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		<title>By: Del</title>
		<link>http://greencottonblog.com/2009/05/planet-aid-revisited-not-a-charity-afterall/comment-page-1/#comment-38195</link>
		<dc:creator>Del</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There have been many unfavorable media reports about alleged Tvind-run clothes collecting groups in the U.S. Here are just a few (highlight a title, right-click it, select “Search Google”):

● Planet Aid — the largest alleged Tvind-run charity — says it has over 13,000 donation bins in 20 states: 

1) FOX 5 Investigation: Planet Aid
2) Planet Aid: Charity Denies Cult Connection 
3) Charity Watchdog Accuses Planet Aid Of Misleading Its Donors 
4) Team 4: Why One Charity Gets An &#039;F&#039; - Pittsburgh News Story 
5) abc49 topeka - Video Dailymotion

● USAgain — a for-profit company also said to be run by Tvind — claims to have over 10,000 clothes donation bins placed in 15 states. USAgain is phasing in newly designed bins nationwide. USAgain’s older design is shown in reports 1 - 3 (below), while its new bin design is shown in report #5:

1) Millions In Clothing Donations Diverted From Charity – kirotv 
2) Local Mayor Wants Red Bins Out - USAgain – YouTube 
3) No charity cases: Some clothing boxes are not what they seem to be 
4) BBB: Charity bins suspect - International Cultic Studies Association
5) Danish Cult Could Be Illegally Placing Donation Boxes on S.F. Sidewalks

● Campus California — another alleged Tvind charity — says it has 1,000+ bins placed in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as a few hundred in Phoenix, AZ (nowhere else, apparently):

1) A Contact 17 Investigation of donation bins &#124; KGET TV 17 
2) Your Rags to Their Riches: Donated Clothes May Fund International Fugitive 

● Gaia Living Earth Green World Action — yet another charity said to run by Tvind — has bins in Fresno, Sacramento &amp; elsewhere in the Central Valley. This group is also active in Chicago as well as parts of Indiana:

1) Clothing operations linked to controversial Danish group continue to thrive

● Tvind is said to operate two volunteer training “schools” in the U.S. — one in Dowagiac, MI &amp; the other in Williamstown, MA — each called “Institute for International Cooperation &amp; Development.” These schools, which also collect clothing in their respective regions, have attracted considerable bad press as well:

