Kessy 36-year-old Kessy comes from Tanga, a town a few hours north of Dar es Salaam. She is at ORCI for treatment for multiple skin lesions. The ward was full so Kessy stays with a family near the hospital. She has 4 children – and so she misses them dreadfully since she has been in Dar for treatment a month already. She was able to bring her youngest son with her. He’s a bright mischievous boy who lights Kessy up. None of Kessy’s 4 children are albino, but their lives are nonetheless impacted. Other children taunt them because their mother is albino. When children called her names, like Zeru Zeru (which is derogatory ghost reference) her 12-year-old boy defended her saying that she is not a “Zeru”; she is a Mzungu (European). He would roll up his sleeves and get in fistfights defending his mother. Kessy laughs telling the story, but finishes shaking her head in sadness. Kessy overcame discrimination at school – often being made sit on the floor as other children refused to sit beside her – to finish primary school. Her vision problems prevented her from going to secondary school. Kessy worked in a vegetable garden, but, the sun exposure caused skin cancer and so she had to give up her job. Her brother who is in the army helps to support her but Kessy wants to be self-sufficient. She bought some chickens and her plan is to expand her chicken supply so that she can self support, Her hearts desire? To be well and live long enough to earn money to provide for her children’s future.