Nkechikwu Azinge (alongside Isaiah Owolabi, Kelvin Ogholi and Oladipupo Ajiroba ) was recently honored as a Queen's Young Leader in the inaugural awards which held in Buckingham Palace.
The awards were presented by the Queen of England to 60 exceptional young people from across the Commonwealth, who are taking the lead in their communities and using their skills to transform lives.
The awardees, aged between 18-29 years, were recognized for taking the initiative to support others, raise awareness and inspire change in different areas such as gender equality, education, disability equality, health and mental health, etc.
Nkechikwu Azinge is the founder of the Sickle Cell Aid Foundation (SCAF) in Nigeria. This foundation was established in 2010 with the aim of helping people with the hereditary blood disorder- Sickle Cell Anaemia.
The foundation encourages people to get tested to know their haemoglobin genotype, carries out free genotype tests and has set up Sickle Cell Clubs in schools to inform and educate young people.
So far this effort has reached over 17, 000 people across six area councils in Abuja.
Nkechikwu participated in a Question and Answer session with the Prime Minister, David Cameron, and undertook leadership and mentorship sessions at the University of Cambridge.
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