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Share Hope! Help me help People with Albinism in Tanzania
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Hi all,
I am inspired to do something really good in the world, and I'd like you to help me.
I found out through Friendly Water for the World that people with albinism are found throughout Africa, especially in the eastern and central regions. A lack of skin pigmentation results in people appearing white, with skin burning easily in the equatorial sun, and often with severely impaired eyesight.
The physical condition would itself be difficult enough to manage, but worse is the social situation in which people with albinism find themselves. For people with albinism, especially in Tanzania, live in constant fear. While in certain countries such as Rwanda, where people with albinism are simply ostracized, in Tanzania they are hunted, killed, and dismembered, as some communities believe that possession of bones and body parts from people with albinism can lead to wealth. More than 100 people with albinism are killed and gruesomely mutilated in Tanzania each year. It should be noted that many are killed while walking to gather water for their households.
Since they have no way of protecting them in their own communities, the Tanzania government has chosen to collect people with albinism in camps. Conditions in the camp are awful! Kenedy Mahili and Obed Gidion, Friendly Water for the World's representatives in Mwanza, visited the largest camp in the Lake Region and found that unemployment among the 2,500 people with albinism (plus family members who are not so afflicted) is virtually 100%. People are constantly sick. There is massive water scarcity, and it is not unheard of that people would walk 15 kilometers roundtrip to find water. There have been attacks on people of albinism when going for water, or simply using the bushes to relieve themselves. Typhoid and bacterial dysentery are common, and almost universal. Life expectancy is short; child mortality is high. When I red this for the first time I knew I had to help.
That's why I created a fundraiser to support Friendly Water for the World. Friendly Water is planning to provide training to nine groups of people with albinism in fabricating, distributing, installing, and maintaiining BioSand Filters. This will make it possible for each group of 25-30 people to set up a small enterprise to sell the Filters, while providing clean water for their own families and the 2,500 households in their community. Programs will spread to other camps as well, and people with albinism will begin to be reintegrated into the larger community.
So I need your help! Check out my fundraising page and
please consider making a donation to help me reach my goal of
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Your support will make a real difference. I appreciate your help! Happy ThanksGiving!
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I just started a fundraiser for Friendly Water! Help me reach my goal of providing training in Tanzania to nine groups of people with albinism in fabricating, distributing, installing, and maintaining BioSand Filters. This will make it possible for each group of 25-30 people to set up a small enterprise to sell the Filters, while providing clean water for their own families and community. Programs will spread to other camps as well, and people with albinism will start to be reintegrated into communities.: #hashtag
