Albino Children Who Were Hunted Tanzania Find A Home In NYC
Five Tanzanian children, Emmanuel Rutema, Kabula Masanja, Pendo Noni, Baraka Lusambo, and Mwigulu Magesa, suffering from albinism have found a home in New York City after they were hunted for their body parts in their home country. In Africa, the limbs of an albino individual can sell for incredibly high prices on the black market. During their lives there, men broke into their homes and dismembered some of their limbs in the hopes of selling them to witch doctors for certain potions.
All five of the children have now received prosthetic limbs after being rescued by the Global Medical Relief Fund. The owner and founder, Elissa Montanti, saved them and brought them to New York City. All five were taken to Staten Island, but will return to Tanzania, albeit in safe houses.
The children range in age from five to 17, and have been living within the United States since June. Since arriving in the country, they have all learned how to swim, had birthday parties, and have been far safer than ever before.
