Thank you for visiting my blog. If you thought what you read here contributed to you in any way, please consider donating to some of the causes I care deeply about on the right (or below if using ‘mobile’ version).

I thank you in advance for every single penny you’ve donated and/or time you dedicated to these or other similarly worthy causes (e.g. Cancer Research UK, War Child, DKMS, Wikipedia, Fact Checking organisations such as IFCN, Scholar Rescue Fund, and Wildlife preservation initiatives such as RSPB)

• Healthcare
  • Anthony Nolan
  • St John Ambulance
• Academic Freedom
  • Scholars at Risk
  • Cara
• Freedom of the press
  • The Guardian
• Nature conservation
  • The Wildlife Trusts
• Even a smile can be charity
• **Finished campaigns**
  • Metehan’s SMA 1 treatment
• Data muse

Healthcare

Anthony Nolan

Webpage & Donation page

What do I do? I have donated my son’s umbilical cord. We have also signed up to their donor list as a family. I continually donate via one-off payments and smile.amazon.co.uk

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St John Ambulance

Webpage

What do I do? I make a monthly donation

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Academic Freedom

Scholars at Risk

Webpage & Donation page

What do I do? I make one-off payments once in a while and disseminate their reports via my own and Freedom for Academia‘s (an academic freedom initiative I co-setup) Twitter accounts

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Cara

Webpage & Donation page

What do I do? I donate annually and disseminate their reports via my own and Freedom for Academia‘s (an academic freedom initiative I co-setup) Twitter accounts

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Freedom of the press

The Guardian

Webpage & Subscription

What do I do? I have subscribed to The Observer – The Guardian’s sister paper published on Sundays, and The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian’s international news magazine.

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Nature conservation

The Wildlife Trusts

Webpage & Subscription

What do I do? As a family, we’ve joined as a member but also take part in local activities

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Even a smile can be charity

From the Holy Quran re giving and responding to charity (Chapter: Al-Baqarah. Verse: 263):

To speak a kind word and/or to forgive people’s faults is better than charity followed by hurt or hubris. God is All-Sufficient, All-Forbearing

Translation source and explanation: www.islamicstudies.info

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**Finished campaigns**

Metehan’s SMA 1 treatment

Gofundme page

What do I do? I opened the above Gofundme page for Metehan (now handed over to the father). I also donated a symbolic amount to get the campaign started and shared it within my circles and local/national media. I – with support from academic colleagues – am also trying raise awareness for rare diseases and Zolgensma (see blog post)