16 Days Activism: Meet 47-Year-Old Fitang Magdaleine: The Resilient and Courageous 35-Times Blood Donor to Survivors of Violence
Colbert Gwain, CEO of A Common Future, Bamenda-Cameroon Fitang Magdaleine donating blood With gun violence threatening an already lower blood supply in hospitals in Cameroon in general and the restive two English-speaking regions in particular, and with survivors of Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) often needing an adequate supply of blood where certain forms of abuse have occurred, being available to freely donate blood has never been an easy task. However, Mme Fitang Madeleine, a courageous 47-year-old woman from Njinikom in the Boyo Division of the North West Region of Cameroon stands in a class of her own. Understanding that blood was a life-saving commodity that wasn't coming cheap for hospitals to obtain, Mme Fitang Magdaleine, herself a Nurse by profession, quickly made the decision very early in her life to become a free blood donor. At A Common Future organization, we celebrate her resilience and courage during these 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence