The challenging task of the new Board of Directors from “The ark“, which consists of people with experience and knowledge in the field of welfare and child protection, is the reorganization of its work in such a way that there is control and best practices prevail, its modernization, as well as moral cleansing. Next year will be a transitional one.

AT announcement issued by the new board of directors he stressed yesterday that “the first concern is the proper functioning of child protection structures.” To control the work of the organization, there will be cooperation with an international company of certified accountants and a reputable law firm.

For those who have worked in this field over the past decades, the name of the new leader sounded like the best choice in the midst of a crisis that deeply shook society. OUR Alexandra Martinou he enjoys universal recognition and respect, as he is the president of the organization “Together for the Child”. It is a non-profit association founded in 1996 that helps thousands of children and their families cope with poverty, disability, abuse, discrimination or disease. Thus, she has proven in practice that she has the knowledge, experience, and also the necessary moral weight to carry out the required changes.

Her own charitable involvement began with tender nails: “I remember as a child helping my mother, Aliki Vekri, who was an active member of the Hellenic Association of Women Drivers, at the annual bazaars. It is touching that today she still helps us in our own bazaars. Later, in high school, I started attending the American College of Greece, a school with a philanthropic philosophy. But my father, Socrates, was of the same opinion. He believed that if you have extra money, or time, or knowledge (time, talent, treasures), you should make it available to society, ”he said recently in an interview. lunch with “K”.

However, the decisive experience that motivated her to work more actively with children in difficulty came in 1982. That same year, she met first-hand the parents of a child with Down syndrome who was locked up in a hell-like facility. Shortly thereafter, this structure was closed, leaving many parents in a difficult situation. A few months later, she and her husband Andreas visited Leros and wanted to see the mental hospital. They were not allowed to enter and decided to jump over the wall and enter. The images they saw were so shocking that they gave her the courage, strength and faith to want to make a difference in the institutions. Thus, he became a pioneer in the establishment of the Center for Special Persons “Hara”. Today, Together for the Child has an extremely organized network throughout the country, establishing rules for partnerships with other institutions, as well as control over every structure with which it cooperates.