If a city must rise from its ashes, then they must support each other. It was a beautiful and a joy to see non Warriors come out to support Warriors, by Warriors we mean, people living with sickle cell disorder.
In Africa, one thousand children are born
with sickle cell anemia every day and in Nigeria, one hundred and fifty
thousand children are born with SCD annually. Living with sickle cell
disorder can be very frustrating, despite the health challenges, the struggle
that people living with SCD, sometimes are pitiable.
Most sicklers are branded names like
Ogbanje, Will soon die, Drug addict, Money spenders etc and some are denied
opportunities to work or participate because of health issues that are not
their making.
Sickle cell anemia disease is a grasping
chronic sickness that doesn’t let go. a
condition in which there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry
adequate oxygen throughout your body.
Normally, your red blood cells are flexible
and round, moving easily through your blood vessels. In sickle cell anemia, the
red blood cells become rigid and sticky and are shaped like sickles or crescent
moons. These irregularly shaped cells can get stuck in small blood vessels,
which can slow or block blood flow and oxygen to parts of the body.
There's no cure for most people with sickle
cell anemia, but treatments can relieve pain and help prevent problems
associated with the disease.
On Saturday, The 16th of June, 2018.
Audrey's Foundation, led by the amazing Audrey Mukoro did an awareness walk to
create awareness on the challenge sicklers face. Over 40 residents turned up
for the event, with music and handbills.
The event was peaceful and enlightening.
This is the first engagement for the foundation whose goal is to advocate, educate, awareness and support, they followed up with a sensitization on the 19th of June at Edjeba Basic School, Edjeba.
The event was peaceful and enlightening.
This is the first engagement for the foundation whose goal is to advocate, educate, awareness and support, they followed up with a sensitization on the 19th of June at Edjeba Basic School, Edjeba.
According to the director of the
foundation, Plans are underway for Sickle Cell Month in September, They plan to
do both awareness and education, genotype testing and support.
See pictures from the event.
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