Changemakers Lab M3, my elevator pitch.

This is the story of how my initiative come about. I grow up in a community where persons living with albinism are considered "African mistakes", people who others shouldn't sit by their side, people who when sent to school are a waste of resources due to little or no employment, people who are used for ritual sacrifices, people who are body parts are being used for charm, they see persons with albinism as people who never dies but disappears, people have sexual intercourse with them just to cure their illness such as HIV/AIDS. Some parents even kill their children at birth when notice he or she is a child with albinism. There is a fight for survival, hope, and belonging amongst persons with albinism in my community. 

These have turned most of them to wage war for survival, I always wish my spotless skin was given to all persons living with albinism, how I see my sisters cry more than I asking God to take their lives, they wage war for survival. Some hide in dark rooms for years hiding from people and hoping to die soon, they wage war to survive. This has pushed many to commit suicide and others never wish they ever have children same as them, parents with children living with albinism always blame mankind for not being fair with them and always ask them to do all chores such as hawking, and farming which exposes their bodies to skin cancer.

One day while being in school there was a girl with a cancerous skin, I try all I could to be her friend to no avail,  everyone runs away from her even the teachers were not even happy touching her book, she became mean, always cry and sad, people throw insult at her even a single friend, she didn't have and I saw that mine was better because I was spotless. She wage for survival.

So, while being in school I started thinking of ways to help me brothers and sisters with albinism giving them hope and belonging.

An grateful today that my dream become true, I founded an association were I go door to door, in schools, churches and market places to sensitize on albinism.

I found out that most of them believe in me which was not easy to convince them, they have low self-esteem because of my spotless skin, which I got from the care my dad gave me and thanks to that can lead today without any strings attached. I will continue sensitizing, and empowering till this world become beautiful for you and me.