
A poignant message, when in far-off Tanzania people born with his genetic condition are being mutilated and killed.
Superstitions there, which hold that body parts of those with albinism attract gold, are responsible for the carnage.
And while Tanzanian families of those with albinism are closing ranks to exchange stories and survival tips, in New Zealand the recently-established trust is doing its bit to support those with the condition and promote greater understanding of it.
Trustee Mr Little (61) said New Zealanders were more enlightened now than when he was growing up in rural Otago, but there was still some way to go.
Often, when a baby was born with albinism, the reaction of well-meaning relatives was "Oh, you poor dear", immediately creating a negative environment.
It is estimated that one person in about 17,000 has some type of albinism and about 75 children are known to have the condition in New Zealand.
It occurs in those who have inherited a copy of an altered gene which does not allow the body to make the usual amounts of the pigment melanin.
In some cases, it affects just the eyes, but in others it affects eyes, skin and hair.
Melanin is required to develop normal vision, so those with the condition have impaired sight which cannot be completely corrected with glasses.
They also get sunburnt easily and in tropical areas can be prone to skin cancer if not adequately protected.
Mr Little, who now lives in Levin, originally lived at Milton, and later in Athol and Pateoroa, and remembers being stigmatised.
He also remembers suffering from horrific sunburn in those pre-sunscreen days.
His skin would burn in three minutes.
There was plenty of thoughtless stigmatisation of all sorts of people - those with ginger hair, for instance, and those who were left-handed or dyslexic.
Anyone considered different could suffer from taunts in the playground.
His objective is to correct misinformation about albinism, encourage people to be positive, to "enable and not disable" them.
The trust brings affected families together.
A meeting last month in Dunedin was attended by 13 people.
Sometimes parents reacted by overprotecting their children - smothering, rather than mothering.
Through education and contact with other families, new parents were helped to let the baby be itself, with common sense about things such as exposure to sunlight and the need for eye care.
One of the common misconceptions was that people with albinism had a shortened lifespan, but Mr Little said there was no global evidence that was the case.
Medical problems were similar to those in the general population - "humanity is a really frail thing".
Skin cancer could occur, but it was usually curable.
Some people with the condition chose to try to disguise it and that was their right.
"If people feel the need to cover up, we support their right to do so. We would never say to someone you shouldn't do that. We don't know what's going on where they walk."
It could be that people had decided to cover up because of negative views from well-meaning people around them.
One man who had done much to increase understanding of alpinism and celebrate those with it was former fashion photographer Rick Guidotti with his "Positive Exposure" images (these can be seen online).
Mr Little urged people to be sensitive to the possible needs of people with albinism which might not always be obvious, citing a recent example of a Dunedin bank teller who had insisted that a woman with the condition could fill in a form, after she had asked for assistance.
"If we can get people like that bank teller to be a little more helpful without embarrassing anybody, we'll be successful in making the world a better place for somebody."
The New Zealand trust has joined its sister organisation in Australia in writing to the president of Tanzania, supporting his moves to combat the persecution of those with albinism in his country.
Teacher remembers the taunts, bullying
Former teacher John Bradley (70) remembers young Frosty, as he always called Allen Little, being teased about his albinism and needing protection.
On one occasion, however, when he was teaching Mr Little at Athol, a boy taunted Mr Little until he swung around and "just about knocked him cold".
Mr Bradley, now retired and living in Dunedin, said the classroom erupted, but he told the pupils the boy had deserved to be hit.
"In those days you could do that".
Mr Bradley and Mr Little have kept in touch over the years, Mr Little describing his former teacher as doing more for him than any other person in the education system.
Mr Bradley remembered getting large-print copies of the old school journal for Mr Little to read.
He was sensitive to those who might have disabilities as his mother was one of 12 children, seven of whom were deaf and mute.
He had learned sign language at an early age, which was unusual then.
He and his wife Shirley took the young Frosty under their wing, almost providing a home away from home for him during some difficult years.
They are proud of his achievements, including the awarding of a Queen's Service Medal, and still enjoy catching up.










