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People with albinism lack skin melanin that is important for protection from the sun's UV rays. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
For persons with albinism, climate change, as is currently being experienced, is a matter of life and death.
This opinion piece is written as a tribute to two youthful community champions with albinism from Kitui County who died from complications related to skin cancer, as a result of long-term exposure to the sun. The two took part in a project that sought to document the impact of climate change among people with albinism in Machakos, Kitui and Kajiado counties.
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