GAPA celebrates IAAD 217
discrimination and injustice, and many have wondered when the world’s attention will be drawn to the challenges that Persons with Albinism are confronted with on a daily basis. For those living with the condition, it came as pleasant news late last year, when the...
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Harmattan Season, the Albinos fear
Around this time of the year, there is fog and dry winds all over; drivers throw up their car lights much early and leave them on longer; students and workers pull on the sweaters and jackets in the morning; skins become dry and pale; lips either crack or get wildly...
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Disability Fund Not For Individual… DACF Administrator
Contrary to the perception of many persons with disabilities (PWDs), the administrator of the District Assembly Common Fund, Mr Joshua Magnus Nicol, has pointed out that the 2 percent allocation disability component of the fund is meant for disability groups and not...
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GAPA Calls For Government Intervention
The Ghana Association of Persons living with Albinism (GAPA) has organized a press conference to sensitize the general public on the plight of Albinos in the country. Mr. Alhassan Ibrahim the vice president of the Albinos Community lamented some of the atrocities the...
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GAPA marks maiden edition of International Albinism Awareness Day
The plight of persons with albinism has over the years been shrouded in secrecy. Persons with Albinism all over the world have suffered various forms of discrimination and injustice, and many have wondered when the world's attention will be drawn to the challenges...
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Stigmatisation and Social Discrimination (The case of Africans with Albinism)
By Emmanuel Sackey According to a late 2008 BBC news report, Albinos in Tanzania, Rwanda and neighboring countries have been living in great fear. This situation has been attributed to the killing of some of their colleagues, apparently for ritual purposes. Tanzania's...
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Albinos In Burundi Living in Fea
According to the British Broadcasting Co-operation world service, about eight people in Burundi have been apprehended for dealing in human body parts of persons with albinism. The police reports say those arrested had fresh body parts in their possession. Witchdoctors...
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International Albinism Awareness Day Celebration -June 13th 2015
PRESS RELEASE Accra, Ghana – The United Nations has officially declared June 13 as International Albinism Awareness Day. This action has been enthusiastically applauded by Under the Same Sun, an international non-governmental organization, advocating for the human...
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