1) Questions in Williamstown IICD</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There have been many unfavorable media reports about alleged Tvind-run clothes collecting groups in the U.S. Here are just a few (highlight a title, right-click it, select “Search Google”):</p>
<p>● Planet Aid — the largest alleged Tvind-run charity — says it has over 13,000 donation bins in 20 states: </p>
<p>1) FOX 5 Investigation: Planet Aid<br />
2) Planet Aid: Charity Denies Cult Connection<br />
3) Charity Watchdog Accuses Planet Aid Of Misleading Its Donors<br />
4) Team 4: Why One Charity Gets An &#8216;F&#8217; &#8211; Pittsburgh News Story<br />
5) abc49 topeka &#8211; Video Dailymotion</p>
<p>● USAgain — a for-profit company also said to be run by Tvind — claims to have over 10,000 clothes donation bins placed in 15 states. USAgain is phasing in newly designed bins nationwide. USAgain’s older design is shown in reports 1 &#8211; 3 (below), while its new bin design is shown in report #5:</p>
<p>1) Millions In Clothing Donations Diverted From Charity – kirotv<br />
2) Local Mayor Wants Red Bins Out &#8211; USAgain – YouTube<br />
3) No charity cases: Some clothing boxes are not what they seem to be<br />
4) BBB: Charity bins suspect &#8211; International Cultic Studies Association<br />
5) Danish Cult Could Be Illegally Placing Donation Boxes on S.F. Sidewalks</p>
<p>● Campus California — another alleged Tvind charity — says it has 1,000+ bins placed in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as a few hundred in Phoenix, AZ (nowhere else, apparently):</p>
<p>1) A Contact 17 Investigation of donation bins | KGET TV 17<br />
2) Your Rags to Their Riches: Donated Clothes May Fund International Fugitive </p>
<p>● Gaia Living Earth Green World Action — yet another charity said to run by Tvind — has bins in Fresno, Sacramento &amp; elsewhere in the Central Valley. This group is also active in Chicago as well as parts of Indiana:</p>
<p>1) Clothing operations linked to controversial Danish group continue to thrive</p>
<p>● Tvind is said to operate two volunteer training “schools” in the U.S. — one in Dowagiac, MI &amp; the other in Williamstown, MA — each called “Institute for International Cooperation &amp; Development.” These schools, which also collect clothing in their respective regions, have attracted considerable bad press as well:</p>
<p>1) Questions in Williamstown IICD</p>
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		<title>By: bill grey</title>
		<link>http://greencottonblog.com/2009/05/planet-aid-revisited-not-a-charity-afterall/comment-page-1/#comment-21039</link>
		<dc:creator>bill grey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In Akron ohio I saw a Large semi-Like a Roadway type truck with the name planet air. I knew I had some old womenns clothes to donate and was ready to put them into a box(they were over stuffed). I wondered how a charity could afford to buy all the expensive diesel fuel. I believe Planet air non profit  profit for the owners . Its layered  and keeps 70 percent for its own. It might keep it all since the  petersons invented Planet aid years ago and have their fingers in it .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Akron ohio I saw a Large semi-Like a Roadway type truck with the name planet air. I knew I had some old womenns clothes to donate and was ready to put them into a box(they were over stuffed). I wondered how a charity could afford to buy all the expensive diesel fuel. I believe Planet air non profit  profit for the owners . Its layered  and keeps 70 percent for its own. It might keep it all since the  petersons invented Planet aid years ago and have their fingers in it .</p>
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		<title>By: Del</title>
		<link>http://greencottonblog.com/2009/05/planet-aid-revisited-not-a-charity-afterall/comment-page-1/#comment-10454</link>
		<dc:creator>Del</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Also, Petersen&#039;s first name is spelled, &quot;Mogens&quot;, not &quot;Morgens&quot;, and is pronounced, &quot;MOW-uhns&quot; (In Danish, the letter [g], when occurring in the middle of a word, is pronounced as a &quot;oo&quot; sound, similar to the vowel sound in &quot;too&quot; or &quot;blue&quot;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also, Petersen&#8217;s first name is spelled, &#8220;Mogens&#8221;, not &#8220;Morgens&#8221;, and is pronounced, &#8220;MOW-uhns&#8221; (In Danish, the letter [g], when occurring in the middle of a word, is pronounced as a &#8220;oo&#8221; sound, similar to the vowel sound in &#8220;too&#8221; or &#8220;blue&#8221;)</p>
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		<title>By: Del</title>
		<link>http://greencottonblog.com/2009/05/planet-aid-revisited-not-a-charity-afterall/comment-page-1/#comment-10453</link>
		<dc:creator>Del</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You misspelled the name of the cult: It&#039;s &quot;Tvind&quot;, not &quot;Tvid&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You misspelled the name of the cult: It&#8217;s &#8220;Tvind&#8221;, not &#8220;Tvid&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Tvindalert &#8211; an investigation into Humana, Planet Aid, US&#39;again and the Teachers Group &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Planet Aid USA</title>
		<link>http://greencottonblog.com/2009/05/planet-aid-revisited-not-a-charity-afterall/comment-page-1/#comment-8427</link>
		<dc:creator>Tvindalert &#8211; an investigation into Humana, Planet Aid, US&#39;again and the Teachers Group &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Planet Aid USA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Used clothes collector and &#8216;volunteering organisation&#8217; 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. &#8220;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 &#8230; just the thought of someone using the needs of poor children in Africa as a front to get rich is repulsive.&#8221; Green Cotton Blog [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Used clothes collector and &#8216;volunteering organisation&#8217; 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. &#8220;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 &#8230; just the thought of someone using the needs of poor children in Africa as a front to get rich is repulsive.&#8221; Green Cotton Blog [...]</p>
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		<title>By: aj</title>
		<link>http://greencottonblog.com/2009/05/planet-aid-revisited-not-a-charity-afterall/comment-page-1/#comment-5088</link>
		<dc:creator>aj</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>visit www.tvindalert.com you will be shocked</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>visit <a href="http://www.tvindalert.com" rel="nofollow" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.tvindalert.com?referer=');">http://www.tvindalert.com</a> you will be shocked</p>
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		<title>By: pamela stivers</title>
		<link>http://greencottonblog.com/2009/05/planet-aid-revisited-not-a-charity-afterall/comment-page-1/#comment-3993</link>
		<dc:creator>pamela stivers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>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.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
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		<title>By: genna</title>
		<link>http://greencottonblog.com/2009/05/planet-aid-revisited-not-a-charity-afterall/comment-page-1/#comment-3093</link>
		<dc:creator>genna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PlanetAid did a great job at fooling us.  Thank you for updating, and I&#039;m glad I could help!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PlanetAid did a great job at fooling us.  Thank you for updating, and I&#8217;m glad I could help!</p>
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