Adoption - Sheldock Odhiambo Okongo

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Child number: 52631

Boy, 14 years

Adopted

Child from Island of Hope

Sheldock Odhiambo Okongo has been in adoption programme since year 2017 and he goes to school Island of Hope Humanist School.

City, quarter: Rusinga Island Kamasengre West (Luanda)

State: Kenya

Mother: Agnes Achieng, birth 1985, sells fish

Father: Amos Odhiambo, birth 1973, fishing

Guardian: -

Description of the situation: Sheldock is the second last born in the family of five children (Fredrick born 2004, Calvins born 2008, Violet born 2006 and Benter born 2016). The mother does fish selling business while the father is fishing. Apart from Sheldock and the siblings, the also stay/live with other children who their mother died. The month income is 1,200 KES. The family lives in their own mud house. They cook on the fire and take the water from the lake. They use kerosene for the lighting. Sheldock is doing well heathwise. Lenox is doing fine except of the occasional malaria. In 2018 he would like to join a nursery in Community Center Island of Hope. Adoption of this child is 2400 CZK/100 Eur per term.

Contact: Petra Augustová, , tel. +420 604 627 800

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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