The Joan Ajose-Adeogun fund is being established in loving memory of Joan Ajose-Adeogun who sadly passed away from multiple myeloma on 11^th September 2019.  Her diagnosis of multiple myeloma was devastating and within months Joan had lost her ability to speak and walk, her brain function and was in unbearable pain.

Understanding the many challenges that patients and their families face, we are raising funds to support multiple myeloma patients.

Grants will be available to help improve the wellbeing of patients and their families and will cover some of the costs of:

• Home care
• Medical facility/care home fees
• Retreats and respite breaks for patients and their families
• Palliative care
• Psychological support and counselling for patients and families
• Brain stimulation therapy
• Treatment and medication
• Physiotherapy
• Transportation costs (for family members to visit patients and specialised transportation for patients)
• Equipment such as wheelchairs, stairlifts, healthcare beds
• Bathroom adaptions and other required home adaptions for patients
• Patient’s utility bills
• Doctor’s appointments
• Medical treatment abroad

Priority will be given to patients residing in St Kitts, Nevis, the British Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Nigeria and Ghana, countries that were near and dear to Joan’s heart.

How you can help?                                                                                          

We would be delighted if you would make a donation to support this cause and ensure that those affected by multiple myeloma can receive the support that they need during a very traumatic, devastating and difficult time.

You can also invite your friends to make a donation or have some fun and host a fundraiser  – a cake sale, fundraising party, dinner or gala, an auction, a sponsored run or walk, a coffee morning; the sky is the limit.

We’d love to hear from you so please do leave a comment in the section below to share your experience with multiple myeloma, your reason for donating and to share any fun fundraising events you’ve organised.

Thank you

Thank you for your support, let’s make a difference together.

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Fund Management

This fund will be managed by Lake Health and Wellbeing, a registered NGO in St Kitts and Nevis, and financially reviewed annually by Pelican Accounting and Business Services.

Online payments are being managed by JAD Cash,  a comprehensive e-money solution for the Eastern Caribbean countries.  All online payments will, therefore, be processed in Eastern Caribbean Dollars (XCD). Please note that $1 USD = $2.7 XCD and £1 = $3.40 XCD.

Up Next

In our next blog in this series, we’ll be discussing what multiple myeloma is.