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An investigative website into the Humana People-to-People organisation and the international Tvind movement ... in Zambia
News
Press reports
Zambia
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DAPP has been in Zambia since 1985. It runs projects (Child Aid for example) and schools. Hope Humana Zambia was founded more recently, initially in response to Aids. DAPP owns some agricultural land in Zambia.
In 1995-6 the UK Charity Commission carried out an investigation of the links between Humana UK and DAPP in Zambia and concluded there was likely 'double funding' - in other words money raised in the UK for Zambia may not actually have been spent there. DAPP's Zambian projects could have been financed from other sources, such as other charities, UN agencies or foreign governments - leaving an undeclared surplus. Full details of the Charity Commission investigation have never been disclosed.
Zahara Heckscher, a former IICD volunteer in Zambia, wrote a book in 2002, How to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas, in which she severely criticises Tvind and advises people not to get involved.
Latest news:
Sept 2003: Hello Tvind Alert. Here are some points which may be of interest:
1- Humana sends criminals to Zambia! Zambia is one of the few countries to which Humana sends people which does not require a clean police certificate. So, those volunteers who have police records all end up there. This does not mean that they are bad people or have bad motives...but does the Zambian Government know? I know one Swiss at Holsted who has a bad police record - he is also an ex-heroin addict - and who is being sent there on this basis.
Leslie
Newspaper reports
End of a dubious empire? Lowdown Magazine, Zambia, Mai 2002, David Simpson.
On 17 February 2002, Mögens Amdi Petersen was arrested by the FBI at Los Angeles International Airport. He is currently in custody in Los Angeles pending extradition to Denmark, where he is likely to face charges of serious fraud, tax evasion, and embezzlement of millions of dollars involving large but wholly fictitious "environmental projects".
Charity Investigators Act. From the Observer, January 1996. Humana UK was put into receivership, after Charity Commission investigators travelled to Zambia to study local projects. They concluded the projects were probably double-funded - that is, the cost of the projects was borne not by Humana itself, but by other donors, leaving an undisclosed surplus.
We want cash in full, demand AIDS patients Times of Zambia, Aug 2001. Hope Humana accused of 'abusing the needy'.
Tvind projects get some good publicity:
Anti-epidemic Drive Gears Up Times of Zambia, Nov 2001. Hope Humana involved in cholera planning.
Swaka chief hai dapp Times of Zambia July 2003 Child Aid acclaimed
http://www.africanews.org/culture/stories/19990924_feat2.html
Post of Zambia story about village celebration which refers to DAPP
Volunteer's stories
Zahara's story. Zahara was a volunteer in Zambia in 1987-88. Today she is a graduate student studying international development in Washington DC and facilitates workshops on "The Peace Corps and alternatives" to help people gain their first experiences overseas. She is highly critical of DAPP and the IICD. She is writing a book about volunteering abroad.
João's story. 'Resisting brainwashing'. Joao, from Portugal, joined Humana as a student in Norway and later a volunteer in Zambia. He describes his experiences (in English) (in Portuguese)
Sara's story "Hello, my name is Sara and I was a student who left IICD-MI when I was planning to go to Zambia in July [2002]. 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!!!!!
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Clothes Sales Retail (1991) 25 shops - selling 600,000 garments and 250,000 pairs of shoes annually. In the last year DAPP CLOTHES & SHOES have received clothes and shoes from Humana Holland, UFF Sweden, UFF Denmark, and Humana Germany.
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Clothes Wholesale (1986) Clothes come mainly from Australia. Two sorting centres in Ndola, selling 12 tons of clothes a week, mainly to DAPP retail. 10 wholesale outlets in Zambia, 7 of them in the Copperbelt. 2 in the North Western Province and one in Lusaka.
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Shoes Wholesale (1986) Shoes come mainly from Humana Holland, UFF Sweden, UFF Denmark, Humana Austria and Humana Germany. Throughput in the project is around 350 tonnes of shoes per year.
Projects
Child Aid
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Child Aid Chibombo (50 km around the DAPP Centre in Malambanyama) - 1 volunteer.
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Child Aid Chilabombwe (Copperbelt, north Zambia) - 4 volunteers
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Child Aid Mkushi (Mkushi, Central Province of Zambia) - 2 volunteers
Schools
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Childrens Town Zambia (Primary - DAPP Centre, Malambanyama) - 2 volunteers
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Vocational School Zambia (Malambanyama)
Hope
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HOPE Ndola (1996)
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HOPE Stations Zambia Currently 4 DAPP HOPE Stations, in Livingstone (2000) Kabwe, Chipata (2001) and most recently in Mtendere, Lusaka.
Who's who in Tvind, Zambia
Wendy Dunnett-Dagg - Hope
Jane Broen Jensen - Partnership in Development
Veren Schafer - Wholesale clothing
Elise Sørensen - Child Aid
DAPP Zambia (1985)
Hope Zambia
Development Aid from People to People in Zambia,
Luneta Rd 10, Northrise, Ndola
PO Box 70505, Ndola, Zambia
Tel: +260 2 640 264
Fax: +260 2 640 265
dappza@zamnet.zm
http://www.humana-de.org/07_zam/index.html
ADPP in Zambia (German)
Click to enlarge
DAPP has been in Zambia since 1985. It runs projects (Child Aid for example) and schools. Hope Humana Zambia was founded more recently, initially in response to Aids. DAPP owns some agricultural land in Zambia.
