The President of the Organization, speaking to SKAI, stressed that "they are not complaints, they are questions, if and if and if", while noting that "the balance sheets are all published".
"Behind Smile is a reputation and thousands of children"
Giannopoulos stressed that "question marks" are coming out, but they affect many: "Behind the Smile is a reputation and some thousands of children. If we say to a family that we have the question mark if the woman is published, -I'm telling you the worst now, something very bad for a family-, we let this question mark be born."
"There are hypotheses at stake here, the Smile does not belong to Yiannopoulos, it belongs to the whole Greek society that created it," he added."
"Let me tell you something new: He also has an account in London. Everything is published."
[/P]"I feel like an apologist, if possible. Within the accounts on the website there are audited balance sheets where you can see all the bank and Swiss balances. Everything is published."
Indeed, he pointed out: "First we start with a heavy-handed announcement 'account in Switzerland'. Immediately our minds go to money laundering. There is an account in Switzerland opened by an institution in the Netherlands that wanted to send us money to build the house in Heraklion, Crete. Then the 5 million from the sale of the TITANIA shares were deposited and then the money came to Greece. Let me tell you something new: he also has an account in London."
Regarding the reserve, Mr Giannopoulos clarified: "This abstract accounting, there is 6 million reserve... When Smile does work and supports 48,000 children, when in 2018 we supported 90,000 children, when in 2019 we supported 95,000 children, in 2020 we supported 57,000 children and there is infrastructure and 24-hour operation, because we are not a structure, we are an organization. For the Smile and for its operation it is 3-4 months of life."
"There are 230 properties. What can we do with them?"
When the president of the "Smile of the Child" was asked about the properties of the Agency, he replied. What do we do with the properties? They are 230 and they exist because we have children growing up and we don't throw them on the street. Dozens of children live in apartments left to us by grandparents because we don't have huge procedures. There are women staying from domestic violence, in collaboration with the Deputy Minister, Mrs. Syrengela."
"Not everything is used for the needs of Smile. But some take up to 10 years to be returned by the will, others are reserved," he added."
"Smile is different from the Ark. We are all equal but not all the same."
When asked about the Ark, he pointed out in a strong tone, "We are all equal, we are not all the same. Forget the story of the Ark, the Smile is different. We are audited by Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants and all the balance sheets are published."
"Don't do harm to the agencies that do work."
Yiannopoulos, responding once again, clarified that there is no abusive behavior within the organization. "I fired three women. One, the cook, had put pepper in a child's mouth. I consider that to be abuse. I sent her to court. Then I fired this woman with the shift supervisor and the house manager," he said."
Finally, he stressed: "Are we going to do the good with the bad? Blame me. I have 100 more answers. Don't do harm to the agencies that do the work. Now Christmas let the kids have it. The agencies will be shut down. No questions that leave shadows. Hands off the Smile."
Source: iefimerida.gr
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