Kabale Albinos Living in Fear Due to Increased Demand of Body Parts in Rwanda and Tanzania.
Albinos in Kabale district are living in extreme fear following reports of increased demand of their body parts for rituals sacrifice in Rwanda and Tanzania. The albinos avoid walking alone while others have abandoned school because of fear of abduction by traffickers. 14-year-old Unity Mukyotera is a primary six pupil at Hakahumiro Primary school in Bufundi Sub County. Mukyotera says that even her classmates tease her that her body parts are marketable, adding that she can’t move alone to school or fetch water at the well for fear of being abducted.
The minor says that her motherPatience warned her against walking alone after she received information that there were people planning to kidnap her and traffic herto the neighboring Rwanda. Shabohurira has three other children with a similar condition. She explains that she has decided to keep all her children at home for fear that people with ill motives could kidnap them and sell their body parts for rituals.
According to Shabohurira, some of the residents told her to keep the children at home arguing that producing an Abino child in the area is a taboo. She says it took the intervention of Site for community services program, a local Non Governmental Organization in the district to enroll her children in school. Sylvia Kemigisha is a mother to a 3 year old albino child. According to Kemigisha she conceived while in school and decided to stay with her boyfriend, however, her boyfriend turned against her after she gave birth to an albino child.
Kemigisha says that a year later her boyfriend came back claiming that he was willing to take responsibility but she was shocked to find out that he had plans of selling off the child. As a result, Kemigisha decided to return back to her parent’s home in Ruhija Sub County, where she closely monitors her child from any danger of abduction. Michael Sabiti is the director Site for community services program, which protects the rights of Albinos children. Sabiti says that two of the Albino children the organization takes care of were rescued from traffickers who were taking them to Rwanda early this year.
He says that many parents in the district with Albino children have decided to keep them indoors for fear of abduction by traffickers. Sabiti says that they have embarked on sensitizations campaigns targeting parents and security organs on how best to deal with stigma and provide security for the Albinos children.
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Albinos in Kabale district are living in extreme fear following reports of increased demand of their body parts for rituals sacrifice in Rwanda and Tanzania. The albinos avoid walking alone while others have abandoned school because of fear of abduction by traffickers. 14-year-old Unity Mukyotera is a primary six pupil at Hakahumiro Primary school in Bufundi Sub County. Mukyotera says that even her classmates tease her that her body parts are marketable, adding that she can’t move alone to school or fetch water at the well for fear of being abducted.
The minor says that her motherPatience warned her against walking alone after she received information that there were people planning to kidnap her and traffic herto the neighboring Rwanda. Shabohurira has three other children with a similar condition. She explains that she has decided to keep all her children at home for fear that people with ill motives could kidnap them and sell their body parts for rituals.
According to Shabohurira, some of the residents told her to keep the children at home arguing that producing an Abino child in the area is a taboo. She says it took the intervention of Site for community services program, a local Non Governmental Organization in the district to enroll her children in school. Sylvia Kemigisha is a mother to a 3 year old albino child. According to Kemigisha she conceived while in school and decided to stay with her boyfriend, however, her boyfriend turned against her after she gave birth to an albino child.
Kemigisha says that a year later her boyfriend came back claiming that he was willing to take responsibility but she was shocked to find out that he had plans of selling off the child. As a result, Kemigisha decided to return back to her parent’s home in Ruhija Sub County, where she closely monitors her child from any danger of abduction. Michael Sabiti is the director Site for community services program, which protects the rights of Albinos children. Sabiti says that two of the Albino children the organization takes care of were rescued from traffickers who were taking them to Rwanda early this year.
He says that many parents in the district with Albino children have decided to keep them indoors for fear of abduction by traffickers. Sabiti says that they have embarked on sensitizations campaigns targeting parents and security organs on how best to deal with stigma and provide security for the Albinos children.
Read more: http://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/kabale-albinos-living-in-fear-due-to-increased-demand-of-body-parts-in-rwanda-and-tanzania-#ixzz4GJx8qZq9
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