Mariposa n. 16

Mariposa n. 16

To mark WPHD 2016, over 400 children ran in a “Get breathless for PH” race supported by Miss Lviv 2016. The runners all wore “Get Breathless for PH” t-shirts to raise awareness of PH and were able to educate the spectators about the condition. The association also organised a round table to help solve the issue of transplantation within the Ukraine. The group brought together experts and patients to support a bill to promote transplants, all under the slogan “Saving even one life is an investment in the future”. Children in Lviv also helped raise the public consciousness of PH by collecting “Corks for Life”. The children collected over a ton of plastic corks, and sorted them by colour and sold them to a recycling company. With the money raised the association was able to buy an oxygen generator for a PH ward in a local hospital – making a positive difference for all future PH patients in the country. We are very proud of this result!