"Peace starts at home. Albino children need to be accepted by their family first, then the village and finally the government," says Anglican Martha Mganga, director and founder of Albino Peacemakers, a non profit organisation based in Arusha, Tanzania. Martha has been educating families about albinism and rescuing people in danger for almost 30 years.
The first United Nations designated International Albinism Awareness day on 13 June is expected to bring over 20,000 people to Arusha. Albinism is a genetically inherited condition where the pigment that normally gives colour to skin, eyes and hair is absent. Tanzania has one of the highest rates of albinism in the world with one in 1,400 people having the condition and a total estimate of 33,000 people.
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