A congresswoman has called for a government investigation of the charity Planet Aid following our investigation showing evidence that it is controlled by a cult-like organization and that funds have been misused.
Amy Walters
Reporter and Producer
Amy Walters is a reporter and producer for Reveal. She began her career as a broadcast journalist in the Middle East. In 2000, she moved to Washington, D.C., to work for NPR’s flagship shows, "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered." A Southern Californian native, Walters returned to the Golden State as a field producer for NPR in 2003. Her work was honored with the Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting, the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award, two Peabody Awards and two Robert F. Kennedy Awards. Throughout her career, Walters has continued to cover the world, including the U.S. war with Iraq in 2004, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the 2011 Arab Spring in Egypt and Libya, and the U.S. war with Afghanistan. She also has reported from Ethiopia, Kenya and Iran. In 2014, Walters was based in Doha, Qatar, as a producer for Al Jazeera English before returning to the United States. Walters is based in Reveal's Emeryville, California, office.
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Miami’s Zika struggle reveals US is unprepared for virus
Miami’s situation indicates just how unprepared the United States is for the Zika virus.
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Did our reporter get Zika?
Reveal reporter Amy Walters visits Miami to work on a story about the Zika virus. She gets a couple of mosquito bites. A few days after arriving home in California, she starts feeling sick.
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UNICEF cuts off funding to nonprofit linked to alleged cult
UNICEF has cut its ties with DAPP Malawi, an organization that coordinates U.S. humanitarian programs, following an investigation by Reveal showing that the group diverted money intended to alleviate hunger and disease.
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The Teachers Group: From idealistic commune to ‘money-making machine’
A small commune of idealistic young antinuclear activists in Denmark was the genesis of the secretive, controversial global organization known as the Teachers Group.
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Planet Aid’s ubiquitous clothing donation boxes aren’t so charitable
Charity watchdog groups say the organization tricks the public into making clothing donations that do little to fund charitable programs.
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US taxpayers are financing alleged cult through African aid charities
The U.S. government has been warned repeatedly about the charity Planet Aid and its ties to Mogens Amdi Petersen, an international fugitive and alleged cult leader. Again and again, those warnings have been overlooked.
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How the USDA (inefficiently) turns grain into cash for charities
Understanding the USDA’s funding for the charity Planet Aid requires a tour through one of the more byzantine relief programs in the world.