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Canada
Planet Aid Toronto - "collected $1.7m but gave nothing to charity"
Toronto Star
Tvind Alert contact: Ellen Shifrin ellenshifrin64@yahoo.com
Tvind assets: shops, clothes collections, coin
cans, clothes sorting centre, volunteer
recruitment
Canada is one of Tvind's new happy hunting grounds. Planet Aid, Toronto, is expanding fast, with a shop, scores of clothes collection boxes, cash collection cans and tie-ins with local companies such as a chain of beer stores. It is a fruitful territory for recruiting volunteers to work in the shops and train at IICD in the USA. Tvind recruits through careers officers at Toronto university and its 'charitable' activities are widely publicised in local media and the Internet.
Tvind Alert has received several messages from concerned Toronto and Ontario citizens
Statement by Professor Alan Somerset A statement by Professor Alan Somerset, University of Western Ontario, drafted for wide circulation within the academic community in Canada, the USA and Britain and also sent to the Canadian Association of University Teachers
Newspaper Reports
Charity collected $1.7M, gave $0 Planet Aid claimed $350,000 in losses from 1998 to 2000 Toronto Star, Friday 26th April 2002
World charity group under investigation Toronto organization denies ties to four indicted Danes. National Post, Canada, April 27, 2002
Volunteers stories
Nick's story Nick, who lives in Toronto, travelled to Angola with Tvind in 1996. He wished he hadn't - it was disorganised and dangerous, and he was refused medication for malaria. He concluded he had got into the hands of a cult-like organisation which put the welfare of its own top members above that of the volunteers.
Ellen's story
Ellen was a Canadian volunteer in India for Humana in 2000-2001 - her story is
shocking.
"I found out about the "One World Volunteers" programme through the careers centre at the university of Toronto. It sounded brilliant, until coming across this site. You should go to the press- at the very least, inform gullible universities and their students about the true nature of the programme." Nick Woolnough with_yourself@goplay.com
I was a bit suspicious when a store called 'Planet Aid'
moved into a Yonge Street storefront in downtown Toronto. It seemed
odd to have a store asking people to give their second hand clothes to in order
to sell them at rather expensive prices. We have an organization
called Goodwill that accepts donations of clothing and so on and then employs
people to run the store. The money in turn gets chanelled back into
local community development programs. Goodwill is an agency of the
United Way, and the United Way/Goodwill programs are clearly
advertised. Very much like a Sally Ann store. Well, the
couple of times I've been into Planet Aid (haven't bought anything, thank
goodness), none of the employees or paraphernlia around the store suggested that
these people were selling clothes etc. to send the money to help developing
countries!! I had no idea that was the supposed mandate of Planet
Aid until a friend referred me to the Tvind Alert website. So in my
opinion, Planet Aid -- at least the one on Yonge Street in Toronto -- is a
sham. People should not donate clothing to the store, since it is
ambiguous where the profits from the clothing actually goes. Give
instead to Goodwill or local charities that will use the profits or redistribute
clothing to those who need it!!! - L. in Toronto,
Ontario P.S. On your website you refer to Ontario as a region. It's
actually a province.
Planet Aid's promotion with The Beer Store, Canada
Canada News Wire Nov 1998
The following websites link to Planet Aid, Canada:
(under construction)
Toronto.com City website Planet Aid page
Planet Aid, Canada (1997)
Surplus clothes are 'sold to Eastern Europe' - Humana website
CANADA
Planet Aid Canada Inc.,
2 Glen Avon Road, Toronto,
Ontario M6K 1E1, Canada
Tel: +l 416 533 7879
Fax: +1 416 533 6530
planet.a@netcom.ca
Locations of Planet Aid boxes at May 2000:
