At ten years old little Sasha Davi Bharrat’s only wish is to “get an education,” but she is prevented from doing so because she suffers from a rare condition that speeds her skin cell turnover, causing the top layer to shed six times faster than in a normal person.
Owing to this condition, which according to her mother causes her to leave “skin everywhere she sit down,” Sasha is unable to attend school, and her parents’ attempts to have her home schooled have proved futile; even reaching out to the Ministry of Education has not yielded a positive result.
Not only has Sasha had to face the cruel taunts of children on the few days she attended school,