Contact Admin. For years, German charity the International Kolping Society has supported aid projects in Paraguay, thanks in part to subsidies from the German government. But it appears that the funds did not always reach the intended recipients, and there were numerous irregularities. One supposed "training center" was actually a brothel. Wichtigster brasilianischer Journalistenpreis "Premio Embratel" in der Kategorie "Auslandskorrespondenten" im Jahr The building which local residents called "Casa de Citas" is on the outskirts of the Paraguayan city of Coronel Oviedo.
Unofficially, however, from to the beginning of , the center, which was funded by Germany's Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ , did less to promote training programs and more to support personnel with a very specific area of expertise. In Paraguay, the term "casa de citas" "house of appointments" is slang for a brothel. Beer and hard liquor were apparently served on the ground floor, while the beds were on the second floor. On one occasion, an entire football team was reportedly entertained at the Casa de Citas.
It was "a real orgy," says the current director of the Kolping Foundation Paraguay, which is part of the Cologne-based Catholic social organization the International Kolping Society.
Her duties included disposing of empty bottles in the morning, cleaning the building and washing the linens. Ayala, who is 74, has worked for the Kolping Foundation Paraguay for 20 years.
According to the foundation's financial statements, which SPIEGEL has obtained, she received a monthly salary for her cleaning job at the house of ill repute -- paid for with German government funds. A prostitute also allegedly received a salary from Kolping, supposedly to manage an optician's workshop in the building. The German Development Ministry and officials at the Cologne headquarters of the International Kolping Society say that they were completely unaware of what was happening in Paraguay.
