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To provide help and support for the children of sufferers of sickle cell during school breaks and weekly sessions to give parents with long-termed illness a relief. The project will work close with local schools for positive impact for children and families economically and socially disadvantaged.
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Situation
We are partly funded for some of the services we provide. Our clientèle continue to increase each year and we find that the demand placed upon us has doubled our capabilities to handle. We have identified that the children of sufferers experience social and psychological effects of living with parents with SC disease. Our role as a provider includes the provision of a safe respite, social hub combined with domicilary/ outreach and advocate for fairness within educational establishments
Solution
We will work in the centre and within the community including school runs for the children whose parent/s are too ill. We support them at appointments with school counsellors. In winter, transportation pick ups increases as cold tends to trigger full SC crisis along with infections. The project will enable the children to interact with others with similar life experiences whilst providing an avenue to learn new skills, social development and motivate them to embrace life at school.