The Greek financial crisis has had a detrimental impact on employment, household
income, pensions and access to welfare and medical support and has given rise to
unprecedented adversity within the social fabric of Greece.
The Greek
Ambassadors (Every Greek Is An Ambassadors for Greece Inc.) is a non-profit
organisation which formed a few months ago and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

Along with 2000 members globally, the organisation has transformed into a
dynamic voluntary movement dedicated to the active participation in initiatives
that unite Greeks and Philhellenes globally, for the purpose of driving positive
outcomes for Greece.
The organisation decided to organise a fundraiser to
support charities in Greece. All of the charities they had dealings with were
worthy, and the decision was difficult to make. However, the organisation has
decided to focus this philanthropic effort on supporting medical access to
medical services, health care and medicines.
According to official
statistics – which do not include foreign households – over 40 per cent of
Greeks do not have the financial capacity to meet their necessary or urgent
expenses, such as those relating to health. The National Health System is in one
of the most alarming and critical stages in its existence.
To combat this,
the Greek Ambassadors have launched a medical and pharmaceutical aid campaign to
help Greece’s most vulnerable citizens and have chosen to work with two
charities as follows: “Doctors of the World”, and “Metropolitan Greek Social
Practice”.
These charities serve the uninsured, the destitute and unemployed
citizens of Greece on a daily basis, and both operate almost exclusively through
volunteer doctors, nurses and therapists. The services offered to patients focus
on the provision of primary health care and medication but include other
services such as preventive health education, social and psychological support.
In the coming months, the Greek Ambassadors will organise multiple activities
and events, not only for fundraising purposes but to also initiate a dialogue
with Greeks and non-Greeks.
This year, the Greek Ambassadors collaborated
with DHL to send three parcels of aid containing donated items (including food,
clothes, toys) to the value of $3000.
Charity is not the only way the group
will support Greece. Recently it responded to the negative and false portrayals
of Greece and of Greeks in the media, by making formal complaints against media
reporting in Australia.
In the future, the organisation will announce more
details about other charitable initiatives.
For more information or to
become a member, contact founder Evy Yannas at greekambassadors@hotmail.com. All
Greeks are now invited to support the fundraiser and make their contribution,
big or small to the Bank of Cyprus account as follows: Account Name: Every Greek
Is An Ambassador For Greece Incorporated BSB: 941 300 Account Number: 2040 58
001