タンザニアのアルビノからメッセージが届きました

タタンザニア北部、ムワンザ州のアルビノコミュニティ代表アルフレディ・カポーーレ氏からメッセージが届きましたのでご紹介致します。

 

『タンザニアのアルビノコミュニティを代表して、日本のみなさまに心から感謝したいと思います。

私たちが最初に出会った日本人、アイダトシカズさんは食べ物などを携えて友人として私たちの本当の生活の場を訪れてくれました。

私たちは本当に彼に驚いて祝福されました。私たちは彼を通じて日本の人々が私たちに共感を持ってくれていることを知りました。それ以降、私たちは日本の人を私たちの親戚のように感じています。

タンザニア全土に広がるアルビノコミュニティは、殺害、施設の不足による人生の難しさ、地域社会への医療サービスの不足、面倒な労働環境など、多くの課題に直面しています。

私たちが直面する問題の一つに、一般的な仕事である屋外での激しい肉体労働で働くことが出来ないことがあります。皮膚癌を引き起こす強い太陽光線のような地理的環境、他の障害に苦しんでいます。

アルビノである私たちは適切に働くことができないために、深刻な貧困から抜け出すことが出来ず、治療に必要な物資の購入も出来ません。 

日本のみなさま、未来を担うアルビノの子供達のためにも、私たちに力を貸していただけませんでしょうか。』

 

THE ASSOCIATION OF ALBINOS IN TANZANIA MWANZA REGION

On behalf of the majority of my fellows Albino communities here in Tanzania I would like to deliver my sincere appreciation to the Japanese people for their generosity to the Albinism community in Tanzania.

We first time met our friend Toshikazu Aida on 2013 where he was really touched with the environment which we are living here in Tanzania, when he visited our living palaces and he used some few resources which he got by the time to buy food for us.

We were really surprised and blessed by him so much and we knew that the Japanese people are sounding more relative that only friends. That is why we see the Japanese as our relatives to our community. 

Normally the environment for albino community all over Tanzania is the same we are faced a lot of challenges including the killing of our community, difficulty life due to lack of facilities, lack of health services to our community and cumbersome working environment.

Due to that reasons above many of us we can’t mange working properly that leads our community to enter into deep poverty. However many of our fellow are suffering from other disabilities following the geographical environment like high temperature and high sun screening which cause cancer to many of us.

Other problems which faces us is lack of proper seeing a thing which make most of us not able to work especially for heavy work which need body fitness.

We albino community we can’t work properly to manage our own life that why we are trying to come to you our fellows in Japan with great hope that you can do something for our community so as you can save the life of many of our young children and our community in general.

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ALFREDY KAPOLE 

CHAIRMAN

THE ASSOCIATION OF ALBINOS IN TANZANIA MWANZA REGION

 

 

NOTE;

This document is translated by Moses John Ntandu, Researcher and Coordinator of the Albinism Community in Tanzania based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The document is being prepared by Lake Zone of Tanzania which comprises of Mwanza, Simiyu, Geita and Kagera regions.