Humana People to People

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Humana People to People is a non-governmental organization whose main purpose is to promote development aid. Your partner organizations are located in many countries in Europe , Africa and Asia as well as North, Central and South America . The headquarters of the Federation is Geneva .

aims

The goals and the partner organizations are very diverse and can best be summarized as development aid. Examples are:

history

The first of the later member organizations , U-landshjælp fra Folk til Folk (UFF) ( development aid from people to people), was founded in 1977 in Denmark . Others followed with corresponding names in Scandinavia , as well as “Development Aid from People to People” (DAPP) in English- speaking countries and “Ajuda de Desenvolvimento de Povo para Povo” (ADPP) in Portuguese- speaking countries. Country organizations founded in the 1980s have the term HUMANA in their name; The name 'HUMANA People to People' has been used since the 1990s. The individual country organizations are members of the Humana People to People Federation , which has had its headquarters in Zimbabwe since 1998. The Federation's headquarters have been in Geneva since 2005.

First activities were refugee aid in Mozambique, z. B. through donations in kind, and the construction of the Chindunduma school in Zimbabwe. From 1980 to 1985 the area of ​​activity was enlarged both in Europe (to collect donations) and in Africa ( Angola , Guinea-Bissau , Mozambique , Zambia , Zimbabwe , from 1990 Namibia , 1995 Malawi , 1997 South Africa , later also Botswana ). The organization has been cooperating with the One World Center movement since 1986 . Projects were started in India in 1998 and in China in 2005 . In 1983 the “Frontline Institute” was set up as a training center for African project managers , initially in Denmark and since 1991 in Zimbabwe. Since 1980 "solidarity workers" have been sent out, voluntary development workers who have been called "Development Instructors" since 2000.

Since the mid-1980s, the shipment of used clothing, especially to Mozambique and Angola, has been expanded. The sometimes fierce criticism of it diminished after various scientific studies had shed light on the topic since the end of the 1990s, the umbrella organization FairWANY e. V., after investigations in 20 African countries, published the results of its "Dialogue Program Used Clothing in Africa" ​​in 2005 and articles such as "Africa needs used clothing" had been published since 2009, but never stopped.

In 2009 the 34 member associations (see below) operated 328 active projects for sustainable development in 42 countries in Africa, India and China, as well as North, Central and South America and Europe. These include projects for teacher training , for orphans , against HIV / AIDS , for poverty reduction through community development (e.g. well and latrine construction) and the granting of microcredits to small groups.

Awards

  • In 2000 the organization received the 1st prize of the AGFUND (“Arab Gulf Program For United Nations Development”) for the project “Total Control of the Epidemic” (combating HIV / AIDS in Africa ).
  • In 2002 the Humana project “Total Control of the Epidemic in the Districts of Boane, Matola and Maputo ” received the “Shaping the Future Award” from “GenerationEurope”.
  • On November 26th, 2003 the project “Total Control of the Epidemic” received the “Stars of Africa Golden Award” in the area of health and HIV / AIDS for “ innovation and creativity , effectiveness and effectiveness, sustainability , reliability, achievement of goals”.
  • In July 2005 the US broadcaster PBS presented Moses Zulu, the founder and director of the DAPP school for former street children, “Children's Town Malambanyama”, Zambia, in its series “The New Heroes”.
  • On 9 May 2006 gave President Paul Wolfowitz a price of World Bank for "Innovative Projects with Water, Sanitation and Energy services to poor people" ( "Innovative projects for water supply , sanitary facilities and energy supply for people in poverty ") to "Humana People to People India "for their project" Fences for Fuel "(" fences for fuel ").
  • On June 13, 2006, the organization received the first “OPEC Fund Award for Sustainable Development” in recognition of its work in Southern Africa (“Award from the OPEC Foundation for Sustainable Development ”). The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has been a partner of Humana People to People since 2001.
  • On September 4th, 2009, the organization received 1st prize in the Lifebuoy National Award - Child Health for exemplary work promoting hygiene in state primary schools . The excellent "School Sanitation & Hygiene Education" project worked with school children in 100 state schools in 4 districts of Uttar Pradesh .
  • On August 29, 2012, the Humana People to People's Teacher Training Colleges in Mozambique received the Steve Sinnott Prize for Teachers in the Commonwealth for their project "Teachers of the Future" for introducing modern teaching methods using local resources in rural areas.

Major projects

Partners and sponsors

The organization works with the following partners, clients and sponsors

  • Multilateral organizations: UNICEF , European Commission , World Bank , Asian Development Bank , The UN Democracy Fund, The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
  • Governments of Angola, Denmark, Finland, Guinea-Bissau, Holland, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Norway, Zambia, Spain, United States of America ( USAID , USDA etc.).
  • Companies: BHP Billiton, ExxonMobil Corporation, Johnson & Johnson , Nokia , Mozal, Sonangol, StatoilHydro
  • Foundations: Audemars Piguet, Beit Trust, FACT Foundation (Fuels from Agriculture in Communal Technology), Fundación Caja Navarra, Fundación MAPFRE, Toyota Foundation, Waterloo Foundation, Will Keith Kellogg Foundation.
  • NGOs: Children First, Concern International, Family Health International, Light for the World , Practical Action, Population Services International (PSI), Water Aid, World Vision .

