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Uganda's Sickle Cell Support Network

We Stand With Every
Sickle Cell Warrior.

Help a Sickler is a Uganda-based NGO dedicated to educating communities, sensitizing families, and providing care and medicine to sickle cell patients — especially those underprivileged in Uganda's rural areas.

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✓ 100% Non-Profit  ·  ✓ Uganda-Registered NGO  ·  ✓ Internationally Supported

Sickle cell warrior in Uganda
Active in 12 Regions
1,200+
Patients Registered
Across Uganda 📍
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EDUCATION
Breaking barriers through knowledge
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AWARENESS
Outgrowing the stigma, together
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MEDICINE
Reaching patients who need care most
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CARE
A shoulder for every rural sickler

Our Impact to Date

Numbers That Tell
the Real Story.

Since our founding, every effort has been measurable. Here is what Help a Sickler has achieved — and we are just getting started.

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Registered Patients
From 12 regions across Uganda
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Patients Impacted
Received medical support or care
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Regions Reached
And growing every quarter
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Community Members
Reached through awareness campaigns

Our Work

Four Pillars of Strength.

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Education

We run community workshops, school programmes, and digital campaigns teaching Ugandans about sickle cell disease — what it is, how it is inherited, and how to live well with it.

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Sensitization & Awareness

We partner with local leaders, healthcare workers, and faith communities to break the stigma that surrounds sickle cell. Because silence costs lives.

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Medicine & Screening

We facilitate access to early diagnostic screening, medication support, and specialist referrals for patients who cannot afford private healthcare.

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Care & Family Support

We connect sickle cell warriors and their affected families to counselling, support groups, nutritional guidance, and emergency care assistance.

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Why Us

Built From
Lived Experience.

Help a Sickler was not founded in a boardroom. It was born at a family bedside — from watching sickle cell take hold of someone we loved. That origin is our compass.

Rural-First Focus: We specifically target underprivileged patients in rural Uganda — the most underserved communities.

Family Origin: Born from the personal experience of sickle cell in our founder's own family.

Affected Families Network: Our network of affected families is the heart of our community — not just beneficiaries, but partners.

Transparent & Accountable: Every donation, every patient registered, every action — tracked and publicly reported.

Globally Supported: Backed by international well-wishers and partners, delivering local impact.

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We promise to be a shoulder for every sickler who is underprivileged from the rural areas of the country.

— EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HELP A SICKLER

✓ Uganda Registered NGO ✓ Internationally Supported ✓ Patient-First Always

Real Stories

From the Warriors Themselves.

These are real voices from sickle cell patients and their families across Uganda. Their stories are the reason Help a Sickler exists.

Grace N.
Grace N.
Kampala
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Before Help a Sickler found me, I did not know there were others like me nearby. The support group changed my life — I no longer feel ashamed of my condition.

Living with Sickle Cell Disease (SS Type)

David O.
David O.
Gulu
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My family could not afford the medication. Through Help a Sickler's programme, I received three months of medication free of charge. I am now back in school.

Living with Sickle Cell Disease (SS Type)

Agnes K.
Agnes K.
Mbale
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The awareness workshop in our village was the first time my mother-in-law understood why her grandchild suffers. That understanding was the beginning of healing.

Caregiver, family affected by SCD

Moses T.
Moses T.
Jinja
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I registered my daughter through the programme. Within two weeks, she had a specialist appointment that we had been trying to get for over a year.

Parent of a child living with SCD

Our Network

Partners & Supporters.

Help a Sickler works with organisations, medical institutions, and community groups who share our vision of a Uganda free from sickle cell stigma.

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Get Involved

Become a Well-wisher.
Change a Life.

You don't need a medical degree to help a sickler. Whether you volunteer your time, your skills, or your resources — every act of well-wishing is felt by real people in real pain.

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