MTS Sickle Cell Foundation

Led by Mapillar Dahn, MTS Sickle Cell Foundation is passionate about raising awareness of sickle cell disease as well as supporting families affected by SCD. MTS Sickle Cell Foundation's focus is to spread awareness of Sickle Cell Disease as well as support families affected by SCD. MTS Sickle Cell Foundation (MTSSCF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading awareness and enhancing the well­being of those affected by sickle cell disease (sicklers) and their families in the Greater Atlanta area. The foundation will form partnerships with healthcare professionals, Government agencies and programs, private institutions, and interested community groups for the management and eventual eradication of the sickle cell disease.Our purpose is to provide awareness, advocacy, and an educational system through community outreach. We will identify the needs and priorities of sickle cell families in need and empower such families and individuals with knowledge, skills and assistance to access services and support to meet their needs.Through repeated hospitalizations due to sickle cell complications and the shortage of support in the sickle cell community, many sicklers have lost faith in the possibilities that await them in a future of living with sickle cell disease. To accomplish this goal, sicklers must be in a caring, inclusive socio environment that promotes their best effort to live a full and healthy life.MTSSCF's goal is to foster a commitment to sicklers, young and old, that will promote pro-­social friendships, strong interpersonal skills, and reassert a sense of hope in the future. This empowerment will create a sense of individual responsibility that will give sicklers the commitment to follow through on a path to adulthood with a sense of pride and accomplishment.MTSSCF is an organization that is in direct response to the growing number of sickle cell families that are either seeking a support system or are not getting enough support from their current resources. The goal of the foundation is to identify sickle cell families who are in need of our services and offer a positive support system. The focus is slightly different at each level, depending on services needed, but the goal remains the same: empower sicklers and their families to make positive changes in their lives.Over time, MTSSCF will create a learning environment focusing on spreading awareness of sickle cell disease that will be an invaluable resource to sicklers, their families, and the community at large.