By Paul Ndiho
December 29, 2010
Mali is one of West Africa’s poorest countries, but it has started a solar power revolution in the countryside, promoting clean energy to improve the lives of women, reduce poverty and safeguard the environment.
These women in rural Mali are involved in effort to meet the country’s energy needs while protecting the environment. They’ve left their old jobs of cutting down forests, and started their own community plant nurseries instead.
“Now the forest is re-growing and our work does not take as much effort as chopping down trees.”
Fanta Cisse and other women in Mali’s remote forest regions are receiving financial and technical assistance to start the plant farms through a government project, backed by the World Bank. The project has placed about 874,000 hectares of land under the management of community groups to produce a sustainable supply of wood for cooking and heating.
“Most of the women are leaving the exploit of forest wood for the nursery which is producing trees and vegetables and they make more with less effort and the forests are preserved.”
Toure Cheick, a Malian Energy and Electrification official, says the project is also making life safer for women and children around the country.
“Cooking fumes are a major health problem for one point six million women and children around the world who get sick or die from them annually; this corresponds to 38,100 women and children in Mali a year.”
Mali's energy project is broad-based, supporting the production of improved cooking stoves. And this solar power station in Kimparana is the first of its type and scale in West Africa. Solar power now provides light for nearly nine-thousand homes and buildings in Mali. 40-year-old welder Sinna Bagayogo lives in Kimparana.
“It’s made it possible to work here; we used to have to go to another town.”
The solar power station, he says, is providing the energy he needs to operate his business closer to home. Analysts say that Mali’s renewable energy initiative will improve the lives of more than 70 percent of Mali's people who depend on subsistence agriculture.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
GEOTHERMAL POWER IN KENYA
By Paul Ndiho
December 29, 2010
Kenya, facing an acute energy crisis, is expanding its use of geothermal energy, with the help of multi-national cooperations.
Outside of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, the landscape around Naivasha town looks like a modern day snakes-and-ladders set. It's all part of the steel infrastructure of the Olkaria Geothermal Power Station, located in a national park where giraffes graze close to the fence, unfazed by the whirr of power-producing turbines. The power stations here at Olkaria produce 163 megawatts, 13 per cent of Kenya’s total generating capacity.
“The project started by United Nations Development Program that funded the first exploration; the service exploration which means geochemistry, geology, geophysics, environment and heat from measurements. And it is from that study that Olkaria was identified for the first exploration wells."
In Africa's vast landscape, finding the best places to drill for geothermal energy can be challenging.
“We have encouraged the scientists working in the geothermal development to come up with more accurate data and data that can be combined so that the risk of a fail drilling is now less; and that greatly reduces the cost of geothermal exploitation.”
With its high oil prices, coupled with drought and population spikes, much of Africa is facing an acute energy crisis.
“The longer Rift Valley of East Africa, there are thousands of megawatts of proven potential for geothermal power generation. It is a clean and increasingly cheap source of energy that also provides countries with inability to become less dependent on world plus a few markets and to develop their domestic capacity to generate power for their people and their economies in the future.”
Olkaria Geothermal Power Project is next to farms that produce some of the finest flowers in the world.
“Here in Kenya we have very hot days but also very cold nights, so when we get the cold nights the relative humidity is rising in the early morning so we pass the heat through these pipes basically to push the humid air out of the vents so that we don’t need to use fungicide because we are controlling the relative humidity in the green house and preventing condensation of the leaves or on the flowers. Here you can see a pipe where we are going to basically in the future using this pipe to inject carbon dioxide into the green house to enhance the growth of the plant and increase the photosynthesis of the crops itself which should increase the production capacity, and that’s basically ‘part and parcel’ of the geothermal project that we are doing will extract the C02 source from the geothermal well and inject it to the green house to convert that C02 into oxygen.
The “Oserian” flower farm makes good use of energy from existing geothermal wells, but better power generation is on the way:
“The geothermal prospects of Kenya itself will in the next years be developed. But the success of the project is even over and beyond because it showcased also to the other countries in the region that geothermal is not a risky technology any longer but a credible addition, a credible completion to the existing power mix."
Analysts say geothermal energy is the most economical power generation option for Kenya, and they say this innovation is a boon for Africa, and will attract foreign investment and expertise to the region.
December 29, 2010
Kenya, facing an acute energy crisis, is expanding its use of geothermal energy, with the help of multi-national cooperations.
