When Cape City teenager Jenna Lowe was identified with life-threatening Pulmonary Hypertension (PH), she didn’t merely turn out to be a affected person, she grew to become a lead activist bringing consideration to the illness.
In 2014, two years forward of her twenty first birthday, Jenna launched her profitable #GetMeTo21 social media marketing campaign to lift consciousness for this uncommon, life-threatening illness and to drive organ donation in South Africa.
Articulate, courageous and delightful, she touched individuals internationally, and the marketing campaign achieved worldwide acclaim.
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‘GET ME TO 21’ DOCUMENTARY
This shifting documentary options footage and interviews with lots of Jenna’s buddies, medical doctors, and household, together with Jenna’s mom Gabi who chronicled her daughter’s heroic odyssey with this poorly understood and staggeringly merciless medical situation in her best-selling memoir Get Me to 21.
Get me to 21 pays tribute to Jenna’s indomitable spirit, sharing insights on how the Lowe household discovered power and resilience as they confronted each dad and mom worse nightmare; firstly the medical practitioners that couldn’t diagnose Jenna’s situation after which had few, if any, remedies to supply.The Lowes didn’t settle for that helplessness. But PH is a merciless, degenerative situation and bizarre challenges of youth akin to writing matric grew to become particularly poignant as her household watched Jenna sitting in a wheelchair with oxygen assist determinedly writing her ultimate exams – she achieved straight A’s.
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M-Web’s channel Director of Premium Channels Waldimar Pelser says: “We’re profoundly moved by Jenna’s story, this lovely documentary and Jenna’s dedication to elevating consciousness for PH and organ donation. Her legacy is certainly one of hope and it deserves to succeed in a wider viewers. Jenna captivated social media communities, however this documentary is the way in which it needs to be informed. We’re delighted to carry this documentary to our viewers and assist preserve Jenna’s vital mission alive.”
JENNA LOWE NPO AND CLINIC
Jenna’s household began a not-for-profit organisation, the Jenna Lowe Belief, in her reminiscence. It helped to determine The Jenna Lowe PH Clinic at Groote Schuur, which presently helps round 600 PH sufferers as a result of earlier analysis means a greater high quality of life.
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Gabi Lowe says: “Jenna’s advocacy helped to impress extra engagement from the medical neighborhood to enhance PH care and accessibility to remedies. Get Me to 21 – The Jenna Lowe Story builds on her legacy of braveness and hope. Jenna’s story lives on and makes a distinction to different sufferers and their households.”
Get Me to 21 – The Jenna Lowe Story is directed by Diana Lucas and edited by Mary Berry. The documentary will broadcast on M-Web (DStv channel 101) on Saturday, 12 August at 20:30.
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