Comments on: Planet Aid Revisited: Not a Charity Afterall, Do Not Donate

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Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:12:05 +0000

[...] Used clothes collector and ‘volunteering organisation’ in the USA, linked especially closely to three US Teachers Group colleges (IICD and CCTG) but also to the Teachers Group in Europe and internationally. Planet Aid is registered as a 501(c)3 but belongs to a complex network of companies and shell companies, between which large scale financial transactions regularly occur. “Planet Aid is not recognized as a charitable organization by any of the most respected watchdog organizations in the United States or the world, and … just the thought of someone using the needs of poor children in Africa as a front to get rich is repulsive.” Green Cotton Blog [...]

By: aj

aj — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:05:17 +0000

visit http://www.tvindalert.com you will be shocked

By: pamela stivers

pamela stivers — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:44:06 +0000

I can personally attest to TVIND-connected programs in Africa, which would include Planet Aid, as being poorly managed, grossly under-resourced, tragically under-evaluated as to integrity and effectiveness, and engaged in exploitive practices regarding use of often young, naive and inappropriately trained volunteers, impoverished local people (including children) and unquestioning donors. My observations and opinions are based on 4 years experience in southern Africa, twenty years of living and working elsewhere in Africa, as well as Asia and the middle East, and my background in social work and community organizing.

By: genna

genna — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:29:21 +0000

PlanetAid did a great job at fooling us. Thank you for updating, and I’m glad I could help!