Greetings all, I know this is kind of off topic but the caption about
the albino children at a school for the blind caused me to comment
thusly.  Many albinos have vision problems (I went to school with 3
albinos that I can think of right off the top of my head and knew of
other albinos from toher schools for the blind at sporting and other
events where the schools for the blind got together).  I'm not exactly
sure what causes the vision problems, I'm thinking that it has
something to do with light interacting with the eye, but I'll have to
ask my friend, who is albino herself if anyone is interested.

Most people who have albinism are not completely blind, some of them
have quite good vision, however, they have enough vision loss that
they're considered to be legally blind, under the legal definition of
blindness here in the US, and they may need other equipment such as
glasses, magnifying glasses, large print materials, etc.


Anyway, I'm glad to see that steps are being taken to deal with the
problem (though that's an understatement) of using the body parts of
albinos for witchcraft.




On 3/16/09, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> Courtesy: BBC News.
>
>
> Burundi 'albino killers' arrested
>
> Many people with albinism are living in fear in  Burundi
>
> At least eight people have been arrested in Burundi in  connection with a
> trade in human body parts from people with albinism.
> Those detained had fresh body parts in their possession, police say.
> Witchdoctors in the region tell clients that potions made with albino  body
> parts will bring them luck in love, life and business.
> At least 10 albino people have been killed in Burundi in recent months  and
> more than 40 in neighbouring Tanzania.
> Prosecutor Nicodeme Gahimbare told the AFP new agency that those  arrested
> were "simple farmers" acting as middlemen.
> "They had albino bones with them, some of them still fresh," he said.
> Mr Gahimbare said that three members of the gang had escaped into  Tanzania
> but he said he was confident that the whole network could be  dismantled
> within
> days.
> Kazungu Kassim, the head of a Burundi albino association, said the
> authorities were now taking the killing of albinos seriously but more
> needed to be
> done.
> "We urge the government to double efforts in protecting albinos,  because
> what we are witnessing here is a planned extermination of the  albino
> community,"
> he said.
> At least 200 people have been arrested over the trade in Tanzania but  none
> have been convicted, raising fears that senior officials could be  involved.
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