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Appeal for Amun Ali

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Please support Desi Donors and attend the ACLT Super Donation Day.

Sat 10th July 2010 - 12pm -5pm

Galaxy FM
1 The Square
111 Broad Street
Birmingham, B15 1AS

Amun Ali, from Small Heath, is just ten and has a rare condition known as severe immune deficiency - an illness which has already claimed the life of his four-year-old brother.

A bone marrow transplant is his only hope of recovery but Amun's not only fighting a debilitating condition but also battling against the odds of finding a suitable donor.

Statistically, there's a one in three chance of a white person finding a match, compared to a 1 in 125,000 chance for someone of Asian origin.

Aila Ahmed

Aila Ahmed is 3 years old and urgently needs a bone marrow transplant. She suffers from aplastic anaemia and her only chance of survival is a bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor. There will be huge difficulties in finding a match for Aila and other patients like her. That is because she is of mixed race descent and there are not enough donors from similar backgrounds on the Anthony Nolan Register.

This is an urgent appeal to all communities to come forward and find out more about becoming a bone marrow donor now. Click here for more information about joining the Anthony Nolan Register.

Alishba Qamer

YOU could be the person who could save eight-month-old Alishba Qamer’s life.

You might hold the key to the cheeky toddler’s chances of going to school and enjoying a long and fruitful life.

Without you, the outcome is tragically clear – she will die.

A bone marrow donor holds the only key to saving seriously-ill Alishba, from Alum Rock, who has been given just two months to live after being diagnosed with a rare bone disorder in May.

RIP Dean Sheikh

We regret to inform that Dean Sheikh passed away on 22-10-09

This was an appeal for Dean Sheikh. Dean was 8 years old and suffered from two complicated conditions. Dyskeratosis Congenita is a Bone Marrow failure. This means that his bone marrow does not produce enough blood.
Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome affected his development and ability to walk and talk. The combination of these two illnesses means that there are only 38 other people in the world who share the same conditions as Dean.