlinguer 10-M mr Guido Bernardi
CRD Humana Via Bizarri 8-B mr Alberto Pedrelli
TGV Humana Via S. Maria Crosifissa di Rosa mr Flavio Pitozzi

Humana Italia,
Via Platani 16, 20024 Garbagnate Milanese (Mi), Italy
Tel: +39 2 93 55 91 20
Fax: +39 2 93 55 91 21
humana@tin.it