Nkechi azinge biography examples

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Recently honoured, alongside 59 other youths across the commonwealth, by the Queen of England for her work with the Sickle Cell Community in Nigeria, Nkechi Azinge, founder of Sickle Cell Aid Foundation (SCAF), tells me about her work, her passion, her dreams, and the incredible moment she met with the Queen and other dignitaries at Buckingham Palace.

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Growing Up

Nkechi: I think my childhood experiences were pretty much like every other normal child.

Nkechi azinge biography examples

I have a sister, a twin sister with sickle cell, and it wasn't something I knew about when I was younger up until I was about 16. I just thought it was normal malaria or typhoid, but given that we were always in the same class, in the same school, we were always in the same pace.

I could see her fall most of the time and I used to wonder what was wrong with her, and how she could get better. I think to a large extent that shaped my experience as a child and ga