In 1995-6 the UK Charity Commission carried out an investigation of the links between Humana UK and DAPP in Zambia and concluded there was likely 'double funding' - in other words money raised in the UK for Zambia may not actually have been spent there. DAPP's Zambian projects could have been financed from other sources, such as other charities, UN agencies or foreign governments - leaving an undeclared surplus. Full details of the Charity Commission investigation have never been disclosed.
Zahara Heckscher, a former IICD volunteer in Zambia, wrote a book in 2002, How to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas, in which she severely criticises Tvind and advises people not to get involved.
Latest news:
Sept 2003: Hello Tvind Alert. Here are some points which may be of interest:
1- Humana sends criminals to Zambia! Zambia is one of the few countries to which Humana sends people which does not require a clean police certificate. So, those volunteers who have police records all end up there. This does not mean that they are bad people or have bad motives...but does the Zambian Government know? I know one Swiss at Holsted who has a bad police record - he is also an ex-heroin addict - and who is being sent there on this basis.
Leslie
Newspaper reports
End of a dubious empire? Lowdown Magazine, Zambia, Mai 2002, David Simpson.
On 17 February 2002, Mögens Amdi Petersen was arrested by the FBI at Los Angeles International Airport. He is currently in custody in Los Angeles pending extradition to Denmark, where he is likely to face charges of serious fraud, tax evasion, and embezzlement of millions of dollars involving large but wholly fictitious "environmental projects".
Charity Investigators Act. From the Observer, January 1996. Humana UK was put into receivership, after Charity Commission investigators travelled to Zambia to study local projects. They concluded the projects were probably double-funded - that is, the cost of the projects was borne not by Humana itself, but by other donors, leaving an undisclosed surplus.
We want cash in full, demand AIDS patients Times of Zambia, Aug 2001. Hope Humana accused of 'abusing the needy'.
Tvind projects get some good publicity:
Anti-epidemic Drive Gears Up Times of Zambia, Nov 2001. Hope Humana involved in cholera planning.
Swaka chief hai dapp Times of Zambia July 2003 Child Aid acclaimed
http://www.africanews.org/culture/stories/19990924_feat2.html
Post of Zambia story about village celebration which refers to DAPP
Zahara's story. Zahara was a volunteer in Zambia in 1987-88. Today she is a graduate student studying international development in Washington DC and facilitates workshops on "The Peace Corps and alternatives" to help people gain their first experiences overseas. She is highly critical of DAPP and the IICD. She is writing a book about volunteering abroad.
João's story. 'Resisting brainwashing'. Joao, from Portugal, joined Humana as a student in Norway and later a volunteer in Zambia. He describes his experiences (in English) (in Portuguese)
Sara's story "Hello, my name is Sara and I was a student who left IICD-MI when I was planning to go to Zambia in July [2002]. 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!!!!!
Clothes Sales Retail (1991) 25 shops - selling 600,000 garments and 250,000 pairs of shoes annually. In the last year DAPP CLOTHES & SHOES have received clothes and shoes from Humana Holland, UFF Sweden, UFF Denmark, and Humana Germany.
Clothes Wholesale (1986) Clothes come mainly from Australia. Two sorting centres in Ndola, selling 12 tons of clothes a week, mainly to DAPP retail. 10 wholesale outlets in Zambia, 7 of them in the Copperbelt. 2 in the North Western Province and one in Lusaka.
Shoes Wholesale (1986) Shoes come mainly from Humana Holland, UFF Sweden, UFF Denmark, Humana Austria and Humana Germany. Throughput in the project is around 350 tonnes of shoes per year.
Projects
Child Aid
Child Aid Chibombo (50 km around the DAPP Centre in Malambanyama) - 1 volunteer.
Child Aid Chilabombwe (Copperbelt, north Zambia) - 4 volunteers
Child Aid Mkushi (Mkushi, Central Province of Zambia) - 2 volunteers
Schools
Childrens Town Zambia (Primary - DAPP Centre, Malambanyama) - 2 volunteers
Vocational School Zambia (Malambanyama)
Hope
HOPE Ndola (1996)
HOPE Stations Zambia Currently 4 DAPP HOPE Stations, in Livingstone (2000) Kabwe, Chipata (2001) and most recently in Mtendere, Lusaka.
Who's who in Tvind, Zambia
Wendy Dunnett-Dagg - Hope
Jane Broen Jensen - Partnership in Development
Veren Schafer - Wholesale clothing
Elise Sørensen - Child Aid
Hope Zambia
Development Aid from People to People in Zambia,
Luneta Rd 10, Northrise, Ndola
PO Box 70505, Ndola, Zambia
Tel: +260 2 640 264
Fax: +260 2 640 265
dappza@zamnet.zm
http://www.humana-de.org/07_zam/index.html
ADPP in Zambia (German)
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