Mitochondrial Disease Charity

News

The Covid19 Outbreak

and Mito Patients

Our friends at The Lily Foundation are liaising with their medical expert contacts with the aim of bringing mito patients the best advice for staying as safe as possible.

Please access this below.

Lily Foundation’s Advice

Powering
Research for

Mitochondrial
Disease

My Mito Mission raises awareness, support, funds and hopes of a cure. We empower those affected to join us with their very own mission. Helping everyone understand that mito matters to MILLIONS.

Please explore our site and find out more.

Our Story

Meet one of our Missionees

Paige’s

Mito Mission

Meet Paige Koch, age 4 and living in Belfast with her mummy, daddy and two sisters. Her favourite things include being tickled and Peppa Pig.

Paige began having seizures at five weeks old. A muscle and skin biopsy in 2019 confirmed that she has a complex 1 mitochondrial disease respiratory defect.

What is Mito?

Imagine living life on a low battery

that can’t
be charged

Mitochondrial Disease or ‘Mito’ is a genetic disorder affecting the mitochondria – the ‘battery packs’ in our cells. When they fail to produce enough energy, damage occurs – especially to the major organs.

Mito is the most common genetic condition, is progressive and can be life-limiting. Currently there is no treatment or cure.

Why does Mito Matter to Millions?

Many common conditions also involve mitochondrial damage. Research into mito could bring hope to so many – not just those with mitochondrial disease.

Support Us

We need
Mito Heroes.

It takes a sprinkling of courage to
support a lesser known cause.

That’s just one of the reasons why
we call our fabulous supporters our
‘Mito Heroes’. We simply couldn’t do
what we do … without your help.

Families and individuals affected by mito can often feel very isolated and alone in facing this debilitating and little-understood illness. Just a little support can go a very long way to help them feel that people care.

Please be a Mito Hero right now by checking out what you might do to help.

Our Missions

Get behind an individual mission

or the charity
as a whole

… it’s all the same cause.

We’re a network of missions, under one umbrella. Empowering those affected to make a positive difference with a person-centred campaign.

Individually making a local impact. Together making a national difference.

Have mito? Missions are an easy way to raise awareness and understanding amongst your family, friends and community, along with funds for research and support. New missions are always welcome.

My Mito Directory

Lots of mito info
all in one place.

We aim to build the Mito Directory into as comprehensive a resource on ‘everything mito’ as possible that’s aimed at the general public.

Want to know what books are available about mito, for instance? The directory will tell you.

There’s a wealth of information in 9 easy categories, to save you time searching.

We welcome suggestions on what else we might add, any amendments we might make or how we might improve the usefulness of this resource.