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When MS Awareness began as a District 9800 project we had a
dream. We dreamt of Rotary acting as an independent facilitator
between all the groups involved in MS care and research. We
imagined the caregivers, the MS Societies, the charitable
organisations, the pharmaceutical companies, the researchers and
also the people who have MS getting together in one room and
talking. This multi-disciplinary " Think-tank" would be a place
where ideas could be created and shared about the problems of
MS.
Now MS Awareness has become a Rotary Action Group. This gives us
the opportunity to reach people in all those areas across the
world where Rotary exists. Rotary is in 167 countries. There are
MS Societies in 35 of these and the number is always growing.
Our aim is for Rotarians to form links with the MS Societies in
their country. The MS International Federation is working with
our Rotarian Action Group to co-ordinate our activities world-
wide. There are members of our Action Group in 13 countries.
With the development of our e-mail forum we now have the means
to allow this "Think-tank" to operate.
People in all areas of the World MS Community can talk to each
other and share ideas. In this way, Rotary can help find a cure
for MS.
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