Tvind assets:  Planet Aid projects linked to IICD Michigan

IICD projects in Guatemal;a are believed to have collapsed.  See Sara's story below

Companies

   Planet Aid Guatemala is a local branch of Planet Aid Inc,  USA

Stories

     Sara's story

Sara left IICD in 2002 after the collapse of projects in Guatemala.      "It was one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make and I can't honestly tell you right now that I am fully happy to be back home away from IICD-MI.......I want potential volunteers to understand that you must be CRITICAL of everything that goes on, and realize even though YOU may think you're doing good.. that YOUR actions may be part of and helping something that is NOT!!!!!"

Migrant labour?

There are allegations that underpaid workers from Honduras and Guatemala are recruited to work on Tvind plantations in Belize and other parts of central America.    [Source:  Norwegian Movement Against Tvind leaflet]

Reader's comments

A correspondent writes (Dec 2001):   "In Guatemala they have had a project for over two years. And in all this time they have not had charity registration."