Founded in 2003, we have been supporting organizations that are involved in educating the general public about sickle cell disease and those that are helping sickle cell patients and their families cope with the disease. Presently, we are working with our affiliate in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Any successful results will be incorporated into our best practice model and adopted in the USA and other countries around the world if funding is available.
Our goals are encompassed around creating, stimulating and fostering public awareness of Sickle Cell Disease. In particular, give assistance and support to organizations that.
Our mission is to make a difference to the health, livelihood, welfare, & lives of sickle cell patients in the USA, throughout Sierra Leone and elsewhere in the world by.
The Sickle Cell Anemia Relief Foundation (SCARF) is affiliated with the Sierra Leone Sickle Cell Society (SLSCS) in Freetown, Sierra Leone and the Sierra Leone Sickle Cell Disease Society (SLSCDS) based in London England.
Providing assistance and support to organizations that provide public, professional, as well as educational outreach programs and support in their locale For example, the SLSCS in Freetown, Sierra Leone (an organization that runs two clinics in Freetown) has been going to the various elementary and secondary schools (as well as at their two clinic locations), educating those who are not aware of the disease and teaching awareness of and management of the disease to those who suffer from, and those who give care, love, and provide solace and comfort to those who have and those who are carriers of the disease.