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Adoption - Gift Raaj

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Child number: 53255
Boy, 6 years
Not adopted
Child from Island of Hope
City, quarter: Kamasengre east Sienga
State: Kenya
Mother: Veronica Anyango Okinyi, birth 1995, Teacher
Father: Geoffrey Ochieng, birth 1989, Fisherman
Description of the situation: Gift is the only child in the family. The mother is a Nursery teacher and the father does fishing on other peoples fishing nets but he has neglected the family and now it’s the mother who provides for the family basic needs. Apart from Gift, the mother also takes care of other two children and also Gift’s grandparents who are old and sickling. The income the mother gets is little to pay rent, school fees and also provide for the basic needs in life to the family. They live in a one roomed semi-permanent house which is rental. They use firewood/charcoal for cooking, kerosene/solar for lighting and they get water from barehole. In 2026 he should start attending kindergarden at Island of Hope Humanist School in Community center Island of Hope. He needs support of 8400 CZK/360 EUR/year (700 CZK/30 EUR/ month).
Contact: Lenka Čumpelíková, , tel. +420 732 203 196

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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.

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