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Tables for the KRC Originally uploaded by Dadamac Community Wednesday's weekly online meeting was a timely and informative affair this week. The Nigerian team were able to introduce Ladi, the newly appointed Knowledge Resource Centre officer to the UK team. Kelechi, the Director of the Fantsuam Academy is currently responsible for her orientation and training and appears to be doing a formidable job and left with Ladi after the meeting to continue with her induction. Much of the hour was spent learning more about the planned UN Sickle Cell awareness day. The UK shared with the team the press release...

Invitation to Sickle Cell Global Awareness Day Originally uploaded by Dadamac Community Dadamac's invitation to the UN Sickle Cell Awareness Day which has been organised by Fantsuam Foundation and its partners. Friday June 18th 2010 Event in rural North Central Nigeria in the words of local organiser John Dada "Fantsuam Foundation is laying on a local event to mark the day. It will raise awareness, provide free screening for 500 children under 5 years of age, and distribute folic acid and multi-vitamins. This is the first time ever for people around Kafanchan to receive free screening for sickle cell disease...

Meeting of Sickle Cell Disease Members Originally uploaded by Dadamac Community SICKLE Cell Disease is an agonising blood condition which affects one in every four West Africans. While it is generally controlled in the western world, a lack of medication and funding in Africa means that victims will regularly die.

Students at the Community Communication Center Originally uploaded by Dadamac Community The Community Communication Centre (CCC) at Fantsuam Foundation has once again come in for some richly-deserved recognition. The centre was funded by the Nigerian Government and, at the end of May, was the subject of an inspection by visitors from the Nigerian Communications Commission (the country's regulator of Communications). On their previous visit, the inspectors had hailed the CCC as "a Flagship. This time, an external technical expert was sent to conduct an objective assessment of the CCC. The inspector said he had visited 27 such centres and that...

Wednesday's weekly online meeting between the UK and rural Nigeria came up against a familiar enemy - connectivity problems. Initially things looked bleak as we faced a long time delay with receiving and sending Skype messages. However, following a quick exchange of SMS messages the meeting was finally able to start, allowing John Dada to appear online for half an hour to bring us up to date with the latest news. We were pleased to hear that the ESSPIN programme is now well underway and are looking forward to seeing the photos. John also informed us that preparations for the...