968 O'Connor Ave., East York
1077 Broadview Ave., East York
30 Eastwood Rd., East York
796 Bloor St. W, Toronto
459 Bloor St. W, Toronto
603 Davenport Rd, Toronto
200 Christie St., Toronto
2008 Yonge St., Toronto
517 College St., Toronto
339 College St., Toronto
480 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto
793 Spadina Rd., Toronto
2565 Bathurst St., Toronto
698 Spadina Ave., Toronto
1078 Lakeshore Blvd., Toronto
220 Royal York Rd, Etobicoke
735 The Queensway, Etobicoke
5438 Dundas St. W., Etobicoke
2765 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
3385 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
2392 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
3157 Dundas St. W., York
31 Helene St., Mississauga
8 Helene St., Mississauga
406 Lakeshore Rd. E., Mississauga
845 Lakeshore Rd. E., Mississauga
1706 Dundas St. E., Mississauga
65 Brock Ave., Toronto
1070 Bathurst St., Toronto
840 Dupont St., Toronto
1245 Dupont St., Toronto
1758 Dundas St. W., Toronto
3524 Dundas St. W., Toronto
4850 Dundas St. W., Toronto
350 Vaughan Rd., Toronto
663 Kingston Rd., East York
603 Kingston Rd., East York
1000 Gerrard St. E., East York
845 Broadview Ave., East York
310 O'Connor Dr., East York
220 McRae Dr., East York
1500 Woodbine Ave., East York
2723 St. Clair Ave. E., East York.
Planet Aid Toronto - "collected $1.7m but gave nothing to charity"
Toronto Star
Tvind Alert contact: Ellen Shifrin ellenshifrin64@yahoo.com
Tvind assets: shops, clothes collections, coin
cans, clothes sorting centre, volunteer
recruitment
Canada is one of Tvind's new happy hunting grounds. Planet Aid, Toronto, is expanding fast, with a shop, scores of clothes collection boxes, cash collection cans and tie-ins with local companies such as a chain of beer stores. It is a fruitful territory for recruiting volunteers to work in the shops and train at IICD in the USA. Tvind recruits through careers officers at Toronto university and its 'charitable' activities are widely publicised in local media and the Internet.
Tvind Alert has received several messages from concerned Toronto and Ontario citizens
Statement by Professor Alan Somerset A statement by Professor Alan Somerset, University of Western Ontario, drafted for wide circulation within the academic community in Canada, the USA and Britain and also sent to the Canadian Association of University Teachers
Newspaper Reports
Charity collected $1.7M, gave $0 Planet Aid claimed $350,000 in losses from 1998 to 2000 Toronto Star, Friday 26th April 2002
World charity group under investigation Toronto organization denies ties to four indicted Danes. National Post, Canada, April 27, 2002
Volunteers stories
Nick's story Nick, who lives in Toronto, travelled to Angola with Tvind in 1996. He wished he hadn't - it was disorganised and dangerous, and he was refused medication for malaria. He concluded he had got into the hands of a cult-like organisation which put the welfare of its own top members above that of the volunteers.
Ellen's story
Ellen was a Canadian volunteer in India for Humana in 2000-2001 - her story is
shocking.
"I found out about the "One World Volunteers" programme through the careers centre at the university of Toronto. It sounded brilliant, until coming across this site. You should go to the press- at the very least, inform gullible universities and their students about the true nature of the programme." Nick Woolnough with_yourself@goplay.com
I was a bit suspicious when a store called 'Planet Aid'
moved into a Yonge Street storefront in downtown Toronto. It seemed
odd to have a store asking people to give their second hand clothes to in order
to sell them at rather expensive prices. We have an organization
called Goodwill that accepts donations of clothing and so on and then employs
people to run the store. The money in turn gets chanelled back into
local community development programs. Goodwill is an agency of the
United Way, and the United Way/Goodwill programs are clearly
advertised. Very much like a Sally Ann store. Well, the
couple of times I've been into Planet Aid (haven't bought anything, thank
goodness), none of the employees or paraphernlia around the store suggested that
these people were selling clothes etc. to send the money to help developing
countries!! I had no idea that was the supposed mandate of Planet
Aid until a friend referred me to the Tvind Alert website. So in my
opinion, Planet Aid -- at least the one on Yonge Street in Toronto -- is a
sham. People should not donate clothing to the store, since it is
ambiguous where the profits from the clothing actually goes. Give
instead to Goodwill or local charities that will use the profits or redistribute
clothing to those who need it!!! - L. in Toronto,
Ontario P.S. On your website you refer to Ontario as a region. It's
actually a province.
