Kevin Kararwa Leukaemia Trust

23/07/2025

🌟 Help Us Save Lives - Support the Kevin Kararwa Leukaemia Trust 🌟

Every donation big or small brings us one step closer to saving lives through awareness, education, and increasing the number of stem cell donors, especially within Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities.

At KKLT, we’re on a mission to fight leukaemia and blood cancers by giving patients a fighting chance. But we can’t do it without you.

💛 Your support funds:
- Lifesaving outreach and stem cell donor drives
- Culturally sensitive awareness campaigns
- Patient and family support services
- Research advocacy and engagement

🙏 Donate today and be part of the change.
📲 Visit: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/15394 #!/DonationDetails

18/07/2025

🧬 Leukaemia: Myth vs Fact – BAME & Stem Cell Donation

❌ Myth:
“Stem cell donors are easy to find - ethnicity doesn’t really matter.”

✅ Fact:
Ethnicity plays a huge role in finding a matching stem cell donor.
Patients from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds have only a 20% chance of finding a perfect match, compared to 70% for white patients.
This is due to underrepresentation on the stem cell register and it’s costing lives.

🩸 The more BAME individuals are joining the register, the greater the chances of saving someone from your own community.

Sign up today and be a lifesaver, for more info visit > https://www.kkltrust.org/?page_id=6916

16/07/2025

This past Saturday, the KKLT team was out in full force despite the scorching heat, raising awareness and signing up potential lifesavers to the stem cell registry. We were thrilled to have Miss Africa GB, Deborah Mungai, join the cause by signing up herself!

Every new donor brings us closer to finding a match for someone in urgent need - and you could be that match. You could save a life.

15/07/2025

🩵 Today is 🩵
What if the most powerful thing you could give… is hope?

Every day, Leukaemia patients wait for a second chance at life. And YOU could be the match they’ve been waiting for.

🎁 Today, consider giving something truly life-changing by Joining the stem cell register.
It’s just a simple swab - but it could mean everything to someone in need.

💥 Ages 16–55? and in good health?
You might be someone’s cure.

🔗 Sign up now at https://www.kkltrust.org/?page_id=6916

14/07/2025

This research could truly change lives - by leading to kinder, more effective treatments that ease the burden on patients and give them a better chance at survival.

A new study involving researchers from the University of York is set to transform treatments for one of the most aggressive and hard-to-treat blood cancers – acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). If successful, the research could significantly improve the lives of patients by offering gentler, more effec...

11/07/2025

10/07/2025

📢 URGENT STEM CELL DONOR APPEAL

Dan needs a stem cell donor and you might be the one who can help.

A few weeks ago, Dan Chapman went out for a run feeling totally fine. The next day, he was in hospital having an urgent transfusion.
Doctors told him he has aplastic anaemia, a rare, life-threatening blood disorder. His bone marrow had completely failed.

Dan’s only chance now is a stem cell transplant.
His brother wasn’t a match. But maybe you are.

Dan says:

“I can’t run away from this. But someone out there — maybe someone I’ve never even met — could give me my life back.”

If you’re 16 to 30, healthy, and living in the UK, joining the Anthony Nolan stem cell register is quick, free, and could literally save a life.

🧬 Just fill out a form, get your free swab pack in the post, and send it back. That’s it.
You could be the match Dan — or someone else just like him — has been waiting for.

📦 Sign up here: https://www.anthonynolan.org/help-save-a-life/join-stem-cell-register

Please share this. The more people who see it, the better Dan’s chances.

09/07/2025

Match Rates by Ethnicity:

White patients have about a 69–72% chance of finding a well-matched donor.

Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) patients have only around a 20–37% chance of finding the best match

Specifically, Black patients are at the lower end of this range, around 20–30% likelihood .

08/07/2025

Debunking common myths about leukaemia for better understanding and support. learn more here > https://www.kkltrust.org/?p=10376

04/07/2025

Turn your birthday into a powerful moment of giving by setting up a Facebook Birthday Fundraiser for KKLT. For more info visit > https://www.kkltrust.org/?p=10360

02/07/2025

Hydration Survival Guide for Leukemia Patients Navigating the Hottest June on Record

June 2025 is officially the hottest June ever recorded and for leukeamia patients this extreme heat isn’t just uncomfortable – it’s a severe health threat. Chemotherapy, anemia, and immunosuppression make you uniquely vulnerable to rapid dehydration, organ stress, and heat-related complication...

30/06/2025

Today, we celebrate the power of social media - a tool that’s helped save lives, share stories, and build community. 💬✨

At Kevin Kararwa Leukaemia Trust, social media is more than just likes and shares. It’s how we:
🔁 Spread awareness about stem cell donation
🧡 Honour Kevin’s legacy
📣 Reach donors
🙌 Empower YOU to make a life-saving impact

Whether you’ve reposted our messages, signed up as a donor, or simply hit that “like” - THANK YOU. You’re part of something powerful.