Our 8 warrior heroine we are celebrating tonight is Samira Sanusi
Going through a difficult situation and triumph over it is joyous. It takes an individual with rare character to spend 7 years in hospital and undergo 28 surgeries and being cured of sickle cell disease through bone marrow transplant to care about people with sickle cell disease.
Going through a difficult situation and triumph over it is joyous. It takes an individual with rare character to spend 7 years in hospital and undergo 28 surgeries and being cured of sickle cell disease through bone marrow transplant to care about people with sickle cell disease.
Samira Sanusi is a Nigerian writer and Sickle Cell awareness advocate. Samira is the Founder and President of the Samira Sanusi Sickle Cell Foundation, an Abuja-based NGO. She is also the Director PR for Water for Sustainable Living Initiative. Samira is the author of an award winning memoir “S is for Survivor”, about her personal experiences with Sickle Cell Anemia and getting cured. Samira is also the author of “I Wrote This For You” a collection of prose, poetry, philosophical quotes and short essays.
Through her foundation Samira Sanusi Sickle Cell Foundation raises funds for organizations and clinics that provide Sickle Cell patients with care, aid, and treatment. Its focus also includes creating awareness on the cure for Sickle Cell disease and finding ways to make it accessible for patients in Nigeria.
Her foundation has run a number of campaigns like know yours sickle cell status, warrior not sickler, clothing Drive for sickle cell where they give clothing to support sickle cell warriors in IDP camps and other rural areas.
Samira graduated with a degree in Business Administration from Trident University International. She was named among 100 Arewa influential people
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