We urgently need to raise $30,000 by 24 December
Triple your gift and help save lives
Let me tell you why donating today is so important.
At 45, Sally’s adult-onset mitochondrial myopathy recently led to her to lose her balance from a sneeze – A SNEEZE!
This disease is incurable. It wastes away the muscle tissues.
Walking down the street is dangerous for Sally. One trip could land her in the hospital. Weakening eye muscles leave her self-conscious of her drooping eyes. Even holding eye contact is draining, as is talking and chewing.
When she was 37, Vishma was told to prepare for the worst.
A sudden stroke stole her words. Her body weakened. Her future became uncertain.
Mitochondrial disease had already taken her mother at just 36. It took her sister in their early twenties. Her remaining sibling lives in a vegetative state overseas.
Now the same disease threatens her. There are no cures. Very few treatments. And for families like Vishma's, options are painfully limited.
This Christmas, you can help change what the future looks like — not just for her, but for every family affected by mito.
Your urgent gift will be tripled to support the research needed to bring clinical trials to Australia.
Every day I wake up, I remind myself I'm still here. That means I still have a chance. And I want others to have that chance too.
— VishmaThat’s why the Mito Foundation exists. We’re Australia’s only charity solely focused on defeating mito.
Our Clinical Trials Action Plan is how we bring research breakthroughs to Australians who cannot afford to wait.
- Prepare Australian researchers to host clinical trials.
- Fast-track partnerships with global scientists.
- Support studies that could lead to the first effective mito treatments.
- Give families like Vishma's a chance at more time.
Yes! I’ll help people like Vishma.
We must raise vital funds before 24 December
Your gift today will be 3x!
Every $200 becomes $600 to help save lives.
Every day we delay, more families face irreversible progression.
