Adoption - Lucy Akinyi Okinyi

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Child number: 53241

Girl, 16 years

Not adopted

Child from Island of Hope

City, quarter: Kamasengre east Sienga

State: Kenya

Mother: Noligah Adhiambo Omondi, birth 1984, House wife

Father: Kennedy Okinyi Achilili, birth 1984, Sand harvest

Guardian: Jane Anyango Ouma, birth 1968, Peasant farming

Description of the situation: Lucy is the third born in the family of six children. Her siblings are Cavin Ndeswe (born 2008), Yvonne Akinyi (2010), Max Nelson (2014), Assell Peres (2020), Precious Darling (2023). Parents separated and the children followed the mother because the father did not want them. The mother remarried and her new husband doesn’t like the children and this is why Lucy and the sibblings lives with the grandmother who also has her own children to take care of. The income the grandmother gets is little to provide the family basic needs. They live in a four room permanent house which belongs to them. They use Firewood/Charcoal for cooking, Kerosene for lighting and they get water from the lake. Lucy likes playing football. In school she likes English and Music, she would like to be an engineer after her studies. In 2026 she should starts a first year of secondary school (3 in total). She needs a support with an amount of 18000 CZK / 750 EUR per year (1500 CZK / 62,50 EUR per month).

Contact: Iveta Hovadíková, , tel. +420 732 827 836

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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 3 500 children. School fees at primary school are CZK 8,400 (€ 360) / year, and at secondary school, college and orphanage are CZK 18,000 (€ 750). 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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