This Friday was the launch of the 2024 Gard Sud Telethon at the Uchaud multicultural hall. Donations from Gardois will be essential to continue helping sick children.
The AFM-Téléthon (French Association for Myopathy) helps patients and their parents. This association organized the launch of the Telethon this Friday, September 27. “We are in Uchaud, the flagship town of the Telethon which will represent all the municipalities in the sector. We will do everything to raise as much funds as possible to advance research. This year, children were able to smile again thanks to gene therapy, which consists of introducing genetic material into cells to treat an illness. We need mobilizations to give children as many smiles as possible,” supports Pascale Loison, coordinator for the southern sector of Gard for the AFM-Téléthon.
Together for maximum donations
The Telethon will take place on November 29 and 30. A medieval village will be organized in the commune of Uchaud. Different activities will be offered and will allow donations to be collected. “It is a huge honor to be the flagship city for South Gard this year. Together, we will do everything to build a better future. All of our teams will work 110% to help all the associations set up the festivities. Our main objective is to provide human and material resources to create animations. The Telethon is a lot of humanity, we want to raise as many financial resources as possible to advance research,” assures Joffrey Léon, mayor of Uchaud.
This charity event helps develop treatments to save sick children. The AFM-Téléthon has two main missions: to heal and to help. “The time of researchers is not the time of patients. The disease is rampant, so we need to support affected people in their everyday lives. The resources obtained during the Telethon represent practically 80% of the association’s budget. All the scientific results and victories we have achieved would not have been possible without donors. This mobilization of the French at the end of the year is essential, because it brings us resources that we really need,” concludes Jean-François Malaterre, vice-president of AFM Téléthon in charge of research.
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