Adoption - List of Children
Child number:
53190
Dave was born in 2021. He comes from a polygamous family where his mother is the second wife of the father. He has three siblings: Mackland Ochieng (born 2008), Steve Gerald (2010), Mike Jackson (2012). In the other father’s wife house there are three children. The father does fishing and the little income he gets is not enough to cater for the both families. They live in a two-roomed mad house which belong to the family. They use firewood/charcoal for cooking, kerosene/solar for lighting, and they get water from a lake. Dave likes football. In January 2025 he should join a kindergarten at Island of Hope Humanist School. He needs a support with an amount of 7200 CZK/300 EUR per year (600 CZK/25 EUR per month).
Child number:
53193
Goran is the fourth born in the family of five children: Desy Navel (born 2009), Grace Achieng (2012), Denva Rooney (2016) and Arnold Belton (2024). Father does fishing while the mother is a house wife. Apart from Goran and the siblings the father also has a second wife with three children and he is the father responsible for this big family. The income he gets from fishing is little to feed and also provide other basic needs in life to the children. They live in a three-room mud house which belong to family. They use firewood/charcoal for cooking, using kerosene/solar for lighting and get water from a lake. Goran likes football. In January 2025 he should join a kindergarten at Island of Hope Humanist School. He needs a support with an amount of 7200 CZK/300 EUR per year (600 CZK/25 EUR per month).
Leeroy Karani Aluvisia
Boy
12 years
Not adopted
12 years
Not adopted
Child number:
52741
Leeroy has 3 siblings (Lourine, 22 y.o., Brian, 21 y.o. a Vincent, 16 y.o.) Parents are jobless, the father is working as a casual labourer from time to time. The entire family depends on this little income (4,000 ksh per month – about 40 EUR). The family (which has 6 members altogether) lives in rental 1-roomed mud house in slum. They use kerosene stove for cooking and electricity for lighting. Leeroy is intelligent, he would like to be an engineer in the future. In 2025, Leeroy started sixth grade at elementary school. Adoption of this child costs 7,200 CZK/300 EUR per year.
Ryan Irungu
Boy
12 years
Not adopted
12 years
Not adopted
Child number:
52728
Ryan has two siblings: Brian (2007) and Rachael (2010). The family income is not stable because the father is a casual worker and sometimes no work is available. Mother is a housewife. Sometimes the children are absent from class because of lack of school fees. Family income is only around 3000 KES/ 26 EUR per month. Family live in a three room mudhouse which belongs to them. They use firewood for cooking, kerosene lamp for lighting and they get water from borehole. Ryan is healthy at the present. In 2025, Ryan is a Year 6 for student. To pursue his studies, he needs support of 2.400 CZK/100 EUR per term.
Child number:
53157
David´s parents separated because the father drinks and after drinking he becomes violent. He was taken by his aunt who is an old widow who is sick and also have her own children to feed. The family has no invcome and entirely depends on neighbours for their up keep. Therefore David should move to orphanage at Island of Hope and in 2025 he should be attending class 5 at Island of Hope Humanist Primary school. He needs a support of 1.400 CZK/55 EUR/month (16.800 CZK/660 EUR/year). David likes footbal.
Child number:
53225
John has one younger brother Moses Otieno Mboya (born 2017). Their parents separated and John together with the brother remained with their father. After the separation, the father started drinking alcohol and now he is addicted and it makes him neglecting the care of children. Because of this, brothers were taken by their aunt but she also have their own children to feed and pay for school fees. She has no job and she entirely depends on well-wishers and neighbor. Sometimes boys ends up being sent away from school because the aunt cannot provide for the school needs. They live in a three roomed mud house which belongs to them. They use firewood/charcoal for cooking, kerosene/solar lamp for lighting and they get water from dam. John likes football, drama and watching TV. In school he enjoys English and Kiswahili, he would like to be an engineer. Due to a very bad conditions at home she should join an orphanage at Island of Hope and starts visiting a class 4 here from January 2025. She needs support with an amount of 16.800 CZK/660 EUR per year (1400 CZK/55 EUR per month).
