Today, we officially kicked off Week 1 of our School-Based Sickle Cell Awareness and Sensitization Program at Bishop Phillips Academy, Oyesina Model Secondary School, and Ikolaba High School. 🎓 It was an inspiring beginning to our project, “Know Your Genotype, Know Your Power,” empowering students with knowledge to make informed health decisions. 6 Schools 🏫30 […]
January 16, 2026, marked a major milestone for our School-Based Sickle Cell Project — Know Your Genotype, Know Your Power. We successfully convened a stakeholders’ meeting that brought together key partners committed to driving awareness and early education. đź“Ś Project Highlights: This initiative is proudly led by Seyifara Foundation, in collaboration with the Oyo State […]
Sickle cell disease is preventable through awareness and informed decision-making.The Seyifara Foundation, in collaboration with the Oyo State Ministry of Health 🏥 and the Oyo State Ministry of Education, Science & Technology, is implementing a school-based sickle cell awareness initiative across selected secondary schools in Oyo State.đź“Ť This program empowers students with accurate knowledge of […]
Oyo State Government and Seyifara Foundation have raised the alarm over the scale of preventable suffering associated with sickle-cell disease in the country, calling for compulsory genotype awareness, pre-marital counselling and early education beginning from secondary school. The foundation also appealed to the National Assembly to consider legislation on sickle cell disease that would encourage collaboration between relevant […]
