People with albinism sold & Mutilated in Tanzania

Albino

The Tanzanian government does act quickly in this case, a court sentenced Mutei to 17 years imprisonment and a fine of $ 50 000 after he pleaded guilty to trafficking. The police were pretending to be businessmen interested in buying albino body parts are highly valued in Tanzania for its alleged healing properties. At the time of publishing the article, had 25 albinos have been killed over the past year, a number that can have only grown since then. The people was looking in old age. But they mind will child type.

Albinism affects about one person in every 20,000, and the Albino Association of Tanzania said that a though 4,000 albinos are officially registered in the country, they mean that the actual number could be as high as 173 000 People with albinism, a condition characterized by a complete or partial lack of color of skin, hair and eyes, are under constant threat in Tanzania from people who Mutei viewing them as a business opportunity.

The Tanzanian government has promised to do something, but they have been slow to bring these cases to trial. Mariamu was trapped in a vicious black market. Ntem has endured death threats forced her to live a secret existence, sleeping in different places every night. Since its inception in January 2010, seemed Asante Mariamu employees closely with members of Congress, the International Red Cross, and to create awareness about the problem, and engage others in working towards ending the crisis.