Planet Aid's promotion with The Beer Store, Canada
Canada News Wire Nov 1998
The following websites link to Planet Aid, Canada:
(under construction)
Toronto.com City website Planet Aid page
Planet Aid, Canada (1997)
Surplus clothes are 'sold to Eastern Europe' - Humana website
CANADA
Planet Aid Canada Inc.,
2 Glen Avon Road, Toronto,
Ontario M6K 1E1, Canada
Tel: +l 416 533 7879
Fax: +1 416 533 6530
planet.a@netcom.ca
Locations of Planet Aid boxes at May 2000:
968 O'Connor Ave., East York
1077 Broadview Ave., East York
30 Eastwood Rd., East York
796 Bloor St. W, Toronto
459 Bloor St. W, Toronto
603 Davenport Rd, Toronto
200 Christie St., Toronto
2008 Yonge St., Toronto
517 College St., Toronto
339 College St., Toronto
480 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto
793 Spadina Rd., Toronto
2565 Bathurst St., Toronto
698 Spadina Ave., Toronto
1078 Lakeshore Blvd., Toronto
220 Royal York Rd, Etobicoke
735 The Queensway, Etobicoke
5438 Dundas St. W., Etobicoke
2765 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
3385 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
2392 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
3157 Dundas St. W., York
31 Helene St., Mississauga
8 Helene St., Mississauga
406 Lakeshore Rd. E., Mississauga
845 Lakeshore Rd. E., Mississauga
1706 Dundas St. E., Mississauga
65 Brock Ave., Toronto
1070 Bathurst St., Toronto
840 Dupont St., Toronto
1245 Dupont St., Toronto
1758 Dundas St. W., Toronto
3524 Dundas St. W., Toronto
4850 Dundas St. W., Toronto
350 Vaughan Rd., Toronto
663 Kingston Rd., East York
603 Kingston Rd., East York
1000 Gerrard St. E., East York
845 Broadview Ave., East York
310 O'Connor Dr., East York
220 McRae Dr., East York
1500 Woodbine Ave., East York
2723 St. Clair Ave. E., East York.
I was a bit suspicious when a store called 'Planet Aid'
moved into a Yonge Street storefront in downtown Toronto. It seemed
odd to have a store asking people to give their second hand clothes to in order
to sell them at rather expensive prices. We have an organization
called Goodwill that accepts donations of clothing and so on and then employs
people to run the store. The money in turn gets chanelled back into
local community development programs. Goodwill is an agency of the
United Way, and the United Way/Goodwill programs are clearly
advertised. Very much like a Sally Ann store. Well, the
couple of times I've been into Planet Aid (haven't bought anything, thank
goodness), none of the employees or paraphernlia around the store suggested that
these people were selling clothes etc. to send the money to help developing
countries!! I had no idea that was the supposed mandate of Planet
Aid until a friend referred me to the Tvind Alert website. So in my
opinion, Planet Aid -- at least the one on Yonge Street in Toronto -- is a
sham. People should not donate clothing to the store, since it is
ambiguous where the profits from the clothing actually goes. Give
instead to Goodwill or local charities that will use the profits or redistribute
clothing to those who need it!!! - L. in Toronto,
Ontario P.S. On your website you refer to Ontario as a region. It's
actually a province.
Planet Aid's promotion with The Beer Store, Canada
Canada News Wire Nov 1998
The following websites link to Planet Aid, Canada:
(under construction)
Toronto.com City website Planet Aid page
Planet Aid, Canada(1997)
Surplus clothes are 'sold to Eastern Europe' - Humana website
CANADA
Planet Aid Canada Inc.,
2 Glen Avon Road, Toronto,
Ontario M6K 1E1, Canada
Tel: +l 416 533 7879
Fax: +1 416 533 6530
planet.a@netcom.ca
Locations of Planet Aid boxes at May 2000:
