Staff who worked on U.S. foreign aid projects have filed a legal
complaint against an African contractor, claiming they were forced to
work thousands of hours without pay.
In interviews, the workers described a secret behind the unpaid hours
at the contractor, Development Aid from People to People in Malawi, or
DAPP: A cult-like organization called the Teachers Group demanded that
members attend indoctrination sessions, where they were admonished to
pledge their money, time and free will to the orders of the collective.
“They say Teachers Group is your family, and that is the first family
I should observe and be together with all my life,” said Andrew
Chalamanda, one of the plaintiffs in a complaint filed with Malawi’s Industrial Relations Court.
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“It is painful because I have been used; I have been one of the people
who have been used to fulfill somebody’s needs to access funds through
the organization. I have been the implementer,” Chalamanda said. “They
just wanted to use me to stand there so that the owners of the funds
would come, and they would see that we were on the ground doing one,
two, three things. So I feel bad.”
Workers at African aid program linked to alleged cult sue for back pay | Reveal
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