Our 8 warrior heroine we are celebrating today is Lea Kilenga. They always say in sickle cell every case is different but you will not understand that statement until you meet Lea and learn how she lives her life on alkaline foods. You may try it and fail but for Lea it’s a success and it shows how every sickle cell case is different.
Lea is a sickle cell advocate from Kenya who started Warrior 10003 Project that creates sickle cell awareness one face at a time. Lea has profiled a number of sickle cell warriors, told their stories and brought them to the front pages to show that sickle cell really exist in Kenya. With every photograph and story posted, she hopes to give a voice to the voiceless that are only heard in closed circles and in hospitals (if they are fortunate enough). Lea is aiming at creating a new outlook on SCD, not as an obstacle but as an opportunity to expand and grow.
Lea founded a nonprofit African Sickle Cell Organisation which on February 3rd 2018 collaborated with Isuzu East Africa and Taita Taveta First Lady Stellah Samboja to launch Sickle Cell Anaemia awareness campaign at Rekeke Model Health Centre in Taveta where 50 warriors will benefit full NHIF cover where they will be able to access the medical treatment for free.
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