Adoption - Beryl Scovia Alawo

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Child number: 52921

Girl, 7 years

Adopted

Child from Island of Hope

Beryl Scovia Alawo has been in adoption programme since year 2020 and she goes to school Island of Hope Humanist School.

City, quarter: Kamasengre west Ukowe

State: Kenya

Mother: Maurine Auma Alawo, birth 1994, Sells fish

Father: Wilson Alawo Odeyo, birth 1977, Fisherman

Description of the situation: Beryl comes from a polygamous family where her mother is the second wife of the father, she is the third born in the house (Faith 9 y.o., Felix 6 y.o. and Bradon 1y.o.). The mother sells fish while the father does fishing, the income is little to feed the family and pay school fees to the children (600 ksh per month - about 6 EUR). Family lives in their own mud house with two rooms. They cook on wood or charcoal, use water from the lake and for lighting they use kerosene lamp or solar electricity. Beryl is doing well healthwise at present. She likes singing and swimming and she also likes soccer. In 2021 she is attending kindergarten. Adoption of this child costs 7.200 CZK/ 300 EUR per year.

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.

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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