International Awareness Day for People with Albinism.
13 June 2019, is declared by the United Nations as the International Awareness Day for People with Albinism.
The day is chosen to recognize, celebrate and encourage strength in persons with albinism.
It is also a day intended for everyone to recognize that despite challenges faced by persons with albinism, they still have to soldier on.
The MEC for the Mpumalanga Department of Education, Mr. Bonakele Majuba will have lunch with some learners with Albinism at the Evender Fotis Hotel in Gert Sibande District at 14H00 to celebrate this day. The learners will also receive goodies from the MEC.
The MEC will also use the occasion to extend his appreciation to the management and staff of the Phelophepha Health Care Train that was in the Province and in turn receive a preliminary report on the services rendered to learners ( especially those with Albinism) by the staff of the Phelophepha Health Care Train.
While the Phelophepha Health Care Train was in Mpumalanga Province, health, oral, psychological , vision screenings and basic health education awareness was granted to learners with albinism.
The Phelophepha Health Care Train arrived in Mpumalanga Province on 30 March 2019 and it boasts of 19 fully refurbished and equipped coaches that serve as a simple one-stop clinic with several health care services under one roof. It will depart on 14 June 2019.
It is for these reasons that MEC Majuba saw the need celebrate this important day , to extend his appreciation and to wish the management and staff of the Phelophepha Health Care Train well as they depart from Mpumalanga Province - The Place of the Rising Sun.
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