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Our Story
Our Story
Peacemakers for Albinism and Community (PAC) was officially started in 2016, but has been taking care of community members with and without albinism since 1986. It has been a step-by-step process that has evolved to become an official NGO that improves the lives of persons with albinism in Tanzania. Read below to meet the incredible people who form the backbone of PAC.
Reverend Sister Martha Mganga
Reverend Sister Martha Mganga
Martha Edmund Mganga was born with albinism in 1963 in Makiba, Tanzania. As a child she suffered abuse from family members, teachers and many other people, with the abuse climaxing in an attempt to take her own life. After the attempt was stopped by an act of God, Sister Martha devoted her life to caring for others like her. She attended teaching school - and later seminary school - in Nairobi, and began teaching as a way to help the younger generation.
She was eventually ordained an evangelist for the Anglican Church, where she noticed families and children with albinism constantly approaching her for help. She began to identify the needs of these people and shifted her career to social work. Over the years, the needs multiplied, friends began helping, and she founded Albino Peacemakers (now Peacemakers for Albinism and Community) in 2005. With partners and staff members, she was able to expand her work to other areas of the country. In 2016, the organization was registered as an official non-governmental organization.
Mariam Mungu
Mariam Mungu
Mariam Mungu serves as Sister Martha's mission partner. She is originally from Dodoma, Tanzania, where she met Sister Martha at a meeting with a mutual friend - Tiffany Wright - at the Mennonite Church. She was working with projects for persons with HIV-related hardship with the church, and began to cooperate with Peacemakers for Albinism after meeting Sister Martha. She was then inspired to move to Arusha to help with the mission, where she took on projects to help further improve the lives of persons with albinism. She acts as a social worker for PAC, directing home visits and managing cases for children with albinism.
She is happily married and has three boys and a loving husband at home. She is extremely happy to be working for Peacemakers for Albinism and Community and making a tangible impact in the community she calls home. You will often find Mariam with her children or the countless others she frequently cares for.
Other Partners
Other Partners
Lahash Ministries
Lahash Ministries
Peacemakers for Albinism and Community has been working with Lahash Ministries, a Portland, Oregon, USA nonprofit that seeks to connect people in the global Christian church. PAC maintains a relationship with Lahash through sponsorship and prayerful connection, allowing the work of PAC to spread beyond Tanzania.
Local Leaders
Local Leaders
Pictured here is one of our fearless local leaders, who serves as the Head Matron of the Arusha School. By partnering with influential people in the community, we open up spaces for persons with albinism to be seen and brought into schools, businesses, and other spaces.
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