968 O'Connor Ave., East York
1077 Broadview Ave., East York
30 Eastwood Rd., East York
796 Bloor St. W, Toronto
459 Bloor St. W, Toronto
603 Davenport Rd, Toronto
200 Christie St., Toronto
2008 Yonge St., Toronto
517 College St., Toronto
339 College St., Toronto
480 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto
793 Spadina Rd., Toronto
2565 Bathurst St., Toronto
698 Spadina Ave., Toronto
1078 Lakeshore Blvd., Toronto
220 Royal York Rd, Etobicoke
735 The Queensway, Etobicoke
5438 Dundas St. W., Etobicoke
2765 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
3385 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
2392 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
3157 Dundas St. W., York
31 Helene St., Mississauga
8 Helene St., Mississauga
406 Lakeshore Rd. E., Mississauga
845 Lakeshore Rd. E., Mississauga
1706 Dundas St. E., Mississauga
65 Brock Ave., Toronto
1070 Bathurst St., Toronto
840 Dupont St., Toronto
1245 Dupont St., Toronto
1758 Dundas St. W., Toronto
3524 Dundas St. W., Toronto
4850 Dundas St. W., Toronto
350 Vaughan Rd., Toronto
663 Kingston Rd., East York
603 Kingston Rd., East York
1000 Gerrard St. E., East York
845 Broadview Ave., East York
310 O'Connor Dr., East York
220 McRae Dr., East York
1500 Woodbine Ave., East York
2723 St. Clair Ave. E., East York.
CANADA
Planet Aid Canada Inc.,
2 Glen Avon Road, Toronto,
Ontario M6K 1E1, Canada
Tel: +l 416 533 7879
Fax: +1 416 533 6530
planet.a@netcom.ca
Locations of Planet Aid boxes at May 2000:
968 O'Connor Ave., East York
1077 Broadview Ave., East York
30 Eastwood Rd., East York
796 Bloor St. W, Toronto
459 Bloor St. W, Toronto
603 Davenport Rd, Toronto
200 Christie St., Toronto
2008 Yonge St., Toronto
517 College St., Toronto
339 College St., Toronto
480 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto
793 Spadina Rd., Toronto
2565 Bathurst St., Toronto
698 Spadina Ave., Toronto
1078 Lakeshore Blvd., Toronto
220 Royal York Rd, Etobicoke
735 The Queensway, Etobicoke
5438 Dundas St. W., Etobicoke
2765 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
3385 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
2392 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
3157 Dundas St. W., York
31 Helene St., Mississauga
8 Helene St., Mississauga
406 Lakeshore Rd. E., Mississauga
845 Lakeshore Rd. E., Mississauga
1706 Dundas St. E., Mississauga
65 Brock Ave., Toronto
1070 Bathurst St., Toronto
840 Dupont St., Toronto
1245 Dupont St., Toronto
1758 Dundas St. W., Toronto
3524 Dundas St. W., Toronto
4850 Dundas St. W., Toronto
350 Vaughan Rd., Toronto
663 Kingston Rd., East York
603 Kingston Rd., East York
1000 Gerrard St. E., East York
845 Broadview Ave., East York
310 O'Connor Dr., East York
220 McRae Dr., East York
1500 Woodbine Ave., East York
2723 St. Clair Ave. E., East York.
Locations of Planet Aid boxes at May 2000:
968 O'Connor Ave., East York
1077 Broadview Ave., East York
30 Eastwood Rd., East York
796 Bloor St. W, Toronto
459 Bloor St. W, Toronto
603 Davenport Rd, Toronto
200 Christie St., Toronto
2008 Yonge St., Toronto
517 College St., Toronto
339 College St., Toronto
480 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto
793 Spadina Rd., Toronto
2565 Bathurst St., Toronto
698 Spadina Ave., Toronto
1078 Lakeshore Blvd., Toronto
220 Royal York Rd, Etobicoke
735 The Queensway, Etobicoke
5438 Dundas St. W., Etobicoke
2765 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
3385 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
2392 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke
3157 Dundas St. W., York
31 Helene St., Mississauga
8 Helene St., Mississauga
406 Lakeshore Rd. E., Mississauga
845 Lakeshore Rd. E., Mississauga
1706 Dundas St. E., Mississauga
65 Brock Ave., Toronto
1070 Bathurst St., Toronto
840 Dupont St., Toronto
1245 Dupont St., Toronto
1758 Dundas St. W., Toronto
3524 Dundas St. W., Toronto
4850 Dundas St. W., Toronto
350 Vaughan Rd., Toronto
663 Kingston Rd., East York
603 Kingston Rd., East York
1000 Gerrard St. E., East York
845 Broadview Ave., East York
310 O'Connor Dr., East York
220 McRae Dr., East York
1500 Woodbine Ave., East York
2723 St. Clair Ave. E., East York.
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