Next-Gen Project

The Next-Gen project will empower 10,000 secondary school students, teachers’ community heads and members with accurate knowledge about sickle cell disorder, and right genotype screening. Targeting adolescents and teenagers, the Next-Gen project is dedicated to empowering the next generation with the knowledge they need to make responsible decisions about their future, particularly as they approach reproductive age. We are also working with local schools to incorporate Sickle Cell Disorder education into their curriculum.

This initiative will help drive long-term, sustainable efforts to address the challenges of SCD at the grassroots level, ensuring that future generations grow up with the awareness and tools they need to prevent and manage this condition. Spanning March 2026 to December 2026, this program aims to reach 10,000 young persons across five community secondary schools across South-Western Nigeria. Programme activities include high-visibility institutional advocacy campaigns, community engagement, genotype screening exercises. Additionally, it provides professional genetic counselling services and critical medical care support for indigent students discovered to be living with the condition. These interventions empower students with the accurate biological data needed to make informed, responsible reproductive decisions in the future.

The financial requirement to implement this vital education project is ₦5,000,000 ($3,570) per academic institution. You can directly safeguard the future of these young families through a focused donation. We suggest a donation of ₦5,000,000 ($3,570) to fully sponsor the sensitization programme at one university.