Adekunle Gold don commit twenty thousand dollars to support organisations wey dey stand for people wey dey live with sickle cell disease, as di singer also open up on how one crisis put am inside wheelchair mid-flight.
Di Afrobeats star, wey dem also sabi as Adekunle Kosoko, announce di fund through im foundation, wit backing from PESA. Four groups go benefit from di money: Sickle Cell Advocacy Management Initiative for Nigeria, Not Just You for Canada, Sickle Life for Ghana, and It Takes A Village for United Kingdom.
Punch Newspapers and Arise News report say each of di organisations dey work to support people wey sickle cell disease touch, and to help dem reach care, resources and di kind help wey dem need.
Adekunle Gold, wey be sickle cell warrior himself, talk say di money na only starting point. For di post wey he share, he yan say: “The fight against sickle cell is bigger than any one person or foundation. There’s still so much work to be done, and so many lives waiting to be changed. We cannot do it alone.”
He add say: “With PESA’s support, we’re starting with twenty thousand dollars.”
Di announcement follow one account wey LEADERSHIP Newspapers carry, where di singer describe how sickle cell crisis put am inside wheelchair mid-flight. Dat account and di new fund show two side of di same matter: wetin patients dey face, and wetin one artiste dey try do about am.
Di money no be awareness talk alone. E go direct to groups wey dey do ground work inside di sickle cell community, dey support patients and dia families for dia everyday life. Di plan na to help di wider work wey di organisations don dey do, even though di amount wey dem dey start with na twenty thousand dollars.
