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Child number: 52939
Girl, 8 years
Adopted
Child from Island of Hope
Peres Achieng has been in adoption programme since year 2021 and she goes to school Island of Hope Humanist School.
City, quarter: Kamasengre West Ufira
State: Kenya
Mother: Marry Akinyi Elijah, birth 1994, sells fish
Father: Lazurus Odhiambo Elijah, birth 1995, fisherman
Description of the situation: Peres Achieng is the third born in the family of three children (Titus and Jannes), she was born in 2016. Her father does fishing while the mother sells fish. The family lives in a three roomed mud house, they get water from the lake, use firewood for cooking and kerosene/solar for lighting. The income the family gets is very little to feed and also pay school fees to the children, net family income is about 3000 ksh/ a month (30 euro). Peres is healthy and she really likes skipping over the rope and playing with the ball. She also likes netball. In 2021 she started attending kindergarten. Her adoption costs 2.400 CZK/ 100 EUR per school term.
Contact: Pavla Brixí, , tel. +420 723 118 389

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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