A Melbourne-based charity named 'Voithame Tin Ellada" which translates to 'We are helping Greece', has been raising cash and clothing from Australia’s Greek community since late last year, the Guardian newspaper reveals.
“The donations are ostensibly sent to Greece to help citizens afflicted by the country’s financial downturn. A shipping container of clothing collected from Australians was sent to Greece in March”, the paper adds.
Golden Dawn’s Australian representative, Ignatius Gavrilidis confirmed to Guardian Australia that VTE was affiliated with the controversial Greek political party.
But Gavrilidis said the money raised by VTE’s fundraising efforts only went towards buying food for the needy. “We buy the food direct from the producers and Golden Dawn takes delivery of the goods … We use their labour, they hand out the food where it’s appropriate,” he said.
“They [the recipients] need to hold citizenship. As long as they hold citizenship, it gets distributed to them.”
The organization is not registered with either federal or state charity regulators.
source: The Guardian
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