Ivy is a special little girl who attends The Bee Hive Day Nursery. She was diagnosed with Mitochondrial Disease in April last year, at the age of 3.

Mitochondrial disease, or ‘mito’, is a rare, complex and difficult-to-diagnose genetic disorder that affects people in very different ways. It can affect any organ at any age, and often occurs in babies and young children. There is currently no cure, but we’re working hard to change that, and are the largest charitable funder of mitochondrial research in Europe.