World Vitiligo Day – June 25th, 2012
Hello Colleagues and Vitiligo friends around the World,
A Happy New Year!
I come to you with good news on our campaign and advocacy for World Vitiligo Day – June 25th, we are making progress. For those who are coming in contact with this advocacy and campaign for the first time, it is our collective effort for extensive global Vitiligo Awareness to help ease the psychological effects, to put us out of misery and silent excruciating pain majority of us go through, effectively educate the public and bring Vitiligo cause to World center stage. More Vitiligo organisations are identfying and joining forces with us..
This campaign idea is worthy causes that will go a very long way in helping ease all the misunderstanding of the general public and at same time effectively educate the public while improving our Quality of Life (QoL) and self-esteem as well as self-confidence. “The more we can get people engaged in understanding what Vitiligo is, the better it is for those who are living with it.” – Mary Cleveland, Executive Director, NVFI.
In 2011, we marked the first global Vitiligo Awareness Day (as we choose to call it till we get June 25th approved by UN officially as World Vitiligo Day) in Nigeria, Beyond Vitiligo in South Africa, Vitiligo Support, Kenya, Vitiligo Bond, USA, My Vitiligo World, Indonesia, Vitiligo persons and the public on social media and across the globe. View 2011 World Vitiligo Day – June 25th on Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Vitiligo-Day-June-25th/191074134256085, http://youtu.be/jUQ40JDR8pA, http://www.facebook.com/BeyondvitiligoSA, http://youtu.be/5dpFxllcLxA, http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1408413106866.41759.1728610745&type=3, http://www.facebook.com/groups/myvitiligoworld/ etc……
We are continuing effort as the ultimate goal is to get June 25th approved officially by UN as World Vitiligo Day, this is our cause and we alone can make it happen. In 2011 some organizations showed interest but it was late to plan an event, we are 5months away and it’s fairly enough time for us to plan towards an event for June 25th, 2012.
What do you suggest as a Theme for World Vitiligo Day – June 25th, 2012? Please share on facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Vitiligo-Day-June-25th/191074134256085, twitter @vitsaf so we can all discuss it and run with the most suitable.
There are two petitions online for World Vitiligo Day – June 25th http://www.petitions24.com/signatures/world_vitiligo_day_-_june_25th and http://www.change.org/petitions/help-vitiligo-bond-establish-a-vitiligo-world-day-on-62512, please do sign if you haven’t and please share with friends, colleagues, families, media and more.
Our target is 100,000 signatures by June 2012, am very positive that we can achieve this if we collectively drive it, with no doubt I am very sure that we are taking this up more than ever before.
Please send all your suggestions, creative ideas and comments to the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Vitiligo-Day-June-25th/191074134256085.
More Vitiligo organisations are identfying and joining forces with us..
Together we CAN achieve!
Very Sincerely yours
Ogo Maduewesi
vitsupng@gmail.com
+234702 516 5280
