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Adoption - Ginell Castro

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Child number: 52789
Boy, 13 years
Adopted
Child from Island of Hope
Ginell Castro has been in adoption programme since year 2019 and he goes to school Island of Hope Humanist School.
City, quarter: Sindo Ragwe
State: Kenya
Mother: Brenda Atieno, birth 1997, House wife
Father: Felix Ouma, birth 1985, fishing
Description of the situation: Ginell is the first born in the family of four children (siblings Bravin born 2014, Present born 2016 and Chelsin born 2018). The father who is the only family breadwinner does fishing while the mother is a house wife. The income the family gets is little to feed and also pay school fees to the children (2,100 KES – about 21 EUR). The family (which has 6 members altogether) lives in their own 2-roomed mud house. They get water from the bore hole, uses firewood for cooking and kerosene lamp for lighting. Ginell is doing health wise well at the moment. In 2019 he will be in first class in primary school. Ginell likes mathematics, reading, social studies C.R.E. He would like to be a teacher. He also likes football and moulding. He is in fifth class in our community centre Island of Hope in the year 2023. Adoption of this child costs 16,800 CZK/660 EUR per year (the amount covers school fees, accommodation, food and governess in an orphanage as well).
Contact: Eva Jedličková, , tel. +420 732 203 196

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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