Adoption - Benson Otieno Ochieng

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Child number: 51541

Boy, 24 years

Adopted

Benson Otieno Ochieng has been in adoption programme since year 2007 and he goes to school Kenya Coast National Polytechnic.

City, quarter: Nairobi Homa-bay

State: Kenya

Mother: -,

Father: -,

Guardian: -, fishmonger

Description of the situation: Benson lives with his grandmother after his parents died (mother in 2003, father in 2005) and his grandma is the only one who could take responsibility of the child. Benson has 3 siblings, they all live together. The grandmother earns an income of 5000/ which she uses to cater for the basic needs of the family. They live in a rental house,5 dependants in 2 rooms, they use firewood for cooking, kerosene lamp and fetch water from the tap. The boy likes reading story books and attending church. He likes playing football and playing games at school. He wants to be a doctor when he grows up. In 2018 he should attend the 1st class of high school.

Contact: Jiří Štancl, , tel. +420 731 713 099

The project of remote support „Adoptions of African children“ mediates an access to education for poor Kenyan children without pulling them out of their natural environment and community. This project has been running since 2002 and has helped more than 3500 children. School fees at primary school are CZK 7200 (€300) / year, and at secondary school, college and orphanage are CZK 16800 (€660). The payment can also be broken down into multiple instalments.

Section of detailed information provides an overview of how this projects works. In case you have already chosen a child from our database, you can also find here all the steps to be taken in order to adopt a child remotely.

You can also provide the adoptive children by health insurance, that covers any medical treatment the child needs during 1 year.

Adoption Friend Club forms an integral part of this project, and enables to support education of Kenyan children by one-time contribution anytime during the year.

In case you already are an “adoptive parent”, here you will find complementary information and references for adoptive parents about the whole adoption process.

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