When Ijeawele was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, her father took to his heels.  He abandoned her, her brother, Chinedu and their mother. It is a touching survival story of a young man, Chinedu, dealing with his mother’s death, the sickle cell anemia disease plaguing his sister and crime option to pay for the mounting bills. Many award organizers have hailed this heartfelt story from a small village in Nigeria as genuinely moving.