People with Albinism and Humanitarian NGOs in Tanzania: Identities between Local and Global Worlds

On 2nd March 2015 staff and Partners of EY Tanzania hosted Ms. Maria Stanford a representative from the society of people with albinism in Tanzania at EY offices in Oysterbay.

 The representative, herself a victim of brutality against people with albinism lost both of her arms to wicked people who broke into her house located near Lake Victoria in North-western Tanzania and managed to overcome her as she slept, cut-off and vanished with both her hands.

Although she later identified the...

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EU wants Tanzania to stop people's killings with albinism
Zee News
Dar es Salaam:The European Union (EU) in Tanzania Tuesday appealed to Tanzanian authorities to take all necessary measures to prevent further killings of people with albinism. Filiberto Sebregondi, the EU head of delegation to Tanzania, said in a letter to ...
EU appeals to Tanzania to stop killings of people with albinismShanghai Daily (subscription)
EU 'appalled' by Albino killings in TanzaniaJournal of Turkish...

On 2nd March 2015 staff and Partners of EY Tanzania hosted Ms. Maria Stanford a representative from the society of people with albinism in Tanzania at EY offices in Oysterbay.
 The representative, herself a victim of brutality against people with albinism lost both of her arms to wicked people who broke into her house located near Lake Victoria in North-western Tanzania and managed to overcome her as she slept, cut-off and vanished with both her hands. 
Although she later identified the...

EU appeals to Tanzania to stop killings of people with albinism
GlobalPost
DAR ES SALAAM, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) in Tanzania on Tuesday appealed to Tanzanian authorities to take all necessary measures to prevent further killings of people with albinism. Filiberto Sebregondi, the EU head of delegation to ...

The EU Ambassador to Tanzania Mr Filiberto C. Sebregondi listens to a a group of people living with albinism who called on him at his office in Dar es salaam, exasperated by the very recent violent attacks on persons with albinism which resulted in the killing of  one Mapambo Mashiri (53), a husband who died defending his wife who lives with albinism, Mungu Masaga (35). Sadly, despite his valiant efforts the perpetrators still cut-off her arm and harmed her children.  The EU Ambassador to...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called Thursday for increased protection for people with albinism, after the barbaric murder of a 40-year-old woman with albinism in north-western Tanzania on 12 May. 

“This killing and the terrible circumstances surrounding it sadly demonstrate that the human rights situation of people with albinism in Tanzania and other countries, remains dire,” Pillay said. 

According to police reports,...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called Thursday for increased protection for people with albinism, after the barbaric murder of a 40-year-old woman with albinism in north-western Tanzania on 12 May. “This killing and the terrible circumstances surrounding it sadly demonstrate that the human rights situation of people with albinism in Tanzania and other...

The debate over humanitarian reform is one of money, principles, and institutional change. But for many organisations involved, these boil down to one thing: power – and specifically for local organisations, the unwillingness of their international counterparts to give up any of it.

People with albinism plan demo
Daily News
PEOPLE living with albinism yesterday announced their intention to demonstrate peacefully next month to push the government to intensify the crackdown on criminals who abduct and kill innocent people whose only 'fault' is being melanin deficient.