TVIND ALERT

But is it the great herbal tea scam?

ADPP, the Tvind-controlled enterprise that runs TG schools in Angola, has been awarded $1.46m of US taxpayers’ money for ‘malaria prevention and control’ in Africa.

This is the same part of Tvind that was shown to be secretly laundering up to $30,000 a week of aid money from oil companies back to Denmark in cash in the 1990s, as disclosed in 1999 by Britta Junge Pedersen.

ADPP Angola is today run by the same Tvind operative as then – Rikke Viholm.

We are unaware of any special ADPP expertise in malaria. However, one of the methods being used by ADPP against malaria is a herbal tea called Artemisia – and it appears that another branch of the global Teachers Group, Gaia, is growing Artemisia at its commercial cashew plantation in Itoculu, Mozambique.

So will USAID’s money buy Artemisia from Gaia – thus sending much of the USAID money direct into Teachers Group offshore accounts?

>>>> USAID Press release

>>>> Agreement between USAID and ADPP (pdf)

>>>> Artemisia in Gaia programme, Mozambique (pdf)

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by Frede Jakobsen

Humana People-to-People is going north – and taking its first steps into the many French-speaking countries of Africa.

Until today, Humana has been present only in the English and Portuguese speaking countries of Southern Africa. Now Humana has ‘invaded’ the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on its march to be present in as many African countries as possible.

The move into DRC has been made possible with the help of former US-president Bill Clinton’s foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Through its connections with major funders, CGI has helped Humana to get its hands on 8.1 million dollars for a three year implementation of the Amdi Petersen-invented “TCE” (Total Control of the Epidemic) Aids programme, starting this year.

It is not clear how much money CGI has itself donated. But the Clinton foundation has strongly recommended Humana’s projects. Amongst the other donors are the World Bank, UNAIDS and the Ministry of Health in DR Congo.

The International Humana Movement – from it’s headquarters in Zimbabwe – has spent a couple of years preparing for the invasion of DR Congo. A DR Congo-branch of Humana has been established in the outskirts of the capital, Kinshasha, with a small-scale so-called Child Aid-project.

“Students” from DR Congo have been sent to Humana’s schools in Zimbabwe and Malawi. The big breakthrough has come with the Clinton-foundation’s decision to recommend the donation of 8.1 million US-dollars to the TCE project in the border-region between DR Congo and Zambia. Humana has been very active in Zambia for years.

Details of Clinton Global Initiative payments

by Frede Jakobsen

Humana People-to-People is going north – and taking its first steps into the many French-speaking countries of Africa.

Until today, Humana has been present only in the English and Portuguese speaking countries of Southern Africa. Now Humana has ‘invaded’ the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on its march to be present in as many African countries as possible.

The move into DRC has been made possible with the help of former US-president Bill Clinton’s foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Through its connections with major funders, CGI has helped Humana to get its hands on 8.1 million dollars for a three year implementation of the Amdi Petersen-invented “TCE” (Total Control of the Epidemic) Aids programme, starting this year.

It is not clear how much money CGI has itself donated. But the Clinton foundation has strongly recommended Humana’s projects. Amongst the other donors are the World Bank, UNAIDS and the Ministry of Health in DR Congo.

The International Humana Movement – from it’s headquarters in Zimbabwe – has spent a couple of years preparing for the invasion of DR Congo. A DR Congo-branch of Humana has been established in the outskirts of the capital, Kinshasha, with a small-scale so-called Child Aid-project.

“Students” from DR Congo have been sent to Humana’s schools in Zimbabwe and Malawi. The big breakthrough has come with the Clinton-foundation’s decision to recommend the donation of 8.1 million US-dollars to the TCE project in the border-region between DR Congo and Zambia. Humana has been very active in Zambia for years.

Details of Clinton Global Initiative payments

Personal statement by a returning American ‘development instructor’ (DI) makes grave allegations of illegal fundraising and unethical practises. (Sent in June 2009)

A list of some alternative volunteering charities to Humana, Planet Aid and Tvind. Please send us details of recommended aid charities from your country and we will add them.