Adoption - Millicent Winslet

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Child number: 53049

Girl, 6 years

Adopted

Child from Island of Hope

Millicent Winslet has been in adoption programme since year 2022 and she goes to school Island of Hope Humanist School.

City, quarter: Rusinga East Kakrigu

State: Kenya

Mother: Judith Awuor, birth 1989, sells fish

Father: James Otieno Ogolla, birth 1985, fisherman

Guardian: Pamella Adhiambo, birth 1980, housewife

Description of the situation: Millicent was born in 2018. She has two older siblings, Charles (2008) and Steve (2010) and a younger sibling Nasrim (2021). Their father is a fisherman, and their mother sells fish for a living. This family of six lives in a mud house that has three rooms. When cooking they use firewood and receive their water from the lake nearby. For lighting within the home, they use candles. The family’s net income is 5,200 KSH (52 EUR) per month. With the financial struggles Millicent’s parents have, she was taken in by her aunt who is a housewife with children of her own she also must support. Some of Millicent’s hobbies include cooking and singing. Millicent should join kindergarten in the Island of Hope’s project in 2022. Her adoption costs are 2.400 CZK/ 100 EUR per school term (7.200 CZK/ 300 EUR per year). Will you help Millicent’s family send her to school?

Contact: Daniela Jurkechová, , tel.

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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