Outside of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, the landscape around Naivasha town looks like a modern day snakes-and-ladders set. It's all part of the steel infrastructure of the Olkaria Geothermal Power Station, located in a national park where giraffes graze close to the fence, unfazed by the whirr of power-producing turbines. The power stations here at Olkaria produce 163 megawatts, 13 per cent of Kenya’s total generating capacity.
“The project started by United Nations Development Program that funded the first exploration; the service exploration which means geochemistry, geology, geophysics, environment and heat from measurements. And it is from that study that Olkaria was identified for the first exploration wells."
In Africa's vast landscape, finding the best places to drill for geothermal energy can be challenging.
“We have encouraged the scientists working in the geothermal development to come up with more accurate data and data that can be combined so that the risk of a fail drilling is now less; and that greatly reduces the cost of geothermal exploitation.”
With its high oil prices, coupled with drought and population spikes, much of Africa is facing an acute energy crisis.
“The longer Rift Valley of East Africa, there are thousands of megawatts of proven potential for geothermal power generation. It is a clean and increasingly cheap source of energy that also provides countries with inability to become less dependent on world plus a few markets and to develop their domestic capacity to generate power for their people and their economies in the future.”
Olkaria Geothermal Power Project is next to farms that produce some of the finest flowers in the world.
“Here in Kenya we have very hot days but also very cold nights, so when we get the cold nights the relative humidity is rising in the early morning so we pass the heat through these pipes basically to push the humid air out of the vents so that we don’t need to use fungicide because we are controlling the relative humidity in the green house and preventing condensation of the leaves or on the flowers. Here you can see a pipe where we are going to basically in the future using this pipe to inject carbon dioxide into the green house to enhance the growth of the plant and increase the photosynthesis of the crops itself which should increase the production capacity, and that’s basically ‘part and parcel’ of the geothermal project that we are doing will extract the C02 source from the geothermal well and inject it to the green house to convert that C02 into oxygen.
The “Oserian” flower farm makes good use of energy from existing geothermal wells, but better power generation is on the way:
“The geothermal prospects of Kenya itself will in the next years be developed. But the success of the project is even over and beyond because it showcased also to the other countries in the region that geothermal is not a risky technology any longer but a credible addition, a credible completion to the existing power mix."
Analysts say geothermal energy is the most economical power generation option for Kenya, and they say this innovation is a boon for Africa, and will attract foreign investment and expertise to the region.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Sudanese Immigrants in Greece
By Paul Ndiho, Washington D.C
December 21, 2010
Tens of thousands of migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East attempt to cross by boat to Greece's Patras city each year, with many ending up in squalid camps or living on the streets and others are crammed into abandoned buildings.
Patras Greece, a Port City and major transit point for hundreds of migrants from across Africa and Asia into Europe. Mojahed from Sudan arrived here a few months ago after a perilous journey through Libya, Cyprus and Turkey after escaping the violence in his native Darfur.
“I left Darfur by force, because of the Janjaweed and the government came to shooting us, killing our grand sister, grandma, burning our houses.”
He fled to nearby Chad and stayed for a year in a camp, but he wanted a better life, he wanted a future. These days his better life means scrounging in the city’s garbage. He skips along with his friends also from Sudan looking for food.
“It’s so hard for me. It is very difficult to search from the garbage because I feel hungry so much. It is very difficult.”
The pickings are slim and local people seem not to believe what they are seeing.
In Patras, officials say there could be as many 1,000 homeless migrants; Afghans, Sudanese or Somalis who left their homes in fear of their lives.
“Greece is one of the countries that is chosen by the immigrants in order to pass to Europe.”
Many of the migrants, including Mojahed, end up here at the Patras train station.
“Let me show you the place where people are sleeping. This is our rooms, our houses, everything. When we come back from the garbage from eating the food we come back here to sleep.”
Mojahed hasn’t applied for asylum, nor have his friends. The process is long and rarely brings a positive result, he says. He would rather take his chances smuggling himself into Europe. Some migrants say they have been here for nearly a decade living rough times. Day or night they try to board the transport trucks that can get them onto the ships. They hide under the carriage or the wheels or inside if they can all in the hope of getting onto a ferry that will cross over to Italy. The journey is risk and some people die trying. Yet they refuse to give up.
