Adoption - Nokris Odhiambo Wakiaga

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Child number: 52267

Boy, 16 years

Adopted

Child from Island of Hope

Nokris Odhiambo Wakiaga has been in adoption programme since year 2014 and he goes to school Island of Hope Humanist Mixed Boarding School.

City, quarter: Rusinga Island Kaswanga

State: Kenya

Mother: -, died

Father: -, died

Guardian: Wakiaga Mituri, birth 1949, Peasant Farming

Description of the situation: Nokris is the last born in the family of three children; he is in class eight in Kaswanga Primary School (in 2020). Their first born (Merolyne Wakiaga) was born in 2006 and she is in class 3, the second born (Bromic Otieno) was born in 2007 and now in class 2. They both go to Kaswanga Primary School, both of the parents died leaving Nokris and the siblings with their old grandparents to take care of them, the grandfather does peasant farming while the grandmother is a house wife. The income the family gets is very low (2500 KES per month) to pay school fees for the children and also to buy food for them, apart from Nokris and the siblings, the grandparents also takes care of other three children who are also semi orphans. The family lives in a three roomed mud house, they use kerosene for lighting, firewood for cooking and they also get water from the lake. Norkis is health, now he studies in high school

Contact: Marta Vašíčková, , tel. +420 602 743 003

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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