People living with albinism continue to suffer abuse

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Ponong medical services representative presenting spectacles to Kido Katse PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

RAMOTSWA: Despite all efforts that are made in the interest of building awareness and understanding that people living with albinism are as equally human as any person, the population continues to bemoan abuse.

According to a woman living with albinism, Beauty Ramogapi, they and their children still get abused emotionally and physically.

People living with albinism had gathered at Ramotswa Kgotla on Saturday to witness an occasion where Mascom Wireless working with Ponong Optometrists, Phuthego ya ga Jehofa Church, and Ditsele Albinism Trust, donated spectacles and skin care creams to people living with albinism.

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