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David Amuzu, 12, sits among his classmates school in the town of Amasaman, Ghana on Thursday January 17, 2008. "I can't see what the teacher is writing on the blackboard", he says. The pigment that gives skin its color - called melanin - is also a key element in the development of the eye. Because of the absence of melanin, most people with albinism have poor eyesight, especially from a distance.

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David Amuzu, 12, sits among his classmates school in the town of Amasaman, Ghana on Thursday January 17, 2008. "I can't see what the teacher is writing on the blackboard", he says. The pigment that gives skin its color - called melanin - is also a key element in the development of the eye. Because of the absence of melanin, most people with albinism have poor eyesight, especially from a distance.