Moses Olodeki Chamwanda
Boy
15 years
Not adopted
15 years
Not adopted
Child number:
52689
Moses is from the family of four children. He has brothers Alvin (2007), Clinton (2009) and Joseph. Father was killed in 2012. Mother has only some casual works e.g. clothes washing. Family lives in one room iron sheet house that is rented. They use stove for cooking, kerosene lamp for lighting and they get water from a tap. In 2025 he should be visiting class 8 at Primary School. Due to the little income, it is hard to meet all basic family needs and paying school fees is a big problem. Moses goes to school on and off because of it. That is why we decided to put him into our programme that he could get the opportunity to go regularly to the school. Moses needs support of 2.400 CZK/100 EUR per term. He wants to be a mechanic.
Child number:
52634
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. In 2025 he attends class 6 at primary school, he needs support 7200 Kč/300 EUR per year.
Bildard Oduor
Boy
16 years
Not adopted
16 years
Not adopted
Child number:
52221
Bildard Oduor was born on 02/12/2009. He attends high school. He has 2 brothers: Briton Kanyeli was born in 2006 and Dickson Kisanya was born in 2013. Their net income is 2000 KES (17 EUR) per month. Bildard mother is not married and stays with her parents in the rural area (Vihigia village). They live in a semi permanent house with two rooms. Bildard walks about 2 kiliometers to school. They use firewood for cooking, lamp for lighting and river water for drinking. He wants to be a teacher, loves english as a subject and loves reading novels and books. He needs support of 5600 CZK/ 220 EUR per term (16800 CZK/660 EUR per year). In 2025 he should be visiting class 12, last year of secondary school.
Juliet Wairimu
Girl
16 years
Not adopted
16 years
Not adopted
Child number:
52518
Juliet was born in 2009. She lives with her mother and two older siblings (Chelsea and Josephat). Mother is the breadwinner of the family and has not stabile work. Other siblings are also in school so it is really hard to provide food and school supplies for all of them. They live in a rented mud house, use firewood for cooking and lantern lamp for lighting. In 2025 she should study at 3rd year of secondary school. She needs a support of 1.400,-Kč/55 EUR/month (16.800,-Kč/660 EUR/year). She loves reading book and english.
Lewis Nyambane
Boy
16 years
Not adopted
16 years
Not adopted
Child number:
52704
Lewis lives with his parents and younger brother Melvin (2016). His mother is housewife and father has small kiosk. Family income is only around 6.000 KES/ 60 EUR per month. Family live in permanent single room which is rented. They use kerosene stove for cooking, electricity for lighting and they get water from the water vendors. Lewis is healthy and he is doing well. Due to the little income, it is hard to pay all school fees and school materials. That is why we decided to put him into our programme that he could get the opportunity to go regularly to the school. Lewis needs support of 2.400 CZK/100 EUR per term.
Shaban Atako
Boy
16 years
Not adopted
16 years
Not adopted
Child number:
52807
Shaban is from the family of six children. He has two brothers and three sisters. Their father died. The single mother had a small business but since she became sick, family just strains to survive. The family lives in two room mud house which is rented. They use firewood for cooking, paraffin lamp for lighting and they get water from the spring. In 2025 he should be visiting class 9. He needs support of 1.400 CZK/55 EUR per month (16.800,-CZK/660 EUR per year). He likes playing football, he would like to go to college and study engineering because he wants to become an engineer.
Wesley Onguche
Boy
16 years
Not adopted
16 years
Not adopted
Child number:
52693
Wesley is from the family of three children. He has brothers Frederick (2007) and Brandon (2010). Father is a hawker, he walks from the morning to evening and sometimes he comes home with no money. Mother is housewife. Family lives in permanent single room which is rented. They use stove cooking, electricity for lighting and they get water from a tap. Due to the little income, it is hard to meet all basic family needs and paying school fees is a big problem. That is why we decided to put him into our programme that he could get the opportunity to go regularly to the school. In 2025 he should be visiting 2nd year of secondary school. Wesley needs support of 5.600 CZK/220 EUR per term (16.800,-Kč/660 EUR/year). He likes playing fotball.
Alex Maina
Boy
17 years
Not adopted
17 years
Not adopted
Child number:
52534
Alex was born in 2008. Mother is the breadwinner of the family after she was divorced with husband. It is hard to survive and she washes other people´s clothes to survive but she doesn’t have work every day. She is struggling to feed the family. Alex has 2 older siblings (Victor and Cyrus). They live in rental wooden house, use firewood for cooking, wick lamp for lighting and water get from well. In 2025 hes hould be visiting form 3 at secondary school. He needs a support of 5.600 CZK /220 EURO per school term (16.800 Kč/660 Eur/year). He loves adventure and visiting new places.
