The Llyn Syfaddan History Group held a successful Welsh Supper and Illustrated Talk at Llangors Community Centre on Monday, March 3.

The event featured a talk titled “Beavers – Past, Present, and Future,” presented by Colin Preece. The talk focused on the history of beavers and the positive environmental impact a family of beavers has had on a wetland area near Llangors village.

As a token of appreciation for Colin’s talk on the Llangors Beaver project, the group invited him to nominate a charity to benefit from the proceeds of their raffle, which raised an impressive £300. Colin selected the MoyaMoya Foundation, a charity dedicated to supporting research into Moyamoya disease, a rare and progressive condition affecting the brain.

Roger Reese, a representative of Llyn Syfaddan History Group, presented a cheque to Ryley Reed, a local resident from Llangors, who is living with Moyamoya disease.

Moyamoya is a cerebrovascular condition in which the main arteries supplying the brain with blood narrow and collateral vessels called “moyamoya vessels” develop. Moyamoya is an extremely rare condition, affecting just one in a million people. The name “moyamoya” comes from the Japanese term for “something hazy like a puff of smoke” given the hazy appearance of the arteries when it was first observed on cerebral angiography.

The MoyaMoya Foundation, which recently launched the world’s first global registry for individuals with the condition, will use the donation to support its four main priorities: Research, Awareness, Assistance, and Operations for Moyamoya patients.

Roger expressed his gratitude, saying: "We now know a lot more about the rare and little known condition. It was a pleasure meeting Ryley and I was delighted that our members were able to support the MoyaMoya foundation."

For more information about the MoyaMoya Foundation and its work, please visit the website: https://moyamoya-foundation.org/