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https://youtu.be/WgcmT9q_4Q8 Whats Up Kansas City? Interview with Sharifu Kiragga Tusuubira from Uganda Sharifu is a part of the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellows. The Mandela Fellows are on a educational journey for a six-week Civic Leadership Institute at Kansas State University. Throughout the course of the Institute, the Staley School will facilitate opportunities for cultural exchange and leadership development to advance the work of each Fellow by growing their capacity to lead change upon return to their home countries. Sharifu a…

UGANDA SICKLE CELL RESCUE FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER 2nd QUARTER Uganda Sickle Cell Rescue Foundation (USCRF) a registered Non-profit Organization working to promote Sickle cell awareness and prevention while improving the quality of life of people living with Sickle cell Disease. ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED HOSPITAL VISITS In total we made 3 hospital visits (sickle cell clinics) to Mpigi health centre, 7 visits to Nsambya and 7 visits to Mulago for counseling and sensitization. Information shared included hygiene, adherence to drugs, nutrition,stigma,self-esteem how sickle…

  For a woman joy is being a mother to a healthy son/daughter. But what if you are told that your child has sickle cell genes at six months what would you do? I am a mother of three children; two boys and a girl were both boys are sicklers. When my first born was diagnosed with sickle cell disease, I was perplexed. I had never heard anybody or even interacted with somebody who had sickle cells. I could not…