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Adoption - Byron Okoth Ogweno

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Child number: 52206
Boy, 16 years
Adopted
Byron Okoth Ogweno has been in adoption programme since year 2013 and he goes to school Kamasengre Mixed Secondary School.
City, quarter: Kisumu Nyangera
State: Kenya
Mother: Eunice Akoth, birth 1985, housewife
Father: Michael Ogweno, birth 1980, fisherman
Description of the situation: Byron was born in 2008 and has one older brother. The father is a fisherman, but does not have his own net, he has to borrow it. Mother takes care of the household. Family takes care of two other children in need. They live in a three-room mud-clay house without windows, cook on the fire, take the water from the lake and light by kerosene. In 2022 he attends class 7 in primary school. He needs support of 2400 CZK/100 EUR per school term.
Contact: Juraj Sasko, , tel. 00421904331776

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.

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