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Planet Aid opening new location in Fall River
Planet Aid has announced that they are opening a new location in Fall River.
According to Director of Operations Keith Gregory, Planet Aid collects and recycles used clothing, shoes, purses, small appliances and other household items as part of its environmental mission. The net proceeds from its 21-state recycling operation help to support projects aimed at eliminating poverty.
Since its inception in 1997, Planet Aid has provided more than $100 million to support projects on three continents. Planet Aid supports programs in education, teacher training, nutrition, and agricultural and economic development.
Planet Aid is a U.S. 501 (c)(3) nonprofit and is registered with USAID as a private voluntary organization. Planet Aid is also accredited by the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance.
As part of the grand opening this Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., the location will be giving away prizes and serving bbq.
Planet Aid asks not to attempt to donate furniture, tvs, mattresses, or large appliances.
Wade
April 19, 2022 at 10:43 pm
Recycling and reusing clothing is good, if it’s within our country. But the flood of cheap Western apparel into Africa — where much of what Planet Aid collects is sold — has devastated that continent’s native textile industries.
The Better Business Bureau “accreditation” is meaningless, as Planet Aid, like other companies, simply pays the BBB an annual fee for such status. Stop paying the BBB, and a business will lose its accreditation, and likely its high rating with the organization (which, by the way, is not a government agency).
After researching Planet Aid for years, it appears the only poverty the company eliminates is that of its owners. And Planet Aid has long drawn criticism for its questionable business practices and affiliations.
The Chicago-based CharityWatch gave the nonprofit an “F” grade after analyzing its 2018 tax form and audited financial statements, determining that Planet Aid spent only 25% of its expenses on programs.
Worse, Danish prosecutors link Planet Aid to an alleged cυlt called the Tvind Teachers Group. 5 leaders of the group are Interpol-listed fugitives wanted in their native Denmark for serious financial crimes.
The Teachers Group (TG), the controlling body of the broader Tvind organization, is a political cυlt based on communist ideology.
Self-described humanitarian programs run by Tvind-linked groups, many of which Planet Aid supports, have been criticized by former volunteers as being ineffective, culturally insensitive, environmentally unsustainable and even abusive toward volunteers.
A 2016 Reveal News investigation also tied Planet Aid to the TG, by tracing USDA Foreign Agricultural Service funding given to Planet Aid for anti-poverty programs in the African country of Malawi. In a local farming project, Reveal found little evidence the money had been properly spent.
Tvind’s “schools” around the world have elicited complaints from former students, with allegations ranging from low standards of “training,” to dire living conditions, unreasonable work hours, bullying and even a “cцlt-like” atmosphere. Some say they were required to beg for money on American or European city streets and were exploited as free labor benefiting TG-owned businesses.
Most disturbingly, young TG members and Tvind participants have over the years been raρεd, injured or killed during ill-advised land and sea excursions. In many of these tragedies, the victims’ families directly blamed senior Tvind officials for knowingly endangering the youths. Tvind has never admitted wrongdoing.
Sound like a group you’d care to support?