{"id":35341,"date":"2023-04-02T12:03:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T09:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=35341"},"modified":"2023-04-02T12:04:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T09:04:40","slug":"1000-people-grace-fortebet-jinja-sickle-cell-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/02\/1000-people-grace-fortebet-jinja-sickle-cell-run\/","title":{"rendered":"1,000 People Grace Fortebet-Jinja Sickle Cell Run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortebet, Uganda\u2019s betting giant has continued to show its commitment to saving the lives of Ugandans living with sickle cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this line, Fortebet committed a whole 15 million shillings to fighting the deadly disease, part of which was used to organize the run on Sunday last weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Running-to-save-a-sicke-cell-life.jpg\" alt=\"Running to save a sicke cell life\" class=\"wp-image-35342\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Running-to-save-a-sicke-cell-life.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Running-to-save-a-sicke-cell-life-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Running-to-save-a-sicke-cell-life-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Running-to-save-a-sicke-cell-life-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This money was handed over to Raising Hope International Friends, an organisation that works hand-in-hand with the government of Uganda to fight the scourge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Available information indicates that 20,000 babies are born with sickle cell every year. Unfortunately, due to inadequate treatment and care, 80% of them die before the age of 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Raising-Hope-ED-Isaac-Okello-speaks-as-Busoga-first-deputy-Ahmen-Noor-Muhangi-look-on.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Raising-Hope-ED-Isaac-Okello-speaks-as-Busoga-first-deputy-Ahmen-Noor-Muhangi-look-on.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Raising-Hope-ED-Isaac-Okello-speaks-as-Busoga-first-deputy-Ahmen-Noor-Muhangi-look-on-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Raising-Hope-ED-Isaac-Okello-speaks-as-Busoga-first-deputy-Ahmen-Noor-Muhangi-look-on-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Raising-Hope-ED-Isaac-Okello-speaks-as-Busoga-first-deputy-Ahmen-Noor-Muhangi-look-on-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is very worrying and is the main reason we came on board to save lives,\u201d said Alex Muhangi, Fortebet Brand Ambassador talking to the runners shortly after the run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The run was graced by Busoga first deputy prime minister, Ahmed Noor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muhangi-in-the-middle-of-the-run.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35344\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muhangi-in-the-middle-of-the-run.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muhangi-in-the-middle-of-the-run-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muhangi-in-the-middle-of-the-run-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muhangi-in-the-middle-of-the-run-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Fortebet-rewarded-the-best-runners-with-a-number-of-gifts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Fortebet-rewarded-the-best-runners-with-a-number-of-gifts.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Fortebet-rewarded-the-best-runners-with-a-number-of-gifts-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Fortebet-rewarded-the-best-runners-with-a-number-of-gifts-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Fortebet-rewarded-the-best-runners-with-a-number-of-gifts-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fortebet, Uganda\u2019s betting giant has continued to show its commitment to saving the lives of Ugandans living with sickle cell. In this line, Fortebet committed a whole 15 million shillings to fighting the deadly disease, part of which was used to organize the run on Sunday last weekend. This money was handed over to Raising [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":35347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27983"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35346,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35341\/revisions\/35346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}