Health Hazards of Albinism by Lucy Oladipo, a PWA.

Though she is of marriageable age, Ada (not real name), a person with albinism (PWA), and lives alone in one room rented house, in...

Pan African Albinism Conference in Tanzania

They arrived country by country. Some, as a group, others individually. The large number of    Persons with Albinism (PWA) arrivi...

Facts About Living with Albinism

Living with albinism can bemost challenging; the health challenges of albinos arenumerous. Albinos are very susceptible to specific heal...

Living with albinism in South Africa

Albinism, a congenital disorder in which people lack colour pigmentation in their skin, hair and eyes, affects about one in every 20,0...

“Each of us is a treasure”: Edward Snowden writes a letter to a girl living with albinism in Malawi

Edward Snowden wrote a letter to Annie Alfred, a 10-year-old child living with albinism in Malawi. Alfred  is one  of 7,000-10,000 ...

History of International Albinism Awareness Day

June 13 was chosen as International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD) since it was on that day in 2013 that the UN adopted its first ever res...

Live of Albino Girls in Tanzania

A woman in high-wasted khaki pants told the congregation that during her work in Tanzania she has come across a phenomenon of albino girls...