albinism is due to the inability to make silver.
albinism is due to the inability to make silver.
albinism is due to the inability to make?
silver
through its advocacy efforts, publications and events, noah offers information and support to people with albinism, their families and the professionals who work with them. albinism is a genetic condition that results in individuals having little or no pigment in their eyes, skin, or hair. they have inherited altered genes that do not make the usual amounts of a pigment called melanin. one person in 17,000 in the united states has some type of albinism. albinism affects people from all races. most children with albinism are born to parents who have normal hair and eye color for their ethnic backgrounds. a common myth is that people with albinism have red eyes. in fact there are different types of albinism and the amount of pigment in the eyes varies. although some individuals with albinism have reddish or violet eyes, most have blue eyes. some have hazel or brown eyes. however, all forms of albinism are associated with uncorrectable vision problems.
national organization for albinism and hypopigmentation
in 2006, mwaura and other persons with albinism in kenya founded albinism society of kenya (ask), a national organisation that bring together persons with albinism in kenya and whose mission is to create awareness on the rights of persons with albinism, their social inclusion, empowerment and equity to socio-economic opportunities. mwaura articulated the objective of ask: "we wanted to share and celebrate our differences and uniqueness as persons with albinism and lobby the government to fund the national development fund for persons with albinism.” mwaura is the national coordinator of albinism society of kenya, and the organisation has made significant milestones in the areas of rescuing persons with albinism from ritual killings as well as promoting job placement and economic empowerment for persons with albinism in kenya. additionally, the organisation is focussed on policy and legislative advocacy, albinism awareness, eye-care and sunscreen programme, education support, counselling programme and cancer treatment intervention for persons with albinism . other key achievements persons with albinism in kenya are proud of is the appointment of mumbi ngugi, a female with albinism, as the judge of high court in kenya and emergence of goldalyn kakuya, a girl with albinism, as the best student in kenya certificate of primary education in the country in 2017 after scoring 455 marks out of 500.
isaac mwaura