Next Generation Initiative

🌍 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! 😊 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁, 𝗐𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗀𝗅𝗈𝖻𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖲𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾 𝖢𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖣𝗂𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 (𝖲𝖢𝖣), 𝖺 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗌 𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗏𝗂𝖽𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗌 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾, 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝗂𝗇 𝖠𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇, 𝖢𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗇, 𝖬𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗇, 𝖬𝗂𝖽𝖽𝗅𝖾 𝖤𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖲𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝖠𝗌𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌. 🎗️ 𝖲𝖢𝖣 𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺 𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗀𝗇𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗌—𝗂𝗍’𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗃𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗍, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖲𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾 𝖢𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗂𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌, 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗉𝗂𝗌𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇 (𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝖾𝗋𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗌𝖾𝗌), 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗄 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗄𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌. 𝖫𝖾𝗍’𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗈: 📌 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗖𝗗 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮𝘀. 📌 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. 📌 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗖𝗗 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀. 📌 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵. 📌 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲-𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗖𝗗. 💪 𝖨𝗍’𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾. 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗋𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝖲𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾 𝖢𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗒 𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗏𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗅. 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍, 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖲𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾 𝖢𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗇, 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽. 𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗌𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌. #𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 #𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗈 #𝗌𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 #𝗌𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 #𝗌𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗋𝗌 #𝗌𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖺𝖽𝗏𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾 #𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗀𝗆𝖺

Today is World Sickle Cell Day!!! 💃 A day where we recognize & celebrate the strength, courage, resilience & endurance of people living with SCD. 💪🏻 To our warriors, we see you and we acknowledge you today!!! 👆👌 To the general public, today is a good day to: 📌 Know Your Genotype…don’t pass this on to the next generation 📌 Be empathetic towards warriors…not pity 📌 Know & share the right information about SCD 📌 Be a support system for warriors 📌 Stop the stigmatization of warriors Happy World Sickle Cell Day!!! 💃💃💃 Go ahead and tag some warriors in the comments and celebrate their strength!!! 👇👇👇 #nextgenerationinitiative #chinexigho #june19 #worldsicklecellday #sicklecellawareness #sicklecelladvocacy #sicklecellwarrior #sicklecelldisease

Good morning and welcome to another week! Living with Sickle Cell Disease presents unique challenges and triumphs every day. From managing pain crises to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, each choice we make impacts our journey. Dear warriors, let’s know your responses to “This or That”; and if you have reasons behind these choices, let us know too. This is a way to get different perspectives of warriors as they share experiences and tips for living our best lives with SCD. Your choices can help others find new ways to cope and thrive. Together, we’re stronger! 💪❤️ ICYMI…JUNE 19th is WORLD SICKLE CELL DAY!!! 📌📌📌 Do you want more content like this? Let us know in the comments 👇 #nextgenerationinitiative #chinexigho #sicklecellawareness #sicklecelladvocacy #worldsicklecellday #livingwithsicklecell

Good morning and welcome to another week! Living with Sickle Cell Disease presents unique challenges and triumphs every day. From managing pain crises to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, each choice we make impacts our journey. Dear warriors, let’s know your responses to “This or That”; and if you have reasons behind these choices, let us know too. This is a way to get different perspectives of warriors as they share experiences and tips for living our best lives with SCD. Your choices can help others find new ways to cope and thrive. Together, we’re stronger! 💪❤️ ICYMI…JUNE 19th is WORLD SICKLE CELL DAY!!! 📌📌📌 Do you want more content like this? Let us know in the comments 👇 #nextgenerationinitiative #chinexigho #sicklecellawareness #sicklecelladvocacy #worldsicklecellday #livingwithsicklecell

DAY THIRTEEN 📌📌📌 SCD affects both physical and mental health due to chronic pain, frequent hospitalizations, and other stressors. Mental health support is essential for warriors to cope with the emotional aspects of SCD. For our warriors, how do you bring yourself out of the wrong/sad emotional state brought about by sickle cell disease? 🤔 Like, comment and share this to educate your circle!!! 💪🏻 See you tomorrow! 😊✌️ #nextgenerationinitiative #mythsvsfacts #scdmythsvsfacts #scdmyths #scdfacts #sicklecellawareness #sicklecelladvocacy

DAY TWELVE 📌📌📌 Myth: SCD can be transmitted through blood donation. Fact: Blood donation is safe for individuals living with SCD to receive, and donated blood undergoes rigorous screening to ensure its safety. SCD cannot be transmitted through blood transfusions. Blood transfusion is very important as it saves warriors from extreme complications from sickle cell crises. To the general public, we urge you to please donate blood! 🩸 To warriors, when last did you receive a blood transfusion? Let us know in the comments! 👇👇👇 Like, comment and share this to educate your circle!!! 💪🏻 See you tomorrow! 😊✌️ #nextgenerationinitiative #mythsvsfacts #scdmythsvsfacts #scdmyths #scdfacts #sicklecellawareness

DAY ELEVEN 📌📌📌 SCD does not affect intelligence. With access to education, support and community, warriors can achieve academic success and pursue fulfilling careers. Like, comment and share this to educate your circle!!! 💪🏻 See you tomorrow! 😊✌️ #nextgenerationinitiative #mythsvsfacts #scdmythsvsfacts #scdmyths #scdfacts #sicklecellawareness #sicklecelladvocacy

DAY TEN 📌📌📌 SCD is a genetic disorder caused by inheriting abnormal haemoglobin genes from both parents. It is not a punishment or curse, but rather a biological condition. Warriors, ignore those cultures or those saying that SCD is a result of a curse or punishment. Do you still hear these kinds of statements? If yes, what do you do/what is your response? 🤔 Tell us in the comments. 👇 Like, comment and share this to educate your circle!!! 💪🏻 See you tomorrow! 😊✌️ #nextgenerationinitiative #mythsvsfacts #scdmythsvsfacts #scdmyths #scdfacts #sicklecellawareness #sicklecelladvocacy

DAY NINE 📌📌📌 With proper medical care and monitoring, many women with SCD can have successful pregnancies. It should be noted that pregnancy in women with SCD requires specialized care to manage potential complications. Do you know any warrior mothers? 🤔 Tag them and celebrate them in the comments. 👇 Like, comment and share this to educate your circle!!! 💪🏻 See you tomorrow! 😊✌️ #nextgenerationinitiative #mythsvsfacts #scdmythsvsfacts #scdmyths #scdfacts #sicklecellawareness #sicklecelladvocacy

DAY EIGHT 📌📌📌 Warriors may have some protection against severe forms of malaria, but they are still susceptible to the disease and require preventive measures when travelling to malaria-endemic regions. 🚨Note that this is a general rule and may not be so in the life of every warrior. Dear warrior, when last did you have malaria and how severe was it? 🤔 Let us know in the comments. 👇 Like, comment and share this to educate your circle!!! 💪🏻 See you tomorrow! 😊✌️ #nextgenerationinitiative #mythsvsfacts #scdmythsvsfacts #scdmyths #scdfacts #sicklecellawareness #sicklecelladvocacy