Writings of Olabanji Joel

#My_mind: Do you know Sickle Cell Disease Patient are the strongest set of people living on earth. While I was young, I had no idea what sickle cell disease was but I know they were referred to as "sicklers". I get scared when I know anyone is a sickler (reason for being scared is unknown), I didn't make friends with them, I didn't play with them and I called them eggs because they aren't strong at all (bad me), all these actions towards sickle cell patients were as a result of not knowing about the Disease condition and all these continued till I finished secondary school. On getting to higher institution, first time I got to know that there was a sickle cell patient in our hostel scared me and I was like what's all this. It was during this period I saw the way sickle cell disease patient struggled to survive, the crisis, the pains, the emotional distress and psychological impact of the disease, the physical deformity etc. Well aside from learning abo...

#By Someone involved#............ Over 300,000 babies are born with the sickle cell disease every year from 821.917 births per day. Sickle cell disease still remains one on the most prevalent genetic disease on the world. Sickle Cell Disease Can be totally prevented based on our actions, Sickle Cell Crisis can be controlled to the minimum based on our actions, it's not what a single person can't do, all these can be done collectively. The question that arises now is how can you and I play our part in helping reduce the number of children born with SCD every year. Well it is quite simple just a simple medical test and a simple sacrifice is all that is needed. A geneotype check which can be done in any standard hospital or a good diagnostic centre near you. Then in case of a mismatch make the best decision not just for yourself but for your children unborn. Still you might ask what if I already have a child with SCD what can I do? Simply be the best parent you can be to that...

Little things make big days Inspired to write when I saw Fatanmi Victor A. (CEO/Co Founder of Fourth Canvas) being invited for a program at the great Channels TV which is the number one TV station in Nigeria. Quote "Little things make big days" isn't just a quote to look away from, things we might have been doing or the little things we might have done at the past will determine what our future will be. I can remember about 10years ago when this young man (Fatanmi Victor) was doing some designs such as crowns, banners, drawings etc during the school's inter house sport, he didn't even know he was going to be known for his designs later in life. He was not the only one making the designs then but think about it, what about others? Some stopped and ventured into something else which they are happy doing now, some gave up on designs, some gave up on life while some are still determined to make it legitimately, even some are not ready to start small anymore but...