We are a nonprofit organisation made up of a dynamic group of people who have battled and overcome sickle cell disease whether as patients, caregivers or medical personnel directly involved with the disease.
Having endured the full ordeal during this time of living with sickle cell, we resolved to make life better for people with the same struggles and shed light on this disease that not many people were aware of or had the right information about.
In 2017, we started this organisation with the vision of reducing the morbidity and mortality rate of Sickle Cell patients through improved access to quality healthcare. We also set out to invest ourselves in activities relevant to holistic care, management and support of persons with sickle cell disease and their families.
Our desire is that our reach would go beyond Cameroon and into more African countries and beyond, all the while making more and more sickle cell patients’ lives easier and bringing awareness one person or community at a time.
Sickle Cell International Foundation seeks to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates of Sickle Cell patients by shrinking the prevalence and building communities of patients, caregivers, medics and many more who will all work to create value for each other.
Sickle Cell Disease is a hereditary and life-threatening condition that damages internal organs over time and affects the patients with bouts of pain crisis. This hereditary illness which lasts for all of one’s life takes an emotional, financial, and physical toll on the patients and their families.
We govern with high ethical standards and best practices with courage to do what is right.
We deeply care about the communities we create, the people we serve, and we look after each other.
Nchang Dick is a health advocate and entrepreneur passionate about the use of entrepreneurship to bridge the gap in quality healthcare disparities, particularly for people living with sickle cell.
This passion stems from a confluence of life circumstances; being affected by Sickle Cell and a knack for entrepreneurship. His experience and zeal to learn enables him to build institutions of excellence.
At the organisation, Nchang oversees the strategy and execution of the mission. He does this by maintaining the foundation’s partnerships with socially responsible companies, expanding operations to serve patients and caregivers in the wider community, maintaining the patient database, keeping track of trends and progress of patient health records, and nurturing relationships.
Nchang is a recent graduate of the African Leadership Academy. At ALA, he Chaired the Student Government- pioneering activities across campus aimed at fostering community among its 200+ student body representing over 40 nationalities.
By founding a student enterprise aimed at ensuring no student sleeps hungry, he provided a solution to the growing need for lightweight meals after-hours as students studied at night. This led him to introduce a successful line of low-cost nutritious meals which ultimately became the highest grossing student enterprise.
Allo Nicoline Ngwing is a Public Health consultant especially concerned with Sickle Cell case management and malaria case management.
Having served as a secondary school Biology teacher for a good number of years, she has also worked closely with the Ministry of Secondary Education in Cameroon.
She is passionate about following up people living with sickle cell; their nutrition, living conditions, environmental factors, and home management during pain crises.
Dr. Dharma is a renowned name with regards to Bone Marrow Transplant in India. He is currently the Senior Director and Head of the Bone Marrow Transplant Department at BLK Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi.
Having worked in several medical institutions in India as well as Canada, he has been widely recognised for his versatile and patient-centric approach.
Dr. Choudhary is equally a Life Member of the Indian Society of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine.
Emmanuel Murairi is experienced in Software and Web development. He uses his passion for technology and entrepreneurship to design tech solutions to solve problems and ignite the growth of businesses in his community.
At SCINTF, Emmanuel works with the creative team to design and maintain the organization’s website which serves as the central point of resources online.
Rachael Taylor’s expertise is in office management and organizational development and she is passionate about working to help discover talents and untapped potential. She is originally from Nigeria, and living in the United States.
Rachel has worked within different levels of administrative support and fundraising. Most recently, as a virtual business development manager.
At SCINTF, Rachael is a vital part of the team that ensures the foundation has the necessary funding to run smoothly and facilitates partnerships with other organisations.
