A young Nigerian graduate who has been suffering with Sickle Cell Anaemia all his life is in dire need of financial assistance to battle the disorder.
The young man, Abiodun Abidemi Bakare, according to Tosin Adesola,
the Director of Sickle Cell Advocacy and Management Initiative, a
non-governmental organisation, urgently needs hips and knee replacement surgery and the body hopes to take him abroad for the operation as soon as he is done with his physiotherapy here in Nigeria.
Bakare
who was born with the disorder, has been going through a lot of pain
and discomfort as he struggled through school and his condition became
deteriorated as he was rounding up his final year examinations at the
Onabisi Onabanjo University and could not go for his mandatory National
Youth Service.
Adesola, herself a carrier of the
disease, says she knows what the young man is going through and is
reaching out to kind spirited Nigerians to urgently come to his aid.
Adesola
talks about a new initiative her team has set up to raise the money
needed to take care of Bakare, called 'N500 by 1m Campaign.'
"We
are a non-profit organization setup to give support and succour to
people living with Sickle Cell. Since its inception in 2008, Sickle Cell
Advocacy has touched the lives of sickle cell sufferers around the
country through the monthly medical outreaches where we provide free
medical consultation and free drugs to underprivileged children and
adults with sickle cell thereby assisting in managing their health.
That’s
why we need your N500 for the 'N500 by 1m campaign. The N500 by 1m
campaign is an initiative set up to encourage 1m Nigerians to donate
N500 or more.
Sickle Cell Advocacy aims
to provide urgently needed medication, life-saving surgeries as well as
counseling and public awareness programs through the monies we generate
from the campaign.
With your kind
donations, we will be able to provide even more support to improve the
lives of those living with sickle cell in the country.
Sickle
Cell is no longer a death sentence, with proper care and management
they can live a well fulfilled and purposeful life, just like I have.
Why not join other Nigerians and I in this fight against sickle cell Anemia?
Please send in your N500 or more to either of these accounts.
GTBank: Sickle Cell Advocacy & Mgt Initiative Account 0008294592
EcoBank: Sickle Cell Advocacy & Mgt Initiative Account 0052126735."
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