Fisher Island
Luxury apartments, beachside villas and an ocean-going yacht
In addition to its extensive Caribbean and Central American landholdings, the Teachers Group has spent handsomely on property and ships for itself.
Its extraordinary architect-designed Mexico headquarters, TG Pacifico, is rumoured to have cost around $10 million. The Humana People-to-People international HQ, at Shamva in the bush in rural Zimbabwe, looks a similar custom-built palace.
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1960s: Amdi Petersen founds radical commune in Odense, Denmark
1967-69: Petersen travels on hippie trail to India and twice around the world, conceives the idea of alternative school system
1969: First ‘Travelling Folk High School’ (DRH School) opens, Fanø Island, Denmark
1970: Inauguration of the ‘U Group’, precursor of the Teachers Group
1972: ‘Necessary Teachers Training College’ (DNS) opens, Tvind, Denmark
1977: Second hand clothes collections begin and UFF founded, Denmark. Inauguration of Fælleseje (‘Common Ownership Trust’).
read moreSome Teachers Group’s properties worldwide
TG Pacifico, Mexico – Teachers Group HQ. Incredible, temple-like campus and 300-room ‘conference centre’ in the desert near Ensanada. Heavily guarded, entry by invitation only. Humana People-to-People HQ, Zimbabwe – modernist building at Shamva 30 km from Harare. The buildings formally opened by President Robert Mugabe.
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