Sickle Cell Aid Foundation: Sickle Cell Club Scheme
Comic Relief awarded a grant of GBP 15,500 to Sickle Cell Aid Foundation for work in Nigeria, dated 9 January 2019.
Overview
This project will be an awareness and empowerment programme for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) targeted at young persons in secondary schools in Kano State Nigeria and on the Island of Dominica. Through raising awareness amongst young people about SCD it will aim to reduce stigma and improve the identification and management of the disease. Ultimately the applicants also seek to drive policy change in relation to SCD through their close working with government and advocacy work.
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