38: Act Now to Cure Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Maria Brooker and Rachel Hill tell us about the Blue Hair Day campaign they started to raise money for Harrison's Fund, a charity working hard to eradicate Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a genetic disease which currently has no cure. In the interview you will hear about: What Harrison's Fund do and who they help Why Maria and Rachel (along with a few others) started the Blue Hair Day campaign How the campaign went from a local one to a national one The importance of the date of the Blue Hair Day campaign (26thJune) How the first Blue Hair Day campaign went in 2015 and the plans for 2016 How researchers believe Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a curable disease, and how action now could help boys being born now with the disease How you can get involved in Blue Hair Day For more information about Harrison's Fund please click here to visit their website .

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38: Act Now to Cure Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is an episode from Good News Shared, conversations with inspirational people giving back to the community by Nisha Kotecha, Founder of Good News Shared and a member of the Rotary family.

This episode is 14:39 long.

This episode was published on Mar 21, 2016.

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