About Us
PROFILE OF THE IMPLEMENTING
ORGANISATION:
SICELLA
Foundation is a registered Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Ghana to
create awareness, educate, identify, address, support people with sickle cell
disease, promote SCD status checking and ultimately decrease the sickle cell
traits and prevent the sickling cell disease in the community and country at
large.
We
also purpose to create a social change by;
● Educating youth on the principles of mother to child transmission
● Educating mothers and youth on the principles of safe parenting
and child survival
● Encouraging and promoting individual health status checking on
various conditions
● Educating members on life style diseases and its prevention
● Prevention and treatment of genetic health conditions
● Educating members on the principles of healthy lifestyles
● Prevention and management of genetic health conditions
As
we plan and implement our program, we understand that community involvement and
participation are essential to achieving long term success and sustainability.
VISION
A
community where all members know about the sickle cell disease, their
individual sickling status and matching hence having a community free of sickle
cell disease and reduced sickle cell trait.
MISSION
The
mission of this organization is implementing effective and sustainable
education, awareness project to break the sickling chain in Ghana.
AIMS/OBJECTIVES
- To
reduce sickling disease and its mortality rate through provision of
effective health education and training.
- Establishment
of sickling support groups in schools, colleges and
communities to share developmental ideas and discuss problems
associated with stigmatization and problems that affect health
- Establishment
of electrophoresis services throughout the country
- Collaborate
and network with potential partners among NGOs, donors and other institutions in order to mobilize
resources to address the need and concern of the disadvantaged SCD victims
- Increase
awareness and promote positive health behaviours
- Providing
outreach programs and counseling services
- To
promote the use of health care facility on the onset of an abnormality
- To
carry out research pertaining to genetic diseases
- To
raise fund and receive contribution where appropriate to finance the work
- Encourage
the checking of sickling status in various Secondary and Tertiary
Institution prior to admission.
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