Wednesday, October 19, 2011

The ravages of skin cancer on children with albinism...



These are but a few pictures showing how skin cancer has ravaged children with albinism in Tanzania.

Robert in hospital

This is Adam Robert in hospital. Three of his fingers on the right hand were severed in an attack by a man who wanted to chop off his arm.

Fingers chopped off...

This is the hand of Adam Robert Tangawizi (14), an albino whose fingers (three fingers) were severed by a man seeking his body parts for sale to witchdoctors. The boy is receiving treatment in a hospital in Geita, Mwanza - Tanzania.