THE PLIGHT OF PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM IN TANZANIA

People with Albinism are happy in other countries

While people with Albinism across the world are leading normal lives, its a different story to those that find themself dwelling in Tanzania.They find themself living in constant fear as they are hunted by human poachers who have been made to believe that parts of their body have magical value. These devils in human fresh believe that blood and organs of people with Albinism can be a good source of fast money. Many people point their fingers to  Witch Doctors who are said to ask their clients, who go to consult them so as to be made rich, to produce blood or organs of people with Albinism to be mixed with other concoctions to produce potions that will make them rich. It is these  barbaric and uncooth human being inspired by their greedy ends that are making our fellow brothers and sister to live as if they are alliens in this country.

A lady with Albinism suffering wounds aftre her hands were choped off in Kagera Region

Three years and so have passed since the plight of people with Albinism inTanzania was revealed across the World. My appreciations to Peter Ash and his NGO (http://www.underthesamesun.com/) for their dedication, care and support to people with Albinism in Tanzania.  However, besides this remarkable endavors, people with Albinism in Tanzania are not free--the situation has yet to change as they are still being killed, their organs are still being choped off and left to die in undefined agony. Their lives are in constant fear as they are not certain who are their real foes since there are incidedences where some family members, including parents, have been reported to have colluded with 'poachers' to harm them in their lust for fast money.

Father taking care of his child whose hand was recently choped off

The persistence of such killings and slicings is a clear manifestation of the gravity of the problem, hence the Government need to adopt vigorous campaigns that are dedicated to educate Tanzanians on the issue of Albinism whilst providing them with opportunities of accumulating wealth legally. On this terrain therefore, government efforts and the role of NGO, Religiuos institutions etc, should complement each other. Indeed, ignorance of few people should not be left to make other people live miserably.

source of pictures: https://www.google.co.tz/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=albinism+in+tanzania&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1366&bih=482&wrapid=tlif136198050914510&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=ZCwuUc6XE8aW0QXglYCwDg