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Child number: 52613
Girl, 11 years
Adopted
Child from Island of Hope
Lentafia Akinyi Odira has been in adoption programme since year 2017 and she goes to school Island of Hope Humanist School.
City, quarter: Rusinga Island Kamasengre west [Ufira]
State: Kenya
Mother: Susan Adhiambo Abig, birth 1986, Sells fish
Father: Daniel Odira Abiga, birth 1975, Fisherman
Description of the situation: Lentafia is the second last born in the family of four kids at present. She has two older brothers Nashon Aura (born in 2007) and Jim Onyango (born in 2010) and one younger brother Hanshy Otieno (born in 2016). The father does fishing on other peoples net while the mother is doing fish selling business. The income the family gets is very little, around 5000 KES (40 Eur) to feed and also pay school fees to the children. The family lives in a three roomed mud house, which belongs to them. They get water from the lake, uses Kerosene lamp for lighting and Firewood/Charcoal for cooking. Lentafia is doing well at present except the occasional malaria. In 2018 she would like to join a nursery in Community Center Island of Hope. Adoption of this child is 2400 CZK/100 Eur per term.
Contact: Lucie Strnadová, , tel. +420 725 364 361

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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