Child number:
52193
Brian is the youngest of five children. The father is the only family breadwinner, he does fishing on other peoples fishing nets. The mother is sickling now and always on and off hospital.The income of the father is not enought to take their mother to hosipital, pay school fees to the children and also buy food. They live in earthen houses with two rooms. Family use water from the lake, cooks on the fire and use kerosene for lighting. He loves playing fotball. In 2025 he should be visiting 9 year, which is last year of Junior Secondary school. He needs support of 1400 CZK/55 EUR/month (16.800 CZK/660 EUR/year).
Child number:
52974
Cran Gift was born in 2008 and he is the only child. His father died when he was young and his mother has occasional jobs, sometimes working as a prostitute as well. Therefore it is impossible for her to take care of Gift and to give him some moral basics, her net income is about 1.200 Ksh (12 EUR) a month. The family lives in a one roomed semi-permanent house, they use electricity for lighting, get water from the tap and use charcoal for cooking. Gift is healthy except for occasional malaria. He likes playing football and soccer. In school he prefers Science and English and in the future he would like to be a doctor. In 2021 he will start to attend class 6 and he will also join the orphanage in our community centre Island of Hope. His adoption costs 5.600 CZK/ 220 EUR per school term (the amount covers school fees, accommodation, food and governess in an orphanage as well).
Elizabeth Liyabi
Girl
17 years
Not adopted
17 years
Not adopted
Child number:
52480
Elizabeth was born on11th October 2008. She stays with her parents and 2 siblings, Brian and Enrey. Both their parents are jobless and depend on casual jobs to fend for the family. The income they get is not enough to pay for school fees and also provide for other basic needs. The family has five members and together they live in a small straw house with one room. They use firewood for cooking, kerosen lamp for lighting and get water from the dam. In 2025 she needs support in her 2nd year at secondary school. She needs to be supported with a monthly amount of 1.400,-CZK/55 EUR (16.800,-CZK/660 EUR/year). She would like to become a teacher.
Ezekiel Omondi Nyayiera
Boy
17 years
Not adopted
17 years
Not adopted
Search urgently for parents
Child from Island of Hope
Child number:
52557
Ezekiel is the last born in the house of two children, the eldest is a girl - Jackline Atieno. When the mother died the father remarried another wife with one child. This new wife of the father does not like Ezekiel and the sister, she is very harsh and cruel to them and sometimes they go without food when their father has gone to look for some casual work. Their average monthly income is only Kshs. 4000. Five people live in a rental two-rooms mud house. They use firewood for cooking, small solar panel for lighting and they are getting water from a river. Ezekiel is doing well health wise. In 2025 he is studying the 3rd year of secondary school, so she needs 1.400 CZK per month (16.800 CZK per year) or 55 Eur per month (660 Eur per year).
Justine Kunyiha
Boy
17 years
Not adopted
17 years
Not adopted
Child number:
52541
Justine was born in 2008 and now he is in class one of a secondary school (info from year 2022). Hi is an orphan and stays with his grandfather who is old and not strong enough to work properly so it is difficult to find a job. They have a small piece of land which provides food for them just sometimes so they have to ask community for help. The monthly income of the family is 5000 KES (approximately 41EUR). They live in their mud house, use firewood for cooking, wick lamp for lighting and water get from nearby well. Justine is healthy boy. Justine needs financial support of 5600 Kč/ 220 EUR per term (660 EUR/year). In 2024 he started 3nd year of secondary school but lost his supporter.
Child number:
52146
Moses is the only child of the mother; he was born on 10th June 2008. He lives with the old and sickling grandmother who can do nothing for her income. She survives from wellwishers and neighbours. The mother left him with the grandmother after she finnished her education, no one knows where she is at the moment. Apart from Mose the grandmother also takes care of other four children who are total orphans.They stay in a permanent house belonging to the grandmother, use fiewood for cooking, lanten lamp for lighting and get water from the lake. In 2025, he should be attending grade 2 at Island of Hope Humanist Mixed Boarding School. He loves playing fotball. He needs support of 1.400 CZK/55 EUR/month (16.800 CZK/660 EUR/year).
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.
Photo-gallery and videos document promotional events of this project and provide coverage from trips to Kenya, including greetings and messages from children, handing over of presents and give overview of individual schools and their facilities.
