10003 WARRIOR PROJECT

Magical Monday Motivation

2016-03-21T10:33:00.000+03:00

10003 WARRIOR PROJECT SICKLE CELL MOTIVATION MONDAY From the funniest man who ever lived... “As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”. As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even

Sickle Cell Warrior #17

2016-03-18T11:18:00.000+03:00

10003 Sickle Cell Warrior #17 Hi My name is Beverly and I am a class 6 pupil at Shiners Education centre. I learnt I have Sickle Cell Anaemia through my parents. When I was very young, my palms and feet got swollen for no reason and that's when my parents took me to the hospital for a diagnosis. They later found out that this was the "hand and foot" syndrome , a complication that occurs

Letter to A Warrior - Faith

2016-03-17T10:32:00.000+03:00

Beloved Warrior, In life, we have all weaved through and past hardships of different magnitude. We may have a lot things coming against us, and that life grows very difficult and pressure turns up. Worse off is the more we pray the worse it gets. For instance: We are doing the right thing but getting the wrong results We are treating people kindly and respectfully but they are being unkind to

SICKLE CELL WARRIOR #16

2016-03-11T08:29:00.000+03:00

10003 Warrior Project Sickle Cell Warrior #16 “The possibility to love another scared me; terrified me actually. Being a free spirit, apart of me is most alive when roaming, than I became a mother and for the first time I felt my heart live outside my body and that's the moment his laughter became my medicine.” ― Nikki Rowe A mother with her young Sickle Cell Warrior. We salute all the

SICKLE CELL WARRIOR #15

2016-02-16T11:25:00.000+03:00

Sickle Cell Warrior #15 Hi My name is Roy Omollo Otieno and I am 11 years old student in Kisumu county. I am day scholar due to having Sickle Cell Disease and very grateful that teachers and fellow students help me much to live a normal life while in school. I like to play with other kids normally but end up getting tired quickly so I watch on how much I do when it comes to

Sickle Cell Warrior #14

2015-12-04T12:11:00.000+03:00

10003 Warrior Project Sickle Cell Warrior #14Photo Credits : Paul Masamo Hi, My name is Joy Risper Omondi, I am 6 years old and I live and study in Kisumu County. I am the first born in our family and I have one brother who is almost 2 and also a Sickle Cell Warrior. I live with my parents and due to having Sickle Cell Disease I always feel like my parents are discouraged by

Letter To A Warrior

2015-09-25T07:00:00.000+03:00

Beloved Warrior , My prayer is that this letter will give a restoration of hope, fortification of faith, and strongly encourage you in believing that The Most High everyday has your best interests at heart. In life, we all have goals that we want to accomplish. But in the dynamics of daily life, more than often we are everyday being put through challenges. Challenges that might steal

Recipes: Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup

2015-09-24T09:25:00.000+03:00

Recipes: Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup With sickle cell disease, carrots and sweet potatoes can easily be staple foods due to their high density in energy, fiber & vitamins. Here is a simple bright recipe that uses them all flawlessly combined with some protein thrown in. Plus it’s vegan/vegetarian for those who’ve noticed that meats affect their symptoms. It’s a perfect dish for those days

VITAMIN A

2015-09-17T05:30:00.000+03:00

VITAMIN A Vitamin A was the first fat-soluble vitamin to be discovered…big surprise, as it’s named after the first letter of the alphabet! We obtain vitamin A from our diet in two forms: retinoids & carotenoids. Retinoids are the preformed vitamin A, meaning it’s readily active in the body; they’re found in foods of animal origin. On the other hand, carotenoids are the provitamins of

VITAMIN E

2015-09-10T05:30:00.001+03:00

Vitamin E is a vitamin that dissolves in fat, just like vitamins A, D and K. It is found in a variety of foods, so including it in your diet should be a breeze! It’s in foods like, cereals, corn, wheat germ, meat, poultry, eggs, soy beans, olives, nuts (almonds, cashew, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts & brazil nuts), sunflower seeds, spinach, fruits (avocado, mango, papaya & kiwi) and

10 SICKLE CELL BOOKS OF HOPE

2015-09-05T05:33:00.000+03:00

Human beings behave in the same way cars behave. When the fuel tank of a car is empty it will not move. In human being hope serves the same purpose as fuel in car. A person without hope cannot live because hope is 99% of our life. Most warriors get to a point in life when the hope levels have gone down. You need to refuel your hope and continue with this journey. There different hope

VITAMIN C - Ascorbic Acid

2015-08-13T10:56:00.000+03:00

Now, if you just started singing the nursery rhyme “‘A’ is for apple, ‘B’ for boy, ‘C’ for cat…where did ascorbic acid come in?”, you must have been that guy dozing in front of me in class or that chic passing notes about so & so’s crush on nani. So before you start questioning the title & I’m accused of speaking jargon, let’s talk about vitamin C a.k.a (also scientifically

IRON

2015-08-06T05:30:00.000+03:00

IRON is a trace element that is found in every living cell, both plants and animals. Iron is found in hemoglobin in red blood cells and in myoglobin in muscle cells. Non heme iron is dietary iron that is not associated with hemoglobin like in plants and other sources. Iron is important for oxygen transportation in the body. Hemoglobin is the oxygen carrying protein in blood. Myoglobin is the

NUTRITION - MYTHS & FACTS

2015-07-09T00:00:00.000+03:00

Is it a FACT or a FAD? These are two things we always tend to ask ourselves when it comes to what we eat. It is well known that eating right can extend lives, but what 'eating right' entails isn't always clear. What are some of the myths and facts of nutrition in our normal lives? Here are some lessons and facts to learn from and apply them in our day to day lives. Love

Sickle Cell Symptom #3 - PAIN

2015-07-08T11:30:00.000+03:00

This is a story of pain. Have you ever been in so much pain that you call out to the gods to take your life? Well, for 23 years I've been living with this kind of pain. My earliest memory was of feeling this tightness in my chest. At 4 years old, diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia and admitted for Pneumonia, I didn’t know what this discomfort was. Feeling the weight of the world on my chest,

ZINC

2015-07-02T06:15:00.000+03:00

ZINC Zinc is a micronutrient that is important for growth and development in our bodies. It is part of hundreds of enzymes and works with them as a cofactor to carry out various activities as well as with structural proteins and hormones. It is the second most abundant micronutrient in the body after iron. Zinc is found in all body organs with highest amounts in muscles and bones. Zinc is

FLUIDS

2015-05-29T08:43:00.005+03:00