Mojahed has tried to cross a few times but has been unsuccessfully. He will try again, he says. He also says his claim to asylum should be given more consideration.
“Give us the right to live; we are human beings. No fighting, listen to us. Give is our rights.
It’s a life of dreariness and yet they keep coming. Since January more 44,000 migrants have crossed into Greece from Turkey most with the same dream as Mojahed. But reality has not lived up to their hopes. UNHCR has urged the government to speed up the reform of their asylum process but system remains broken leaving asylum seekers little chance of having their refugee claims heard.
December 21, 2010
Tens of thousands of migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East attempt to cross by boat to Greece's Patras city each year, with many ending up in squalid camps or living on the streets and others are crammed into abandoned buildings.
Patras Greece, a Port City and major transit point for hundreds of migrants from across Africa and Asia into Europe. Mojahed from Sudan arrived here a few months ago after a perilous journey through Libya, Cyprus and Turkey after escaping the violence in his native Darfur.
“I left Darfur by force, because of the Janjaweed and the government came to shooting us, killing our grand sister, grandma, burning our houses.”
He fled to nearby Chad and stayed for a year in a camp, but he wanted a better life, he wanted a future. These days his better life means scrounging in the city’s garbage. He skips along with his friends also from Sudan looking for food.
“It’s so hard for me. It is very difficult to search from the garbage because I feel hungry so much. It is very difficult.”
The pickings are slim and local people seem not to believe what they are seeing.
In Patras, officials say there could be as many 1,000 homeless migrants; Afghans, Sudanese or Somalis who left their homes in fear of their lives.
“Greece is one of the countries that is chosen by the immigrants in order to pass to Europe.”
Many of the migrants, including Mojahed, end up here at the Patras train station.
“Let me show you the place where people are sleeping. This is our rooms, our houses, everything. When we come back from the garbage from eating the food we come back here to sleep.”
Mojahed hasn’t applied for asylum, nor have his friends. The process is long and rarely brings a positive result, he says. He would rather take his chances smuggling himself into Europe. Some migrants say they have been here for nearly a decade living rough times. Day or night they try to board the transport trucks that can get them onto the ships. They hide under the carriage or the wheels or inside if they can all in the hope of getting onto a ferry that will cross over to Italy. The journey is risk and some people die trying. Yet they refuse to give up.
Mojahed has tried to cross a few times but has been unsuccessfully. He will try again, he says. He also says his claim to asylum should be given more consideration.
“Give us the right to live; we are human beings. No fighting, listen to us. Give is our rights.
It’s a life of dreariness and yet they keep coming. Since January more 44,000 migrants have crossed into Greece from Turkey most with the same dream as Mojahed. But reality has not lived up to their hopes. UNHCR has urged the government to speed up the reform of their asylum process but system remains broken leaving asylum seekers little chance of having their refugee claims heard.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Kampala's Finest Potholes
By Paul Ndiho
December 14, 2010
In Kampala, Uganda, traffic can be bad - and the roads can be worse. The city suffers not only from bad traffic jams, but potholes make the going difficult, even when the traffic is fine.
Residents of Kampala have protested against the state of the roads by going fishing in potholes and others pretended to be fishmongers, selling their "catch" from the water-filled potholes. The protesters say the poor state of roads in the capital causes accidents and traffic jams. Kampala resident David Odele says that politicians are using money meant for roads for personal gain.
“They are not using money on roads, they are not making good use of the roads, they are just making roads in their pockets and as we talk, i cannot fail to mention the president himself. He talks of roads, but the roads he talks of... Since 1996, I was in primary, I was a kid but up to date, those roads are being campaigned each and every year, each and every year.”
Protesters say that the state of the roads in Kampala is so bad that the city has been nicknamed 'Kampothole'. And residents are photographing some of the city's most spectacular road problems, which are on display at an exhibition called ''Kampala's finest potholes."
"We came as members of the private sector after being affected by this problem for a while, and we realized that our leaders were not doing what we expected them to do, I mean promising every other time that they are going to fix this potholes once and for all, but we realize after every other elections they tell us the same story, promises and more promises"
John Nasasira is Uganda's long serving Minster of Works and Transportation, and is arguably one of Uganda’s most powerful politicians and richest men. His critics say he has used tax payer money meant for roads for personal gain. Nasasira denies the allegation, saying that he does not have jurisdiction over Kampala's roads. But he assures the protestors that Uganda National Roads Authority, or UNRA, will take over all the maintenance of roads in Kampala next year.
