“IT FELT LIKE A PUNISHMENT”: Growing Up with Albinism in Tanzania

[Chambi Chachage]

"In July 2017, Human Rights Watch interviewed 13 children and young people with albinism, aged 7 to 18 years old, and 26 other people, including family members, education professionals and nongovernmental organizations in the Mwanza, Shinyanga and Simiyu regions of Tanzania. There, we found that Tanzanian government policies designed to protect children with albinism incidentally had a negative impact on their rights to family life, an adequate standard of living and inclusive education. In order to protect their privacy and shield them from potential repercussions, the names of most interviewees referred to hereafter have been changed" - ATTACHED REPORT AND REFERENCE

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“It Felt Like A Punishment”: Growing Up with Albinism in Tanzania ...