Report by Pranlal C Arjan Dhanak. Webmaster

Four year old Veer s/o Nirav and Kirpa Gudkha who lives in Harrow, London, UK has been diagnosed with a very rare life-changing illness called Fanconi Anaemia
which affects bone marrow functionality.

His blood counts are dropping and will require a bone marrow transplant soon for which they are still looking for an ideal stem cell match.

In fact, Veer and his family's search has attracted the attention of local, national and international press (The Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard, ITV News, LadBible,
BBC Asian Network, The Mirror but to name a few).  

Nirav and Kirpa Gudkha's 4 year old son Veer in Harrow has been diagnosed with Fanconi Anaemia and will soon require a stem cell transplant, for which they are
still looking for an ideal stem cell match.  In fact, Veer and his family's search has attracted the attention of local, national and international press (The Mail on Sunday,
Evening Standard, ITV News, LadBible, BBC Asian Network, The Mirror but to name a few). 

Veer is a very cheeky young boy, smart, playful, brave and adventurous. He has been raised in a family that closely follows the Jain faith, an ancient religion of India,
that promotes non-violence and peace.

Nirav's father's family originally comes from a small village Lakhiya near Jamnagar and his mother is from Kisumu, Kenya. The maternal grandparents are
from a village called Beraja near Lalpur and Jamnagar.

Veer and Suhani attend religious classes every Sunday to learn about Jainism, and their father Nirav conducts the classes. His upbringing honours his Indian
heritage and enjoy all things Indian - the food, music and dancing. Veer even speaks good Gujarati !

They have been actively campaigning throughout 2020 among the Asian community in particular to raise the awareness of more people needing to join the
stem cell donor register to help people like Veer.

The process to become a donor

It is very easy to register to become a donor, requiring only a cheek swab and if you are matched to someone, the donation process is usually similar to
giving blood.

The videos below give you a good insight into the processes for both registering and donating.

You can look up the campaign so far on @HelpVeerNow on Facebook and Instagram, or check out the website https://www.helpveernow.org/.

Campaign Video links: