No reason preventing you nominating for the same cause, but a different organisation though - maybe one local to you where you can actually see what a difference the money made?!
I hope thats a nomination to come.

That's a great initiative! I'll have to think about what charity to nominate, since I don't know a lot information about foreign charities and I guess it would be better to wait for a while and see what other people nominate.

what about more localised ones?!

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I'd like to nominate <span class="bold">Ark of the World</span>, a charity that was founded in 1998 and is commited to take care of children that have been experiencing abandonment, racism and social exclusion on daily basis in one of the most downgraded regions of Athens, the “Platonos” Academy.

The reason i nominate them is that i would like to help as much as i can the work of Father Antonios because i believe that children of poor families here in Greece (but not only Greek families & children of course, since the Ark is a multi-cultural community!) shouldn't be deprived of the bare essentials such as food, clothing, education, entertainment etc.

Their official website is here.

Unfortunately, i couldn't find any english documentaries about Ark of the World or at least any translated in english. But i'll give you two short Greek documentaries and while most possibly you won't understand what they say, you can see where all these children live and what's going on there and of course you can see and hear Father Antonios speaking about his work on Ark of the World.

1st video
2nd video

As a (great) extra, click here to see a video of the German rock band Scorpions that visited Ark of the World some time ago. You'll hear their singer, mr Klaus Meine, talking about the project and also singing with the children. This is the only video that english speaking people can understand, although it's a very short one.

Thank you!

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Sorry sorry sorry! I had in mind to post the link for the videos (they are available only in the Greek website), but being logged in from my smartphone is a pain in the ass already and I forgot about it. So, for videos look at the links below but keep in mind that they are for the Greek audience - not really sure if I can find anything in English, but as soon as I get home I'll try to find if there is anything available.


<span class="bold">*** EDIT</span>: please click here for the nomination post!

thats okay - you do have until the 15th to complete your nomination so no rush needed!

Alright, I'll edit my nomination post in the following days so as to include all the information needed. :)

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That'd be grand, TA!

I nominate Medicines Sans Frontiers

Acess to medical services is a global problem, more so for those in conflict zones and countries with extreme poverty.
MSF provides medical services and training to people all over the world regardless of their creed or ethnicity.

The worst I ever had to deal with was a 6 hour wait for chest pains. Better than no wait because there are no doctors anywhere.

I am lucky but others are not. lets give them a hand.

Edit: Forgot this, thanks Hyper

http://money.howstuffworks.com/economics/volunteer/organizations/doctors-without-borders.htm

Because the COP21 is currently working in Paris and because I'm very fond of lemurs from Madagascar, the most beautiful, clever and ancient animals in the world but also the most threatened by human activity (hunting, cutting forests...), I would like to nominate the Lemur Conservation Foundation (LCF), a non-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation and conservation of the primates of Madagascar through managed breeding, scientific research, and education. The foundation and accompanying lemur reserve focus on fostering natural lemur behavior to encourage a dynamic population.

Here is a third-party article and a YouTube video made by an amateur which explains the history of lemurs and how they can survive, thanks to the LCF.

To save the lemurs is to save the origins of our humanity.

Thank you.

Thank you! I second this one.



And here's an article about the organisation and their work.

That's great to hear! :)

doctors without borders is a great cause :)

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COME ON YOU LOT!!!

- Seriously... a forum that thrives in giving so much, yet a GA thats really trying to give something meaningful (and not a cheap meaningful either!), has so few entries.

Thats pretty sad. :(