“We will eventually take over Kampala city as central government and the ministry of works together with UNRA, will take over the roads, we will establish a complete unit that will that will deal with Kampala roads under the Uganda roads development."
Kampala residents question whether the latest move by the government to take over Kampala's road maintenance will produce results. In the meantime, they will keep trying to negotiate the city's numerous potholes and budgeting for the maintenance costs of their vehicles.
December 14, 2010
In Kampala, Uganda, traffic can be bad - and the roads can be worse. The city suffers not only from bad traffic jams, but potholes make the going difficult, even when the traffic is fine.
Residents of Kampala have protested against the state of the roads by going fishing in potholes and others pretended to be fishmongers, selling their "catch" from the water-filled potholes. The protesters say the poor state of roads in the capital causes accidents and traffic jams. Kampala resident David Odele says that politicians are using money meant for roads for personal gain.
“They are not using money on roads, they are not making good use of the roads, they are just making roads in their pockets and as we talk, i cannot fail to mention the president himself. He talks of roads, but the roads he talks of... Since 1996, I was in primary, I was a kid but up to date, those roads are being campaigned each and every year, each and every year.”
Protesters say that the state of the roads in Kampala is so bad that the city has been nicknamed 'Kampothole'. And residents are photographing some of the city's most spectacular road problems, which are on display at an exhibition called ''Kampala's finest potholes."
"We came as members of the private sector after being affected by this problem for a while, and we realized that our leaders were not doing what we expected them to do, I mean promising every other time that they are going to fix this potholes once and for all, but we realize after every other elections they tell us the same story, promises and more promises"
John Nasasira is Uganda's long serving Minster of Works and Transportation, and is arguably one of Uganda’s most powerful politicians and richest men. His critics say he has used tax payer money meant for roads for personal gain. Nasasira denies the allegation, saying that he does not have jurisdiction over Kampala's roads. But he assures the protestors that Uganda National Roads Authority, or UNRA, will take over all the maintenance of roads in Kampala next year.
“We will eventually take over Kampala city as central government and the ministry of works together with UNRA, will take over the roads, we will establish a complete unit that will that will deal with Kampala roads under the Uganda roads development."
Kampala residents question whether the latest move by the government to take over Kampala's road maintenance will produce results. In the meantime, they will keep trying to negotiate the city's numerous potholes and budgeting for the maintenance costs of their vehicles.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Primary Education in Benin
By Paul Ndiho, Washington D.C
December 9, 2010
Children make up approximately 50 percent of the population in Benin, and one-fifth of these children are under five years-old. Without proper safeguards and schooling, it leaves them vulnerable to perils of the streets such as forced labor and child trafficking. But a new program aims to improve education in Benin. Reporter Paul Ndiho has more:
Nearly half of Benin's population lives on less than a dollar a day. A recent United Nations study shows that over 40 percent of children ages five to 14 are working and not in school. For Mamatou Nee Wassgui Orou Yo and her husband, Gnansi, going to school was never an option.
“I’ve never set foot in a school. My parents were farmers and I’m a farmer.”
But today, the Orou Yo’s see an opportunity for their children. UNICEF and the Government of Benin have created community kindergartens in remote areas such as Sinende, so that children such as four-year-old Wahi Wrou Wo have a strong foundation going into primary school.
“Before the commencement of this UNICEF-supported program, the education system in Benin was in a poor state. In addition to low access of schooling for children, three other issues affected the state of Benin’s educational system. First, the enrollment of children into schools was very low. Second, the rate of children completing primary school was low. And thirdly, there was a large gender gap in enrollment. Many more boys than girls were being sent to school.”
Children in the kindergarten program sing, play, and develop their identities in child-friendly spaces.
An extension of this initiative empowers mothers such as Mamatou with income-generating activities such as making shea butter and food items.
“I do feel empowered participating in this program because the profits I get from it help me do some household expenses, give some allowance to my children and help me with financial organization.”
Today there are over 200 community kindergartens in Benin. Sizable results have been achieved, but more work needs for the hardest to reach children, not only to enroll them in school but ensure that they stay in school.
“The educational program is indeed a program aimed to achieve educational equality, gender equality in particular, equality to address the Benin’s education system, where there was and there is still an important gap between boys and girls and to provide them plenty of chances to be able to have access to school.”
