Humana People-to-People Alert - about us

  We are....  

Frede Jakobsen (Denmark). Danish journalist, now working on the newspaper Fyens Stiftstidende. A reporter on various Danish newspapers since 1968, who has covered the Tvind story for many years. Former editor in chief on the daily "Land og Folk", former Head of Information in the Danish Third World NGO, Ibis, former adviser for Radio Zinica in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Contact: frede.jakobsen@tdcadsl.dk . Telephone (Denmark) 40 14 52 90

Marianna Maver (USA). American former employee of the Tvind-run International School Ake Pecha, a residential treatment facility for emotionally disturbed minor wards of the courts of Virginia (1984 '85). She brought the questionable practices at the International School to the attention of Virginia authorities, which resulted in the recession of the school's license in July of 1985. Contact: maver@wmol.com Tel (USA) ( 269) 857-4170.

Zahara Heckscher (USA) . Co-author of How to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas (Penguin Books, 2002). She has conducted research on Tvind since 1987, when she was one of the first volunteers to travel to Africa with Tvind's U.S. school, IICD. Her research includes unauthorized visits to Tvind projects in Zambia and Zimbabwe, where the group has ties with President Robert Mugabe. Contact: peacepeace@compuserve.com .  Tel: +1 202-489-8908 (US cellphone)

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  The story of 'Humana Alert'  

This web site was launched as an amateur investigation by London-based journalist Mike Durham in late 1999, and first published on the Internet as Tvind Alert. It was prompted by the decision of the UK Charity Commission to close down Humana UK and two Tvind schools. The original aim was to solve the mystery - what is Tvind? You can read an article about the site here.

In 2004 the British Internet company hosting the site removed it from the web under legal pressure from Simon Lichtenberg of Trayton holdings in China, a senior Teachers Group member widely believed to be Tvind's 'crown prince' and next leader. The site was transferred to Denmark, where Internet libel law is different. It is now owned for legal reasons by author and journalist Frede Farmand, and hosted by the Internet hosting company TDC.

TDC has supported the site and in June 2006 successfully overturned a new attempt in the Danish courts by Lichtenberg and another businessman, Jonas Israel, to have the site closed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Opportunities with 'Humana Alert'  

No, we don't have any jobs, but we welcome genuine offers of help. To become a participant in Humana Alert, email us.

  How this site is funded  

It's run on a shoestring. We receive no major funding from any official body, government or political party. We do not sell books, articles or information. Nor do we pay for contributions.

Until recently we received free web hosting, but now we pay for it ourselves. Some of our costs have been met by donationss. Accounts.

We are currently receiving generous funding to cover one hour a day to renew the site is from the Brazilian company Rima.

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  So why do we do it?  

Good question. Justice and fair play. Transparency and openness. A compulsion to get to the bottom of things. An obsession with detail. A desire to share our knowledge with the rest of the world. And it's an amazing story.