Friday, September 20, 2013

World Vitiligo Day 25th June

World Vitiligo Day - 2013(WVD)

World Vitiligo Day 2013 was made extra special this year by the participation of support groups and organizations from all over the world , but it was made extra special by the participation of individuals who , in many different countries , really went all out do their bit to help spread awareness and raise the profile of the campaign.Obviously , as a non profit advocacy organization , we had very little funding to work with and couldn't make T-shirts , but it didn't matter as the WVD T-shirt challenge got a fantastic response from literally hundreds of people all over the world , sporting their own WVD T-Shirts to help spread the message. Thank you to everyone that printed , designed , made their T-shits , you are all awesome.

Last year World Vitiligo Day was focused on rome and had a great response and this year in Detroit the Henry Ford Hospital and vitiligo treatment centre team with Dr.Henry Lim and other many more Vitiligo support groups and vitiligo Research foundation really managed to put together a wonderful event that really did make it a special and high profile day.

The press conferences was held , In  recognition of the efforts of those in Detroit to raise vitiligo awareness , the mayor of Detroit and the governor of Mishigan were both moved to give official proclamations declaring the Detroit and the state of  Michigan Officially recognize World Vitiligo Day.

Support group from all over the world held World Vitiligo Day support meeting and events including events in puerto Rico , USA , South Africa , UK , France and Germany .In Boston , Following World Vitilgo Day the Boston city Council delivered a resolution in support of the VITFriends efforts in increasing awareness and offering education about Vitiligo.

Through out this year there will be events focused on awareness and also focused on research and filling new treatments happening all over the world . We will be keeping track of these  as they happen and keeping everyone up to date.   World Vitiligo Day 2014 will be coming from Sao Paolo in Brazil .

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