Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How Does Planet Aid Use Your Old Clothing?
Let’s say you want to get rid of old clothes. You see one of those big yellow donation bins that says Planet Aid on it. Have you ever wondered what happens next? Well, they’re sold and the money is supposed to go to help poor people overseas in places like Africa.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readLet’s say you want to get rid of old clothes. You see one of those big yellow donation bins that says Planet Aid on it. Have you ever wondered what happens next? Well, they’re sold and the money is supposed to go to help poor people overseas in places like Africa. But two investigative reporters took a deeper look into Planet Aid’s funding and found a complicated story that involves possible money laundering and a reputed cult founded in Denmark. As for the Africans, they’re not seeing a lot of that money.
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The full episode
3 of 5Opening Statements in Paul Tanaka Trial, and Running and Eating Through Los Angeles- 0:30Tanaka Trial Kicks Off
- 9:46Helicopter Policing in L.A.
- 18:50How Does Planet Aid Use Your Old Clothing?You’re reading this
- 28:16Friday Film Roundup: ‘Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice’
- 41:51Running and Eating Through LA