Campaign Story

Asterios is a 5-year-old boy who is daily struggling, since he has been diagnosed with childhood autism.  When the little guy came into the world along with his twin sister, everything appeared to be normal. As months went by however, his parents noticed that Asterios’ behavior was far different from his sister’s. The boy wouldn’t respond to his name, while he was unable to maintain eye contact. Months went by, and his parents were eagerly waiting to listen to their son’s first words. However, they waited in vain. After a while, the parents consulted with a pediatric psychiatrist and a pediatric neurologist and after a series of tests, he was diagnosed with autism.

Today, the little boy attends a special needs school, where he is subjected to speech therapy and occupational therapy. So far, his condition has shown great improvement. The little guy is now able to use a limited vocabulary, however he is still unable to form sentences. He has begun to socialize, however he is presenting with poor coordination, while he avoids engaging in activities that require manual dexterity.

According to the developmental pediatrician who monitors his condition, it’s imperative that the treatments increase in frequency, since they play a major role in the overall improvement of his functioning skills. Unfortunately, the little guy’s parents are unable to cope with the cost of the additional treatments, since the child’s daily needs, such as diapers and vitamin supplements, are taking a great toll on the family’s budget as it is.

Recently, little Asterios’ parents reached out to ACT OF KINDNESS, and after a thorough inquiry of our medical and social department, we organized this aid campaign in order to support this family who has been fighting all these years in order to provide their little angel with the best medical care.

Asterios is facing an uneven struggle. Things that most of us take for granted, constitute a great challenge for this little boy. We have the power to help him. So let us all join forces and offer this little fighter a better quality of life!

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You can help by the following ways:

• by entering the campaign’s webpage and making an online deposit using your debit or

credit card (through Viva Wallet, Paypal, Stripe).

• by making a deposit to one of the following bank accounts: Reference “ASTERIOS 228”

Piraeus Bank 

          Account number: 5222091702771

          IBAN: GR4101722220005222091702771

          SWIFT-BIC: PIRBGRAA

          Beneficiary: PRAXI AGAPIS-ACT OF KINDNESS

National Bank

          Account number: 21000630539

          IBAN: GR4401102100000021000630539

          SWIFT-BIC: ETHNGRAA

          Beneficiary: PRAXI AGAPIS-ACT OF KINDNESS

Alpha Bank

          Account number: 701002002030506

          IBAN: GR0401407010701002002030506

          SWIFT-BIC: CRBAGRAA

          Beneficiary: PRAXI AGAPIS-ACT OF KINDNESS 

Eurobank

          Account number: 00260024130201219506

          IBAN: GR6502600240000130201219506

          SWIFT-BIC: ERBKGRAA

          Beneficiary: PRAXI AGAPIS-ACT OF KINDNESS

• – by making a donation through the DIAS internet banking payment system, using this

campaign’s unique RF50917199228228228228228 payment.

• – by sending a text message to 19825. The message must read: “ASTERIOS 228”. (Charge  2,71€ /SMS)

*the charges include VAT as well as mobile subscriber fee. This number is available for all fixed and mobile telephony providers in Greece.