HannahJoyTV – In this episode of Journey Time, we meet Jeremiah “Jerry” Attaochu, a Nigerian American NFL player who’s using his platform to fight sickle cell and empower communities.
During this interview, Jeremiah shares how his mother encouraged him to start Glory’s Hope Sickle Cell Foundation, as he was inspired by his courageous sister, Glory, and her journey living with sickle cell anemia, an inherited red blood cell disorder that causes extreme pain.
Prior to joining the NFL and launching a nonprofit, Jerry overcame various obstacles, including surviving malaria as a child, immigrating to Washington, D.C. from Nigeria, getting bullied as a teenager, living in the basement of a church to growing up in underserved communities. In this #JourneyTime episode, Jerry talks about how his faith and family kept him going. He also shares how he unintentionally learned to play football in high school and ended up getting a scholarship to play at Georgia Tech.
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Today, the 2016 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Nominee is using his platform to help people through his nonprofit and community service. He is entering the 2019 season as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs Defense and looks forward to more growth along the journey.
Glory’s Hope Sickle Cell Foundation is a nonprofit that focuses on educating, supporting, developing, training, equipping and mentoring the unreached young Sickle Cell Disease patients/students with hope and the skills and knowledge needed to truly and successfully achieve their future dreams. To learn more about sickle cell or to get involved with Glory’s Hope Sickle Cell Foundation, visit here.
You can keep up with Jeremiah on instagram (@jattaochu97) here and twitter (@jattaochu45) here.