ACLT
 United Kingdom  |  Health/Medical

To educate and raise awareness about the importance of registering as potential bone marrow donors, blood and organ donation.

The ACLT was established in June 1996 by Beverley De-Gale and Orin Lewis, the parents of Daniel 'Playzo' De-Gale. When the charity was initially set up, Daniel had already been suffering from Leukaemia for 3 years. Daniel's parents were informed that his only hope of survival was to receive a bone marrow transplant. Due to the fact that bone marrow contains racially specific characteristics, the compatible donor for Daniel could only be found within the black or mixed race population. Daniel finally won his battle against Leukaemia when on 16th June 1999 at the age of 12 he received a bone marrow transplant from an unrelated American donor, Doreene Carney, at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The charity raises awareness which enables potential donors to come forward at the ACLT registration drives to be involved in the process of offering hope and a healthy future to someone whose disorder may otherwise prove fatal. The ACLT has raised the numbers of potential Black/Mixed Race donors from 550 to approx. 33,000 and many lives have been saved in the process.

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