In addition to helping mothers, UNICEF is providing more training for teachers and has already built latrines and supplied equipment, furniture, and learning tools for the students and teachers.
“The kindergarten program is very positive for me. It’s helped me find a place to keep my children, do my housework, go to the farm and participate in income generating activities. More importantly, it’s helping prepare my children for primary school.”
The kindergarten program may help Benin to achieve U.N. Millennium Development Goal number two: ensuring that all boys and girls complete primary school by 2015.
Mamatou and Gnansi see their children’s education as a way out of poverty. They are also optimistic that with this kind of education, their child will be the first in their family to graduate from university.
December 9, 2010
Children make up approximately 50 percent of the population in Benin, and one-fifth of these children are under five years-old. Without proper safeguards and schooling, it leaves them vulnerable to perils of the streets such as forced labor and child trafficking. But a new program aims to improve education in Benin. Reporter Paul Ndiho has more:
Nearly half of Benin's population lives on less than a dollar a day. A recent United Nations study shows that over 40 percent of children ages five to 14 are working and not in school. For Mamatou Nee Wassgui Orou Yo and her husband, Gnansi, going to school was never an option.
“I’ve never set foot in a school. My parents were farmers and I’m a farmer.”
But today, the Orou Yo’s see an opportunity for their children. UNICEF and the Government of Benin have created community kindergartens in remote areas such as Sinende, so that children such as four-year-old Wahi Wrou Wo have a strong foundation going into primary school.
“Before the commencement of this UNICEF-supported program, the education system in Benin was in a poor state. In addition to low access of schooling for children, three other issues affected the state of Benin’s educational system. First, the enrollment of children into schools was very low. Second, the rate of children completing primary school was low. And thirdly, there was a large gender gap in enrollment. Many more boys than girls were being sent to school.”
Children in the kindergarten program sing, play, and develop their identities in child-friendly spaces.
An extension of this initiative empowers mothers such as Mamatou with income-generating activities such as making shea butter and food items.
“I do feel empowered participating in this program because the profits I get from it help me do some household expenses, give some allowance to my children and help me with financial organization.”
Today there are over 200 community kindergartens in Benin. Sizable results have been achieved, but more work needs for the hardest to reach children, not only to enroll them in school but ensure that they stay in school.
“The educational program is indeed a program aimed to achieve educational equality, gender equality in particular, equality to address the Benin’s education system, where there was and there is still an important gap between boys and girls and to provide them plenty of chances to be able to have access to school.”
In addition to helping mothers, UNICEF is providing more training for teachers and has already built latrines and supplied equipment, furniture, and learning tools for the students and teachers.
“The kindergarten program is very positive for me. It’s helped me find a place to keep my children, do my housework, go to the farm and participate in income generating activities. More importantly, it’s helping prepare my children for primary school.”
The kindergarten program may help Benin to achieve U.N. Millennium Development Goal number two: ensuring that all boys and girls complete primary school by 2015.
Mamatou and Gnansi see their children’s education as a way out of poverty. They are also optimistic that with this kind of education, their child will be the first in their family to graduate from university.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
African Albinos have long been ignored, mocked, hunted and Killed
By Paul Ndiho, Washington D.C.
December 2, 2010
Since 2008, more than 60 albinos have been killed in Tanzania, forcing hundreds of people with albinism to go into hiding. And even Tanzania’s newly elected Member of Parliament, Salum Khalfan Barany, fears for his life. He’s one of millions of people in Africa with albinism who have come under threat from illegal body parts traders.
In Tanzania and Nigeria there has been an unprecedented rise in witchcraft-related killings of albino people in recent months. In Tanzania, where superstition is deep-seated, albino body parts are thought to bring good luck. Activist Peter Ash says that even Member of Parliament Salum Khalfan Barwany is being pursued by albino hunters.
"Police have reported that there are five men pursuing the life of Mr. Barwany they have been following him around with criminal intentions. We don't know if they want Mr. Barwany because of his body parts or if there is some other motives for their following but he is under security protection of police at this time."
An organization founded by Canadians with albinism is trying to protect albino children. For these children in northern Tanzania, a move to private boarding schools may have saved their lives.
"We have taken children from over-crowded government school, Mitindo where there was at one point one hundred and five children with albinism living in over-crowded conditions and now we have transferred those kids to into high quality private boarding school and at Lake View and Jelly's we saw a tremendous example that children with albinism are intelligent, they are smart, and they're capable and we saw great teachers.”
