The former Institute for International Cooperation and Development (IICD), now One World Center,Neldon, Ambrosia
"IICD becomes One World Center"
(5 November 2013). ''Leader Publications'' (Niles, Michigan). Retrieved May 2015. is a private nonprofit organization in the United States with headquarters located in

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. Their stated purpose is to train volunteers for humanitarian projects In South and Central America and sub-Saharan Africa. They are affiliated with

Tvind Tvind is the informal name of a confederation of private schools, humanitarian organizations, and businesses, founded as an alternative education school in Denmark circa 1970. The organization is controversial in Denmark, where it runs a number o ...

, a network of schools, aid agencies and commercial businesses based in Denmark, as part of Tvind's "DRH Movement". The IICD has been the subject of several critical media reports in which former students recalled substandard living conditions, unreasonable work hours, bullying, and even a "cult-like" atmosphere. Volunteers have also reported receiving little to no training, being instead required to perform fundraising activities for the school and to labor in Tvind-owned businesses under the guise of raising money for their overseas projects. Others recalled the aid programs themselves being fraught with mismanagement and even disastrous results.Cheshes, Jay (October 2000). "Mission Control". ''Boston Magazine''Eng, Monica; Jackson, David (13 February 2004)
"Humanitarian work turns into servitude"
''The Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved July 2012.Willis, Jessica (11 February 2007)
"Questions in Williamstown"
, ''The Berkshire Eagle'' (Pittsfield, Massachusetts). Retrieved February 2015.

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