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Isaac Okello
Community Advocate Founder
Raising Hope International Friends
Plot 86 Bukoto (Umc Victoria Hospital Annex)
Kampala, Uganda
Isaac Okello is a Sickle Cell Advocate from Uganda. He is the Founder of Raising Hope International Friends (RHIF) – Sickle Cell Advocacy Organization. He plays a crucial role in designing strategic plan and implementation of the project at RHIF. He has been building a career as a driven Corporate Health Marketer for the last four years.
Isaac oversees all Sickle Cell Advocacy and Awareness Programs under RHIF. He supports and contributes immensely to improve quality of life of individuals living with sickle cell disease across the country.
He also liaises with community agencies and stakeholders to bring more awareness to this disease. Isaac Okello is passionate and committed to improving the living standards of young people, children and more so those affected with sickle cell disease who at times and often would get little or no attention.
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