Humana People to People in Germany

A used clothes container from Humana in Cologne

The non-profit association Humana People to People Germany e. V. was founded in January 2005. According to the company, the main activities are in-kind and cash donation campaigns, public relations , placement of volunteers at training and project locations and sponsorships for orphans .

The company HUMANA Kleidersammlung GmbH has been a partner of the international HUMANA People to People movement since 1988. It operates used clothes collection with clothes containers in many cities in Germany and a sorting facility in Berlin, from which the dispatch to ADPP Mozambique takes place (Link see below: Associaçāo de desenvolvimento de Povo para Povo - Association for Development Aid from People to People). The Supervision and Service Directorate ("ADD") of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate had banned the collection of used clothes in Rhineland-Palatinate with a final collection ban on March 4, 2009. HUMANA Kleidersammlungs GmbH Berlin is prohibited from using three world spheres to create the impression of "supporting a good cause". The prohibition on collecting was justified by the fact that the company was not prepared to disclose the use of the clothing donations and the proceeds from their exploitation, among other things in HUMANA Second-Hand-Kleid GmbH, and a largely charitable use of the shoes and clothing donations could not be proven. Non-profit commercial collections without depictions of the three worlds are not affected by this ban.

Member organizations

criticism

As an alleged part of Tvind , the organization is not without controversy. The organizational structure is partially opaque. In addition, the association is accused of mixing commercial and development goals.

Former volunteers accuse the organization of using volunteers as interns e.g. B. exploiting in Germany or Great Britain as regular but unpaid workers, on the other hand, abroad, especially in Africa, not to provide meaningful development aid. Former employees of an AIDS project in Zambia report that no money came from Germany for 6 months, but that money had to be earned locally from clothing sales. According to a self-assessment by the German association, only 57,000 euros were transferred from Germany to Africa in 2004.

The BMZ has not been included in 2009 the organization the only one in the new "Weltwärts program" to promote international use of volunteers. Burkhard Wilke from the DZI describes Humana as "non-transparent and implausible".

General criticism of the used clothing trade:

“ When the import of used clothing started on a large scale about ten years ago, it had a devastating effect on the African textile industry, and numerous factories have closed since then. "

- Neil Kearney, ITGLWF International Textile Workers Union

Web links

Critical articles about Humana

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Humana People to People - Global Leader in Development - Where we work , accessed June 5, 2014
  2. ↑ Luso short report no. E 5029-1 / 1997 on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
  3. ↑ Study by the Swiss Academy for Development commissioned by Texaid
  4. ↑ Umbrella association FairWwertung e. V. "Results of the Dialogue Program Used Clothing in Africa" 2005
  5. ↑ Second- hand clothing in Africa . Annual report 2004/05 of the umbrella organization FairWassung e. V.
  6. ↑ Africa needs the used (6/2009)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.welt-sichten.org  
  7. ↑ Jobs from our closet (from March 4, 2010)
  8. ↑ AGFUND Prize 2000 (English) ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.agfund.org
  9. ↑ GenerationEurope Prize 2002 (English) ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.generation-europe.eu.com
  10. ↑ Prize Stars of Africa Golden Award 2003 (English) ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iicd-volunteer.org
  11. ↑ PBS, USA "The New Heroes": Moses Zulu, 2005 (English)
  12. ↑ "Humana People to People India" Article on the 2006 World Bank Prize (English)
  13. ↑ OPEC Prize "for Sustainable Development" 2006 (English) ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.opecfund.org
  14. ↑ epo (development policy online) -Article on the OPEC Prize to HUMANA People to People 2006 (German)
  15. ↑ Commonwealth Prize for Humana (ADPP) Mozambique 2012 (English) ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thecommonwealth.org
  16. ↑ Teacher training in Mozambique (German)
  17. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / planetaid.org
  18. ↑ ADD: Press release No. 75 of June 22, 2009 ADD prohibits HUMANA-Kleidersammlung GmbH collections for the "good cause" in Rhineland-Palatinate Archive link ( Memento of May 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on June 17, 2019)
  19. ↑ Humana's Rags to Riches Cash Trail ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The Observer, January 28, 1996  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rickross.com
  20. ↑ Collection of articles AGPF e. V. 1996-2001
  21. ^ A b Frank Nordhausen: Africa aid in vain. Former employees accuse Humana of exploitation. The federal government has now reacted. In: Berliner Zeitung . March 19, 2009, accessed June 17, 2015 .
  22. ^ Humana and development aid. Retrieved December 20, 2009 .