Teacher get fired due to rare disease
Due to an unusual skin disease, a high school teacher from Kimilili, Bungoma County, is being rejected and may lose her job.
Due to the delicate nature of her situation, we will refer to the instructor as Nancy*. She claims that her friends have abandoned her and that even her father, who has been assisting her in receiving therapy, has given up on her.
Nancy described in an exclusive interview with Citizen Digital how she was recently rejected for a job and had her lease cancelled after it was learned that she has atopic dermatitis, a condition that results in dry, itchy, and inflammatory skin.
Nancy has accepted a position with an international school in Tanzania. She has experience teaching English and literature to high school students. Thrilled that her life might eventually improve, she went to Tanzania to start her new job.
Teacher get fired due to rare disease
She was diagnosed with the disease upon arrival, and the school administration immediately terminated her employment on the grounds that she would be a danger to the pupils and other teachers.
The school terminated the contract I had signed even though my disease is not contagious because they believed I posed a threat to children and others nearby. I had to go back home to my family, Nancy remarked while crying.
Since she first fell ill in 2011, when she was in Form Two, this has been the pattern in her life.
Initially affecting one of her joints, Nancy claims the ailment has already spread throughout much of her body, making her a target of discrimination everywhere she goes.
Teacher get fired due to rare disease
“I am unable to find work due of my appearance. My pals have also claimed that I have HIV and that I use marijuana and other substances. They don’t comprehend that I can’t fix this and have done everything I can to get help,” she continued.
Nancy has been in and out of the hospital as a result of the disease’s treatment, which has been difficult for her.
She is a single mother, and as the problem worsened, the baby’s father left. She claims, however, that she lives with her kid and her siblings and has never given them the disease.
“A consultation costs about Ksh3,000. In addition, medications are significantly more expensive. I’m in serious need of an answer to the problem,” she said.
The teacher is now requesting well-wishers to come to her aid so that she can get treatment for the disease.
Teacher get fired due to rare disease
