Adoption - Fidel Otieno

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Child number: 53082

Boy, 19 years

Not adopted

City, quarter: Kamasengre East Sienga

State: Kenya

Guardian: Samwel Otieno, birth 1963, security guard

Description of the situation: Fidel was born in 2005 and has three siblings. His oldest siblings is Lavender (1996), Javan (1998) and Yvonne. Their parents passed so the children now live with their uncle who is a security guard for a living. Their uncle also has children of his own that he has to provide for. The family’s net income is 7,000 Ksh (70 EUR). This family of eight lives in a mud house that has three rooms. For cooking the family uses firewood and receives their water from the river nearby. While for lighting they use solar powered lamps. Some of Fidel's hobbies include playing football. Academically, he enjoys his science courses and hopes of becoming an engineer. His adoption costs are 5600 CZK/ 220 EUR per school term (16800 CZK/ 660 EUR per year). He is in 2. form at secondary scool. Will you help Fidel get an education?

Contact: Jiří Štancl, , tel. +420 731 713 099

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.

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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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