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Vacancy for Communications and Campaigns Volunteer/ Intern

ayesha

Posted on December 6th, 2012

If you are organised, motivated and enthusiastic with a keen interest in Communications and Campaigning in the not-for-profit sector this could be the opportunity for you! Job Title: Communications and Campaigns Volunteer/ Intern  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and organised individual wishing to gain experience in international Communications and Campaigning in the charity sector. In this role you will work across the organisation to help MSIF achieve its’ communications objectives. You will report on news from MS organisations all over the world through a number of different media and digital channels. With a love for all things digital you will harness the power of social media to reach MS organisations, people affected by MS and the public to carry information and raise…

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MS organisations join the Global Disability Movement

ayesha

Posted on November 30th, 2012

Marching for the rights of persons with disabilities in Madrid, Spain EME join the Disability movement to mark the International Day for Persons with Disabilities Yesterday more than 90 thousand disability activists took to the streets of Madrid to demonstrate against the ever reducing rights of disabled persons in Spain.   Exacerbated by the financial crisis and policy decisions in many strategic areas, people with MS and other disabling conditions feel that their rights to inclusion and accessability are being negatively affected.   The disability movement  in Spain came together to produce an advocacy strategy that seeks to create a stronger voice for people with disablities and to lobby for the inclusion of people with disabilities in key policies and  goverment decisions. The project,…

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Tagged: All-Russian MS Society, EME, International day for persons with disabilities, Portugal, Russia, Spain, SPEM

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Highlights from World MS Day 2012

Kirsty

Posted on August 17th, 2012

World MS Day was definitely a global affair in 2012, with 66 countries participating in events as well as hundreds of people who took part in our “1000 faces of MS” campaign. People with MS from around the world led the way in raising awareness and reached millions of people through their campaigning activities.   Asia The Indian MS Societies were creative with their campaigning activities this year. The Delhi chapter of the organisation used beautiful puppets clothed in Indian silk to tell the story of someone living with MS, to an audience at the Select City Mall. Elsewhere in the country over 150 people met from the Bengaluru chapter at Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore to celebrate the day, and formed a human chain…

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Tagged: highlights, MS, MSIF, multiple sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, Round-up, World MS Day 2012

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A meeting of Minds – Twinning between Cuba and Spain

Kirsty

Posted on August 9th, 2012

In Cuba this year members of FELEM (Spanish MS Society) and MS Cuba met to celebrate the twinning of their societies. Margarita Ruiz, president of MS Cuba and Josep Maria Perello, treasurer of FELEM met together along with other members of MS Cuba on the 5th May to celebrate the twinning, and to discuss new developments in the treatment of MS. During the meeting which took place in Havana, World MS Day films and a FELEM film “Vivir con Esclerosis Multiple” (Living with MS) was played and there was also live entertainment from Comedian Omar Franco. Tweet This Post Share on Facebook

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Tagged: 2012, Cuba, FELEM, Havana, living with MS, MS, multiple sclerosis, WMSD 2012, World MS Day

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Kissing Goodbye to MS – WMSD Australia

Kirsty

Posted on August 9th, 2012

In Australia World MS Day was a resounding success, with hundreds of people taking part in activities across the whole country. MS Australia and MS Research Australia all held events during the month of May and on the day itself. The “Kiss Goodbye to MS” campaign, which is in its third year, encouraged supporters to wear bright red lipstick, wear red clothes, dye their hair red or wear badges and stickers. Events were varied, from meeting the Australian Women’s Basketball team at Parliament house on their way to the Olympics, cupcake stalls, selling merchandise and charity dinners such as that held by the Green Bean society, who got into the theme in a big way with a Kissing booth and helped to raise over…

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Tagged: 2012, Australia, awareness raising, living with MS, MS, Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, WMSD 2012, World MS Day 2012

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