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- Had her sixth birthday on Wednesday, March 4, 2009
- Is a kindergartner at P.S. 41 in New York City
- Resides in Greenwich Village, New York
- Mother: Theodora Anema
- Singer Kelly Rowland attended her birthday celebration in the hospital
- Diagnosed with NK cell leukemia on January 20, 2009NY Daily News: Little girl fighting rare and deadly leukemia needs your help (March 4, 2009)
- Is undergoing chemotherapy and radiationNY Daily News: Little girl fighting rare and deadly leukemia needs your help (March 4, 2009)
- Is in need of a bone-marrow transplant/donor
- Bone-marrow donor match would likely be African AmericanNY Daily News: Little girl fighting rare and deadly leukemia needs your help (March 4, 2009)
- There is a shortage of ethnic minorities in the National Bone Marrow Donor Program registryAfrican American Community Health Advisory Committee: Bone Marrow...
- Of 200,000 potential donors, only about six percent are African American donorsAfrican American Community Health Advisory Committee: Bone Marrow...
- African Americans only receive transplants of bone marrow 3.3% of the time, while Caucasians have a rate of 85% to 88%African American Community Health Advisory Committee: Bone Marrow...
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Jasmina Anema is a six-year-old girl who was diagnosed from a rare form of Leukemia, called NK cell leukemia, on January 20, 2009. In March 2009, doctors said Anema may not survive if she does not receive a bone-marrow transplant. A bone-marrow match would likely come from an African-American. Anema has no siblings and is adopted. A donor drive will be held on March 7, 2009, at Anema's grade school in New York City.NY Daily News: Little girl fighting rare and deadly leukemia needs your help (March 4, 2009)
Donor Drive
Several celebrities including Kelly Rowland, Rihanna and the NBA's Chris Wilcox and Paul Pierce are working to help draw attention to Anema's plight and hopefully help to find a donor soon. A donor drive will take place on March 7, 2009, at Public School 41 in New York City, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. NY Daily News: Little girl fighting rare and deadly leukemia needs your help (March 4, 2009)-
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