Kenyan Teacher Fired in Tanzania Due to Skin Illness

A high school teacher from Kimilili, Bungoma County, who suffers from an unusual skin condition, must deal with marginalization and unemployment.

Let’s call her Nancy for the sake of anonymity. She reveals that not only have her friends abandoned her, but even her father, who had been paying for her medical care, has given up.

In an exclusive interview with Citizen Digital, Nancy describes how her employer just turned her away and fired her after learning she had atopic dermatitis, a skin ailment characterized by dry, itchy, and irritated skin.

Nancy recently accepted a position as a high school English and literature teacher at an international school in Tanzania. She went to Tanzania for her new position with the hope that her life would improve.

When she arrived, the school management learned about her condition and cancelled her contract because of potential threats to the personnel and pupils.

Nancy emphasizes that her disease is not contagious while crying. The school nevertheless terminated her agreement.

They made this choice because they thought she was a threat to the other pupils and people around her. She had to go home to her family as a result.

This has been her typical experience ever since her disease began in 2011, during her second year of high school.

Nancy’s condition began in one of her joints and has since spread throughout most of her body, leaving her open to prejudice everywhere she goes.

She admits that her job search has been hampered by her appearance. Her pals also conjectured that she was using drugs like marijuana and had HIV.

She emphasizes her efforts to treat her ailment and adds that they didn’t comprehend that her predicament was out of her control.

Nancy has undergone numerous medical procedures and has suffered as a result.

When the problem remained, she was a single mother and her child’s father left. She claims, however, that she didn’t pass the illness to her child or the siblings she lives with.

“The cost of just seeing a doctor is about KSh3,000. Additionally, prescription drugs are significantly more expensive. She says while crying, “I need a solution to my situation bad.

Nancy is now pleading with kindhearted people for help in getting her illness treated.

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