Eunice Owino, a person living with sickle cell disease in Kenya, is also a sickle cell disease advocate and the founder of the Sickle Cell Uhuru Trust, an organization working to build awareness about sickle cell disease, to teach management of the disease, and to emphasize the importance of care for people living with sickle cell disease in Kenya and around the world.

Owino’s work as an NCDI Poverty Advocacy Fellow focused on building awareness of sickle cell disease in Kenya and other areas of the world where the disease is prevalent. She was one the first eight advocates to join the NCDI Poverty Network’s Voices for PEN-Plus program, which launched in September 2023.

Owino is the regional coordinator for the African Congress on Sickle Cell Disease and serves on the Board of Directors for the Sickle Cell Federation of Kenya. She also represents Kenya in the East Africa Sickle Cell Alliance.