Protection for people with albinism and National Action Plan

Simbarashe

By Simbarashe Saidi

Many people living with albinism and other people with disability have been killed cruelly. How do we expect these people to live freely if we continue abusing their rights?

We have numerous examples of people who have been killed in almost all the twenty eight districts. Thousand of people with albinism have been killed.  These include Joseph Kachingwe in Phalaombe, McDonald Masambuka in Machinga among others.

And it has been observed that most people were people with albinism. Most of these people are vulnerable to attacks. There are also examples in Chikwawa where people with albinism were attacked by someone and became disabled. Government did not help these people who are also living in poverty.

With the smallest help, they may be sustain their lives. There are many organizations in Malawi which can help them to be somewhere. Lets interact with them, love them and let all Malawians to be friends with people with albinism.

If we do this, we can build Malawi as a nation. And, there is another case which has not been solved for so many years. The case of Masambuka is still unsolved. There is need for some of these cases to be solved so that people with albinism should live freely. We need to protect people with albinism.

We should all be loving, caring and kind to people with albinism.

**Shamborrishe Saidi is form 2 student at St. Martins Community Day Secondary School**