Day Two: Sad smiles

Our second day was spent visiting the Mukidoma School, a private school with over 400 students, 64 of whom have albinism. The children seem well cared for, but they were so withdrawn and sad that it broke my heart. They smiled reluctantly, and when they did, it was without joy. Only when some of the boys began to sing did the children warm up. Afterwards, a nineteen year old girl named Elizabeth came up to me and asked for my address. She wants to be a dermatologist someday, and wants to write to me so that I wouldn't forget her. As if.