Story mother of 5 children with sickle cell

Hellen Amoding is a primary school teacher with 4 children having sickle cell disease. She is one of the beneficiary of our sickle cell clinic at Ngora Health Centre. Read the full story in today's The New Vision Page 40

Atapar Primary School

As we were seated in staff quarters talking to a teacher at Atapar Primary School in Ngora District who is a mother to five children with sickle cell the Head teacher sent one of the pupils to call us to his office.

What came to my mind was what had we done wrong, was it that because the teacher was in a staff meeting by the time we came, I was worried that we may have caused problems for the teacher.

As we went to his office we found an office full of teachers, he asked me with my colleague to sit in front of him. The choice confirmed my suspicion and I was ready to be grilled.

After the introductions he asked us why do we always deny them an opportunity to hear the sickle cell message, that we come and don't get to his office. Of course I defended myself.

He gave me an opportunity to speak to his teachers. I used the opportunity to enlighten them on how they can handle pupils with sickle cell disease. The school has a number of students with sickle cell disease.

The school has two teachers having sickle cell disease; one has 5 children and another teacher has one child.

The head teacher invited us to give a comprehensive sickle cell talk to his teachers and students.

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Group photo with teachers of Atapar Primary School