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Adoption - Gifton Amisi

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Child number: 52563
Boy, 11 years
Adopted
Child from Island of Hope
Gifton Amisi has been in adoption programme since year 2017 and he goes to school Island of Hope Humanist School.
City, quarter: Rusinga Island Ufira
State: Kenya
Mother: Mourine Awuor Amisi, birth 1987, sells fish
Father: David Amisi, birth 1974, fisherman
Description of the situation: Gifton comes from a polygamous family where the father has two wives. In their house Gifton is the last born at the moment. He has two older siblings - Chelsea (born 2005) and Ursla (born 2008). The father is a fisherman and the mother sells fish. The five-member family is living in a three-room mud house which belongs to them. They use firewood and characoal for cooking, kerosene lamp for lighting and they get water from the lake. The second wife is living in a separate house with five children and the father is the only one paying their school fees. The averege monthly net income of Gifton's family (Kshs. 1500) is very little to provide the basic needs in life to the family. Gifton likes playing with his friends - he likes foodball and hide-and-seek. at home he is helping with animals. He loves to eat sweets, fish and mangos. He is in a good state of health. In January 2017 he joined a nursery in Community Center Island of Hope.
Contact: Bohunka Dusíková, , tel. +420737862145

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.

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