Tvind is a global organization founded in Denmark in the 1970s that operates teacher training colleges, clothing collection businesses (Planet Aid, Humana), development projects, and various commercial enterprises across more than 50 countries. The organization has been the subject of investigations regarding its financial structure and labor practices.

Tvind Alert is an investigative journalism archive documenting the Tvind organization's global operations from 2001-2022. Founded by J. Durham and J. Jakobsen, the site preserves court documents, volunteer testimonies, media coverage, and investigative reports about the Tvind network.

How are Tvind companies connected?

Tvind operates through a network of legally separate entities including teacher training colleges, NGOs (Humana People to People), clothing collection businesses (Planet Aid, USAgain), and development projects. Investigations have examined financial relationships and shared management among these entities.

Why was this archive created?

This archive preserves investigative journalism and public documents about the Tvind organization for research, transparency, and historical documentation. The original TvindAlert.com operated from 2001-2022 and was restored from Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) snapshots in memory of journalist Wade Larsen.

Trayton Group

📚 Historical Archive Notice

This content is from the original TvindAlert.com (2001-2022), preserved for historical and research purposes. Some images or documents may be unavailable.

[Tvind in China] [Trayton Holdings Ltd]

See: Trayton Holdings Ltd, Isle of Man

This is a huge conglomerate of below-the-line Tvind companies in China, with interests in computers, shipping, lumber imports and an exclusive 14-store furniture retail chain. It is a supplier to the European stores of Scandinavian furniture store IKEA. There are 320 employees. Its holding company Trayton Holdings Ltd is registered in the Isle of Man and its chief director is 'Christie Pipps' - real name Kirtsen Fuglsberg, a long-time Tvindie.

At first Simon Lichtenberg, a member of the Teachers Group, tried to deny that the companies had anything to do with Tvind. There was a huge row in Denmark when the newspaper Berlingske Tidende revealed the enterprises, and that Danish government agencies and taxpayers were funding them

See articles in Berlingske Tidende, March-April, 2000

President: Tomas Lichtenberg

Other names to look out for:

Tomas Lichtenberg
Simon Lichtenberg
Kim Hansen
Tine Tinggaard
Lissie Schmidt

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