Mijas, like many other towns across Spain, lit up its La Cala Branch Office in red on Sunday 7th to mark International Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day. This gesture was intended to support families and symbolise the fight against this disease, which affects one in every 3,500 boys and for which there is still no cure or treatment.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a hereditary neuromuscular disease that causes progressive muscle weakness, leading to loss of mobility in adolescence and cardiac and respiratory complications in later stages, drastically reducing life expectancy.

The initiative to illuminate various municipal buildings in red, the colour symbolising the fight against this disease, is not the first of its kind and is promoted by the Duchenne Parent Project Spain association, with the aim of raising awareness of the disease, increasing public awareness and calling for more resources for research.

According to this association, "there are currently several lines of research underway, but public funding is insufficient and it is civil society that is driving the financing of scientific projects through solidarity campaigns".

In this regard, the president of Duchenne Parent Project Spain stressed that "every building lit up in red is a loudspeaker for society to hear our voice and support the research we so desperately need". The red colour on public buildings demonstrates "the strength of a network of solidarity that connects nationally but also has roots on the Costa del Sol", according to the group.

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