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With one week to go until the first World MS Day on 27 May 2009 the number of events set to take place has grown to 170 in 54 countries.
The global campaign film produced by MSIF and the German Hertie Foundation is currently being edited and will be ready for launch on 27 May 2009. This will feature U2 song "Beautiful Day" and highlight the many different faces of MS.
The two US women with MS, Wendy Booker and Lori Schneider, have started their final summit attempt on Mount Everest. You can follow their progress through their online blogs: Wendy Booker and Lori Schneider.
170 events and activities are taking place in the following 54 countries:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, UK, Uruguay and USA.
Show your support today!
More than 6,000 people from 115 countries have shown their support by registering on the World MS Day website. You can help the global MS movement reach the target of 100,000 registrations and raise maximum awareness about the MS cause by:
Registering yourself and/or your organisation
Registering your World MS Day event
Emailing all of your friends and colleagues and asking them to register (as an individual and/or an organisation)
Signing up as a World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Day fan on Facebook
Following the ‘WorldMSDay’ tweets on Twitter
You can find details of the events and activities taking place across the globe on the World MS Day map. If there is nothing taking place where you live and/or you are interested in organising your own event, contact your national MS society and read our "How to" guidelines.
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