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🙏I now understand that God had a purpose for my pain, mudikani. There was a time in my life when I almost gave up on myself. Growing up with albinism was not just difficult it was painful, lonely, and traumatising. I lived with severe sunburns and untreated skin lesions because sunscreen, protective clothing, and proper medical care were simply out of reach. To many people, lacking sunscreen or a sunhat may sound like a small thing, but for a person with albinism, it can mean constant pain, permanent skin damage, and even death. As a young girl, I endured isolation and stigma every single day. At school, very few children wanted to play with me. Most of the time it was only my close family who made me feel accepted and safe. The physical pain was unbearable at times. When you go to sleep nursing raw, unmedicated sunburn wounds, there are moments when you genuinely begin to question the value of your own life. The nights were always the hardest.
Growing up in the village, you would know one or 2 fellow brothers and sisters with albinism in the village. You would suddenly hear whispers pachobhorani or gatherings
“uya akafanana nekamwana ako arwara …”
“The wounds are getting worse…”
“They now stay alone in a separate room…”
“His husband or family has abandoned him/her because they cannot manage because of the smell of the wounds…” then eventually, “They have passed away.”
Those moments cut deep into your soul. Today, after doing this work since 2019, I now fully understand why God spared me. My pain became my purpose.
Every awareness campaign, every sunscreen donation, every screening programme, every patient we assist it is personal to me because I know exactly what it feels like to suffer in silence and feel forgotten. Skin cancer cannot continue winning against persons with albinism.
I pray that in my lifetime, we will see a future where skin cancer no longer causes preventable deaths, pain, disfigurement, trauma, and hopelessness within our community. In our own small way, we are fighting back through awareness, lifesaving screenings, access to sunscreen, medical referrals, and surgery support for critical patients.
I am deeply grateful to the incredible medical practitioners who continue to stand with our community and offer their services pro bono, including Dr Mutangadura, Dr Mutukwa, Dr Makondo, and Dr Wayne Manana through the Global Cleft and Cranio Facial Organisation. These are people using their skills and compassion to restore and touching lives.
APPEAL FOR SUPPORT
On 23 May 2026, we will be returning to Masvingo Provincial Hospital with our medical team to assist critical patients with albinism who urgently require major surgeries and medical intervention. To make this possible, we are hoping to raise at least US$2,500 to help cover:
🟢Transportation for patients travelling for treatment
🟢Meals and basic support for beneficiaries
🟢Logistics and support costs for the volunteer /programing teams
🟢Analgesics and histopathology support
I am humbly appealing for your support. No amount is too small. Your contribution could help save a life, prevent further suffering, and give someone another chance at dignity and hope. If you are unable to donate, please help us by sharing this message in your network maybe a donor is in your circle.
Donate via the link below: https://t.co/SERrooq6fK
Together, we can protect lives, restore hope, and remind persons with albinism that they are not forgotten.
@samkebusiness This is not Liverpool who depend on lucky.Arsenal put a lot of effort and last night it was Arteta 's acumen.benching Zubi and playing Gyokeres the whole 90 mins.pure genius not luck Samke
“Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are ill-treated as if you yourselves were suffering.”
Hebrews 13:3
Emmanuel & Takunda have been there for others when they were going through trials. We we need to be there for them.