Tanzania: Academy Offers Free Education to Albino Children

16 October 2010

Arusha — Children suffering from albinism, a skin disorder due to lack of protective melanin, are to be offered free education at Hady Academy in Arusha.

Already 20 of the kids, alongside with 28 orphans and children from poor families, have been enrolled at the school located at Sombetini suburb, south west of the municipality. James Muniko, the school head said the move was also intended to fight stigma among education institutions in admitting albino children.

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