The year 2024 is history – and it will be a year to remember with pride for the OIFE. Thanks to a growing number of dedicated volunteers, we were represented in many different conferences and events during the year – both face to face and online. We co-hosted the big Remedi4All conference in Bologna in…
This year, we’re launching #Together4OI as a hashtag to celebrate Wishbone Day – the international awareness day for OI. Read more about how it all started here. With #Together4OI we are shining a light on the incredible work that the OI-organizations are doing on national level and what value they bring to people with OI.…
At OIFE’s Annual General Assembly on June 10th, we were happy to announce that the OIFE Board has accepted the membership application from the NGO CLAN (Caring & Living as Neighbours), to become a supporting member of OIFE. CLAN is an Australian-based, not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO). Who is CLAN? CLAN was founded in 2004 and…
Every year the OI community looks forward to the 6th of May to celebrate Wishbone Day. You can wear something yellow and help raise awareness of OI. The aim of this day is to create awareness about the varied lives of people with OI and the challenges and solutions to living full and happy lives.…
Dear members of the international OI-community! In Australia the champagne has been uncorked already, but in the rest of the world we are in different ways preparing the celebration of another year coming to an end. It is also a celebration of the opportunities of a New Year called 2022, which we hope will be…
Come party with us! Come party with us to celebrate that another Wishbone Day has created awareness about OI around the globe. Friday May 7th in the evening (European time) you’re all invited to a special #wishboneday and #OIstrong celebration on zoom! The informal party will include OI-trivia, games, awards, and music. What kind of Awards will there be? We…
My name is Justina Yiadom-Boakye, a mother to a child living with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. I am also the founder and the current President of OIF-Ghana, who recently became a member of the OIFE. Though it might be difficult to give the exact number of people living with the condition here in Ghana, however, using the…
The international awareness day of OI – Wishbone Day is coming up in less than 2 weeks (on May 6th). Do you want to help us color the world yellow and spread awareness about OI, OIFE and the OI-community? Then try out our frame for your Facebook profile photo! Go to OIFE’s Facebook-page and click…
February’s OIFE Magazine main topic is research and I could have called this editorial “The patients’ voice”. But to be honest, I’m not too fond of the term patients. Patients belong in hospitals. The OIFE represents people with OI and families, who most of the time live active and meaningful lives outside hospital walls. There…
