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Tvind Alert
an interactive investigation of Tvind
http://www.tvindalert.org.uk

March Update

New on the Tvind Alert website:


Brazil:  The Teachers Group is logging the rainforest

Tvind Alert, the interactive web investigation into the international
Teachers Group, has obtained a translation from Swedish reports that make
clear the extent of Teachers Group logging of the rainforest in Brazil.
Floryl Florestadora, a ranch near Posse in Bahia province, Brazil, was
bought by the Teachers Group from Shell in 1993 for $9.3m.  According to
accounts in the newly translated material, the rainforest is being logged
with no attempt at replanting, and with terrible conditions for local
workers. Local people have no idea the ranch is owned by an 'environmental
charity'.   This is shocking information for thousands of volunteers who are
drawn to work for the 'charitable' organisation through newspaper and
Internet small ads worldwide.    Campus California TG, Green World
Recycling, Gaia and other TG front companies claim to be collecting money to
protect the environment.

http://www.tvindalert.org.uk/dagens_nyheter.htm

In Britain, Wolverhampton-based Green World Recycling has already been the
subject of a newspaper investigation which showed that environmental
projects listed on the side of its recycling bins do not exist, and money is
being passed to bank accounts in Switzerland, the Channel Islands and
Holland.    British officials say despite this they are unable to close it
down because it is not registered as a charity.   The public are still being
encouraged to make donations.    With a sister company, Planet Aid, raising
money 'for the Third World', the Teachers Group organisation is thought to
earn up to �1m in Britain (http://www.tvindalert.org.uk/ind_on_sunday.htm).


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Also in this update:

Download a Humana / Planet Aid / Green World warning poster    -   at the
request of several correspondents Tvind Alert invites you to download and
print out an A4 poster warning people that there is more to the recycling
box at the end of the street than meets the eye.  What people do with these
posters is their affair.     Various wordings in several different languages
will eventually be made available:
http://www.tvindalert.org.uk/posters.htm

Fund raising    -   how volunteers are taught never to take no for an
answer.    Tvind Alert has obtained a copy of instructions handed out by the
Teachers Group to 'Solidarity Workers' sent to raise funds on the streets of
European cities.   You are never allowed to fail or to take no for an
answer. http://www.tvindalert.org.uk/Fundraising.htm

Africa:  TG and other development charities    -     Tvind claims support
from aid organisations such as Unicef, the World Food Program and Save the
Children, and philanthropists like Ted Turner. But Unicef once took DAPP to
court over false claims, Oxfam will not touch it and and Ted Turner has
never given it ay money. What is the truth?   New page under construction:
http://www.tvindalert.org.uk/other_NGOs.htm

Angola:  The Oil Connection    -    Oil giants BP-Amoco, Chevron, Elf and
Agip are giving the Teachers Group millions of dollars in oil money. Why? In
exchange for oil concessions in Angola. The money is routed through
Sonangol, the official Angolan oil company, and is supposed to be spent on
'social fund' projects in Angola. But how does Tvind spend it? Effectively?
Tvind is close to the Angolan government. Do BP, Chevron and the Angolan
people get value for money? New page under construction:
http://www.tvindalert.org.uk/oil_connection.htm

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