27 April 2022
Our first outreach, at The Good Shepherd Church
The month the foundation began, we held our first free outreach in Oke's honour.
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In loving memory
A beloved son and sickle cell warrior
On 18 December 2019, Okeoghene Samuel Eterigho passed away from complications of sickle cell disease. His family turned their grief into a mission: that no other family would face sickle cell alone.
In April 2022, his parents, Mr Sylvester and Mrs Erezi Joice Eterigho, started the Okeoghene Samuel Eterigho Sickle Cell Awareness Foundation so that his name would live on in every life the foundation touches.
“This foundation is more than an organisation; it is a legacy of love, hope, and resilience.”Mrs Erezi Joice Eterigho, his mother
Moments with Oke
The boy we remember
Oke's Day 2026
A day of free care at Emmanuel Anglican Church
Because 27 April 2026 fell on a Monday, we marked Oke's Day on Saturday 25 April with a free medical outreach in Ilasamaja, Lagos.
Volunteers wore their World Oke's Day T-shirts, and doctors, nurses and pharmacists cared for the community all day.
“On April 27th we celebrate the birthday of my dear son Okeoghene. He is late now, so this is more like a memorial for him.”Mrs Erezi Joice Eterigho, his mother, at Oke's Day 2026, wearing a T-shirt with Oke's face
Next Oke's Day
How we mark the day
Oke's Day through the years
World Oke's Day
Volunteers spread the word
Our team, in blue foundation T-shirts, rallies behind the Sickle Cell Awareness Campaign banner.
27 April 2025
Free outreach in Irri, Delta State
Free tests, medicines and reading glasses for Irri Community, held with Late Pa Matthew Utho's family.
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25 April 2026
Outreach at Emmanuel Anglican Church, Ilasamaja
Free tests, medicines and reading glasses, and a health talk for the whole congregation.
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Every gift on Oke's Day helps us give free care to another community, in his name.
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