Born albinos, Bibiana and Tindi Mashamba missed so much school in their native Tanzania after an attack left “Bibi” without a leg and two fingers. We always wanted more school,” Bibi, 17, recalled, sharing her wish as soon as they arrived in California on medical visas last year, thanks to aid from the African Millennium Foundation and the Orthopaedic Institute for Children in Los Angeles. The sisters, the subject of a Times report in March, have taken a step toward making that dream a reality. “I hadn’t heard any of these albino myths and it was horrifying to learn of their abuses,” she said. The sisters enrolled in the Montessori School of Ojai, eager to immerse in books that will get them ready for high school-level courses.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 26, 2016 18:00 UTC