People with albinism face social challenges commonly have vision problems and need sun protection. Mike McGowan is President of the National Organization for Albinism and Hypo pigmentation, NOAH. He says he was horrified to hear about the reports of killings of African with albinism, but he urges them to stay strong:
"There is a need I think for fellowship because we share this experience of being different and we need to learn how to deal with being different and looking different and NOAH provides that place for people that share the condition to come together and to be understood because a person that shares the condition also shares all the experience. "
Activist Jack Epelle says he is concerned about the plight of albinos in Nigeria. He says Albinos on the continent have long been ignored, mocked and hunted.
"My classmates in trying to create fun would drag me to the sun and then hold my hands and hold my face, and face me to the sun, it was very excruciating for me so, now I know why I have a lot of freckles on my face.”
42 year-old Nigerian Feme Khainde has albino children. She has kept her family intact, but says it has been a struggle.
"Some people even told me when I had the first and then the second child that I should go and hide them so that the remaining people will not be like that. Or that maybe I should give them maybe to my mom. I said, how I hide my own children because of that, let them be."
NOAH President Mike McGowan says his group is committed to making sure that the world knows about the plight of albinos in Africa.
“we’ve mounted a letter writing campaign the United States Congress and we want the congress of the United States to condemn this and we want to bring to bear pressure the governments of Tanzania and other places in Africa where this happening to ensure that the people that who committee these horrific crimes are brought to Justice .”Globally, about one person in 20-thousand has albinism.
December 2, 2010
Since 2008, more than 60 albinos have been killed in Tanzania, forcing hundreds of people with albinism to go into hiding. And even Tanzania’s newly elected Member of Parliament, Salum Khalfan Barany, fears for his life. He’s one of millions of people in Africa with albinism who have come under threat from illegal body parts traders.
In Tanzania and Nigeria there has been an unprecedented rise in witchcraft-related killings of albino people in recent months. In Tanzania, where superstition is deep-seated, albino body parts are thought to bring good luck. Activist Peter Ash says that even Member of Parliament Salum Khalfan Barwany is being pursued by albino hunters.
"Police have reported that there are five men pursuing the life of Mr. Barwany they have been following him around with criminal intentions. We don't know if they want Mr. Barwany because of his body parts or if there is some other motives for their following but he is under security protection of police at this time."
An organization founded by Canadians with albinism is trying to protect albino children. For these children in northern Tanzania, a move to private boarding schools may have saved their lives.
"We have taken children from over-crowded government school, Mitindo where there was at one point one hundred and five children with albinism living in over-crowded conditions and now we have transferred those kids to into high quality private boarding school and at Lake View and Jelly's we saw a tremendous example that children with albinism are intelligent, they are smart, and they're capable and we saw great teachers.”
People with albinism face social challenges commonly have vision problems and need sun protection. Mike McGowan is President of the National Organization for Albinism and Hypo pigmentation, NOAH. He says he was horrified to hear about the reports of killings of African with albinism, but he urges them to stay strong:
"There is a need I think for fellowship because we share this experience of being different and we need to learn how to deal with being different and looking different and NOAH provides that place for people that share the condition to come together and to be understood because a person that shares the condition also shares all the experience. "
Activist Jack Epelle says he is concerned about the plight of albinos in Nigeria. He says Albinos on the continent have long been ignored, mocked and hunted.
"My classmates in trying to create fun would drag me to the sun and then hold my hands and hold my face, and face me to the sun, it was very excruciating for me so, now I know why I have a lot of freckles on my face.”
42 year-old Nigerian Feme Khainde has albino children. She has kept her family intact, but says it has been a struggle.
"Some people even told me when I had the first and then the second child that I should go and hide them so that the remaining people will not be like that. Or that maybe I should give them maybe to my mom. I said, how I hide my own children because of that, let them be."
NOAH President Mike McGowan says his group is committed to making sure that the world knows about the plight of albinos in Africa.
“we’ve mounted a letter writing campaign the United States Congress and we want the congress of the United States to condemn this and we want to bring to bear pressure the governments of Tanzania and other places in Africa where this happening to ensure that the people that who committee these horrific crimes are brought to Justice .”Globally, about one person in 20-thousand has albinism.
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