“I met my wife six years ago. Two years ago we married and got our child. A child with albinism”, tells me the Kenyan father during a tea break. “We were shocked. We did not even know very well what that would mean”, he adds while he looks with a bright smile at his child….
Tag: inclusion
Make the world a better one for people with albinism.
Looking forward to an exciting event today: Making More Health and Jane Waithera and her team are launching albinism & I in Nairobi – an awareness raising website with a lot of information. We will have a lot of discussions with people ( people with albinism, parents, HCPs) on what they need and how to…
When students learn from people living in slums – time to rethink on how we run idea competitions
The ongoing Venture4 change competition*, a kind of hackathon for students in Nairobi is close to an important milestone. After having developed over weeks an idea on how to make more health in slums happen, after having participated in six different modules and meetings with social entrepreneurs, professors and business people, 5 student teams from…
A day for people with albinism and without – because inclusion is key
On Friday this week we will launch Be in – Be out, a mobile website for people with albinism and all those being close to them. The launch day takes place in Nairobi, Kenya and is run together with the team from Positive Exposure. Be in – be you is an information source for people…
Go Kenya, go future! 