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Dialogue on albinism underway

People with Albinism are living in fear and are still facing lot of challenges which includes discrimination for their skin colour.

MBOMBELA – The human rights commission in the province will be conducting a dialogue on albinism at Tshwane University of Technology(TUT) today.

The aim of the dialogue is to talk about challenges faced by people living with albinism in the country.

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Mpumalanga News learnt that a majority of people with Albinism lives in fear and face lots of challenges including discrimination for their colour while some are often perceived as a curse and some killed for different rituals.

This was also revealed during the official re-launched of Albinism Forum by the Nguni Cluster of the Mother’s union in the Anglican Church of South Africa at St’ Mathias Anglican Church in Barberton.

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