The figures have just fallen: this Thursday, March 24, 2016, the AFM-Telethon (an association which fights against “genetic, rare and severely disabling diseases”, or 6000 to 8000 pathologies which concern approximately 3 million people in France) announced that it had raised € 93,850,778 during the 2015 edition of Telethon. This took place on December 4 and 5, 2015, under the sponsorship of singer Marc Lavoine.
A participation higher of 1% compared to the 2014 edition, which had raised 92.9 million euros – against 89.3 million in 2013, 88 million in 2012, but 94 million in 2011. “Despite a context difficult (related to attacks November 13), the French have been incredibly generous “affirms the AFM-Telethon in a press release. Video acknowledgments have also been published. on the association’s website.
Internet donation is on the rise
Of the 93.5 million euros collected, 37 million came from 20,000 events organized across France, while 53 million were obtained by phone or internet. The donation via the association’s website has also increased by 8.24% compared to 2014.
“Thanks to this sum, research and the families of patients will be able to continue their fight against rare diseases“explains the association. Among the other challenges of 2016, we can also cite” the development of innovative therapies for rare diseases, the establishment of clinical trials in children, the creation of an industrial platform dedicated to the bioproduction and the provision of medicines from genetical therapy at a fair and controlled price “.
The 30th edition of the Telethon will take place on December 2 and 3, 2016. For the moment, the name of the next sponsor is not yet known …
To read: a 5-year-old child saved thanks to Telethon donations.
