A mum is appealing to Croydon residents to help her two-year-old daughter who has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (All).

Little Nevaeh Green, from Waddon, was diagnosed with the disease on New Year’s eve. Her mother Charmaine Green, 33, is appealing for blood and bone marrow donors.

ALL affects white blood cells vital in producing antibodies for the immune system. It is the same type of Leukaemia which Croydon Champions child of courage Imogin Appiah battled against last year.

Nevaeh has been undergoing chemotherapy for the past four weeks and she is in remission. She will have to continue the chemotherapy for the next two years to keep the cancer at bay.

Mrs Green said: “She does not need a bone marrow transplant at this stage, like Imogin did, and we hope it won’t come to that.

“What she does need is blood transfusions, getting her blood has been difficult.” Nevaeh has a rare blood type which makes it difficult to source.

The single mum of three has asked cancer charity ACLT to help her appeal.

Due to the desperate shortage of donors within the black, mixed race and ethnic minority communities, Nevaeh only has a one in 100,000 chance of finding a bone marrow match, compared to around one in five if she was white.

Nevaeh has an older sister Kyra, 12, and brother Trenae, 9.

Mrs Green said: “When I explained Nevaeh had cancer they got scared, my son had a teacher who died from cancer a year ago. They were quite upset about it but kids are resilient. They let Nevaeh get away with a lot more because she is sick.”

The bubbly two-year-old had swine flu last year which she never seemed to recover from. Her mother said it was a huge shock to discover her little daughter had ALL.

“She is very independent and articulate. She will tell you ‘I have leukaemia’ and she knows that is why she goes to hospital.

“She has had to stay in the hospital a few times and so it is a bit difficult, we go there every week and she says, ‘I am not staying here, I am going home mum.’ “It is my hope Nevaeh will continue to do well with her treatment. Please consider registering as a potential bone marrow donor and a blood donor. One day you could be our little girl’s life saver.”

The ACLT will be holding a bone marrow registration drive on Saturday February 27 at the Whitgift Centre in memory of Imogin Appiah and in support of Nevaeh Green.

Beverley De Gale, who founded the ACLT, will be discussing the problem of ethnic minority donors on a Radio 4 programme on February 25 at 9pm.

She will be investigating the disparity between the number of Black and Asian people in need of transplants and the number of people from those communities who are willing to act as donors.