Rural Nigeria - ambitiously marking UN sickle cell awareness day - link to photos June 18, 2010

This is fantastic "as it happens" news - with photos - from Fantsuam about the Global Sickle Cell Centenary Celebration.http://cicelyinnigeria.blogspot.com/2010/06/life-in-sickle-cell.html

Cicely (who is at Fantsuam with VSO - Voluntary Service Overseas) just posted it to me (see her email below) 

Pam

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Did you know that 19 June (tomorrow) is Global Sickle Cell Centenary Celebration?  No, neither did I and neither, till today, did Kaduna State.

However Fantsuam Foundation has changed that.

I'm really proud to be part of this organisation that sees a need, respond to it, motivates people and makes something big happen.

Read on!