Hope for people with Albinism as young innovator develops organic sunscreen

WINDHOEK, Namibia – In a groundbreaking innovation poised to transform lives, 15-year-old Mwape Chimpampa, a Grade 11 pupil from Naboye Secondary School in Kafue district in Zambia, has developed an organic sunscreen for sun protection among people with albinism. 

Her invention, named The Organic Sunscreen, was incubated at the Zambia Research and Development Center (ZRDC), where efforts are underway to bring it to mass production.

For Chimpampa, this innovation is deeply personal.

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