My Mentorship Journey

Mentoring Sessions

I enrolled with Mrs. Ntombi Malatsi on one of her mentorship programs.  The sessions were awesome because she accommodated me with regards to my short sight especially when I struggled to see other colors, graphs and small fonts.  Our sessions were very personal to me, time and again I would deviate and talk about everything.  

One day she asked if I would be keen to share my life experiences through blogging as she picked up that I faced a lot of challenges at the workplace and that people will learn and understand the dynamics of albinism and how to treat people living with albinism.  

I said yes to the learning opportunity because I enjoy writing and knew that through the blogposts I will educate other people.  The blogging has brought a lot of emotional healing within me and it has also opened an opportunity for me to offer advise and guidance to parents and other people living with albinism.

Feedback from Ntombi 

Ntombi sent a voice note (voice notes are the order of her day) to provide feedback on what she has learned with regards to my albinism experiences as follows:

1. "I learned how to use the correct term for people with albinism instead of calling them albinos.
2. I know that there are eyesight challenges because you would request to zoom your screen in our mentoring sessions.  Further to this I thought that we can all go to an optometrist and get prescription spectacles as I am short sighted too.  I got to understand the depth of your eye sight issues.
3. I didn't know that albinism is classified as a disability.
4. I become sad most of the times when I read your blogposts especially the social spaces posts.  I always wondered why I never came across a person with albinism at the gym, now I understand that you went through a lot of staring which resulted into you withdrawing from the gym.  Another incident that hurt me was when you were chased out of the taxi because you have albinism.
5. I am so glad that you are a very optimistic and courageous person and that you have opened yourself up to us and never allowed your daily challenges to stop you from what you want in life.  This allows us to feel free and have all crazy conversations with you.
6. I now know better and how to relate and treat people with albinism through your life experiences."

Message to Ntombi

My dearest gorgeous mentor, thank you so much for being such a great support structure in my life and my personal growth.  My life has changed for the better in the short period since I joined you.  I truly appreciate you.

Gratitude Note 

Thank you so much for taking your time to read. I cannot wait to share further exciting experiences with you.  Please kindly share this post with as many people as you can as it will help me reach out to the world.

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