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Child number: 52634
Boy, 14 years
Adopted
Child from Island of Hope
Sheldon Ouma Odira has been in adoption programme since year 2017 and he goes to school Island of Hope Humanist School.
City, quarter: Rusinga Island Kamasengre West (Gumba)
State: Kenya
Mother: Mercy Odira, birth 1989, sells fish
Father: Joshua Rimba, birth 1985, fishing
Guardian: -
Description of the situation: Sheldon comes from a polygamist family where his mother is the second wife of the father. In their other [step mothers] house there are four children. He is the last born in there house (Lucy born 2005, Revix born 2007 and Euphresia born 2010). The father does fishing while the mother buys and sell fish. The income they get is little to feed and also provide other basic needs in life to the family (1,000 KES). They live in their own mud house that has three rooms. They cook on fire using charcoal and take water from the lake. The use kerosene for lighting. Sheldon is doing well at present health wise.
Contact: Lucie Valtová, , tel. +420 607 861 547