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    VIDEO: Vote For The Best And Worst Charity Ads Of 2017

    You have until December 4 to cast your ballot in the annual competition for the coveted Golden Radiator Award and the uncoveted Rusty Radiator Award.
    by Greta Jochem Dec 01, 2017 3 minutes
    Scenes from nominated videos (clockwise from upper left): The video "Make No Assumptions" tries to figure out the best image to solicit donations; Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne asks viewers to help the suffering in Yemen; singer Ed Sheeran befriends a Liberian homeless kid; a child in a conflict zone imagines an adventure with Batman.

    It's time to vote for the best and worst charity ads of the year.

    Is a video featuring Batman the best? Is an ad starring English pop star (and Beyonce duet partner) Ed Sheeran the worst?

    Decisions, decisions!

    The annual contest was started by the Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund (SAIH). Back in 2012, they made a music video spoof of cliched Western charity ads. The people of Norway are freezing, they declare in a video with wintry footage, and Africans must help by bringing radiators to them.

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