An online donation box to save the ancient theater of Cassope

The target is set at 80,000 euros, and it must be reached by December 31. Restoring the ancient theater of Cassope, in the region of Epirus, is the latest cultural project to be crowdfunded under National Bank's act4greece program.

The act4Greece program is run by National Bank of Greece, with strategic partners including the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation, the John S. Latsis Foundation, the Bodossaki Foundation, the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO, and the Hellenic Network for Corporate Social Responsibility.

Diazoma, a citizens' group that works to protect and promote Greece's ancient monuments, recently came up with a proposal to include the Cassope theater in the act4greece program - an idea that received the green light from National Bank.

The Cassope campaign was officially launched on September 17 at the Little Theater of Epidaurus, in the...