Huyu dada ni mwafrika kusini, jina lake nimelisahau kidogo. Huko SA huyu dada ni Celeb kama ilivyo kwa Nick Vujicic. Shughuli yake kubwa ni kumotivate watu waliokata tamaa na maisha.
Juzi kama siku 3 alisheherekea birthday yake ya kutimiza miaka 18, Jacob Zumma ambae pia ni rafiko wake wa karibu alituma zawadi.
Alipata ugonjwa unaoitwa Progelia, yani mtoto anashindwa kumature, umri unatembea lkn anabaki kukomaa tu. Madaktari walitabiri hatovuka miaka 14, lkn bado anadunda tu.
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There’s no Stopping Her! Ontlametse Phalatse was born with a Rare Age-Accelerating Disorder but her Positivity is Contagious
Ontlametse Phalatse
Ontlametse Phalatse was born looking “normal”, but later on, her mother Bellon discovered something was wrong. By the time she was three months old, she was already having constant rashes on her skin and her mother thought she had a skin disease.
Before Ontlametse celebrated her first birthday, her hair was falling, her nails weren’t normal, the skin problems continued. Her parents were going from doctor to doctor.
Her father abandoned her and her mother before she celebrated her third birthday, as she was aging prematurely.
She was enrolled in school at 6 years old but that came with scornful remarks from her classmates and teachers who thought she had AIDS. People living with AIDS were always being discriminated in South Africa at the time.
It did not stop her as she proved to be a bright student.
In 2009, a doctor friend suggested she have Ontlametse tested for Progeria – (a rare age-accelerating disorder also known as Benjamin Button Disorder), and brought her a book about the disease. She was later diagnosed of the disorder.
Ontlametse has a bubbly and positive personality, and she doesn’t allow her condition to bring her down.
She calls herself ‘First Lady’ because she is the first (recorded) Black child with the disorder.
Her caption: What a lovely day. Life is about enjoying every moment
The disorder is believed to have inspired the Brad Pitt movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, in which he is born an old man and ages backwards.
The Progeria Research Foundation says that only two Africans have been diagnosed with the disease and they both live in South Africa – Ontlametse and a 5-year-old white girl.
Although, researchers believe there are other children with the disorder, but they (researchers) haven’t been able to reach them.
The foundation added that the number of children diagnosed with the disorder around the world has soared from 48 to 80 on five continents.
Ontlametse was not expected to live beyond the age of 13, but later this year, she will be celebrating her 18th birthday.
‘I don’t care what people say about me,’ she says adding that she wants to become a psychologist to help people with their problems. She recently graduated from high school.
In South Africa, matriculation (or matric) is a term commonly used to refer to the final year of high school and the qualification received on graduating from high school, although strictly speaking, it refers to the minimum university entrance requirements.
Sister Hapo kwenye BLACK umekosea sana kutamka hayo maneno, hata wao wakiona ulichokiandika watapata masikitiko sana. Na wenyewe ni bidaadamu kama sisi na ndiyo Mungu amewaumba ivyo na siyo wao wametaka wawe ivo.ni hayo my sister kama nitakua nimekosea nisamehe
Sister Hapo kwenye BLACK umekosea sana kutamka hayo maneno, hata wao wakiona ulichokiandika watapata masikitiko sana. Na wenyewe ni bidaadamu kama sisi na ndiyo Mungu amewaumba ivyo na siyo wao wametaka wawe ivo.ni hayo my sister kama nitakua nimekosea nisamehe
Wewe bado sana kwenye maisha. Na hapo bado hujazaa.
Fikiria mwanamke ambaye amebeba ujauzito kwa miezi tisa, halafu anamzaa mtoto kama huyo. Jiweke nafasi ya huyo mama, unafikiri alijisikiaje alivyo mzaa huyo mtoto.
Show compassion. Usije ukarogwa kumsema mtu kwa sababu ya maumbile yake ya kuzaliwa. Never do that. Na ukifanya hivyo, basi uwe na kumbukumbu nzuri.
Dinazarde Mimi huwa nawapenda sana watu wanamna hiyo,
huwa naamini kwamba wana kitu flani special tofauti nasisi na huwa nawachunguza ili nigundue hasa.. Wacha nimsake
Dinazarde Mimi huwa nawapenda sana watu wanamna hiyo,
huwa naamini kwamba wana kitu flani special tofauti nasisi na huwa nawachunguza ili nigundue hasa.. Wacha nimsake
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