ulemavu wa ngozi laana “Albinism the curse” How much does one think they know about the albino people and what they have to go through in life? This paper goes through the life of an albino and shows how much danger they are in and how many people think completely different of the albino people. They believe that their lives are only worth $75,000 dollars and are willing to kill them. Also, different people believe that albinos can bring riches and prosperity or even be a curse to them. Lastly, there are organizations that are helping the albino people by providing them shelter and education. What needs to happen is to educate other people about the actual definition of albinism. The killing of albinos is a major issue in third world countries. …show more content…
At the young african leaders initiative summit president Obama was told about how the people with albinism lived in africa by a girl who called herself Jen she said, “Persons with albinism in Africa are being killed and their body parts harvested for ritual purposes,”. After stating that she gave a personal request to Obama. Jen said “My request to you is to raise this issue with heads of state of African countries to bring these atrocities to an end”.His response was “When I was in Africa, I said, there are important traditions and folkways that need to be respected that’s part of who each culture is, each country is, but there’s also foolish traditions and old ways of doing business …, The notion that any African would discriminate against somebody because of the color of their skin, after what black people around the world have gone through, is crazy”. Obama is not very fond of what is going on and is in full support to stop that old tradition. He also answered the sensitive question with a great result which had left everyone in the room clapping and cheering at is answer. Obama is not the only person to speak up to albinism.With the help of different organizations who are raising awareness for the albinos people will be more educated on what albinism is and stop all the killings for it. One organization is Under the Same Sun or (UTSS). UTSS mission is “We help people with the genetic condition of albinism overcome often deadly discrimination through advocacy and education”. UTSS is another organization just like Milton Hershey school who help the less