Adoption - Casey Gift Margaret

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Child number: 53549

Girl, 8 years

Adopted

Child from Island of Hope

Casey Gift Margaret has been in adoption programme since year 2026 and she goes to school Island of Hope Humanist School.

City, quarter: Rusinga west Ufira

State: Kenya

Mother: Esther Akoth Ongalo, Sickling

Guardian: Lilian Adhiambo, birth 1987

Description of the situation: Casey has one younger brother Junior (born 2024). The mother is a single parent. The mother is now sickling and therefore the kids were taken by their old grandmother. But she could not manage to feed Casey, her brother and mother, the aunt who only does fishing and has her own children, took Casey to be under her care. The income the aunt get is meagre to pay fees, buy food and other needs to the family. They live in a two roomed mud house which belongs to the family. They use firewood/charcoal for cooking, kerosene/solar for lighting and they get water from lake. Casey likes football and singing. In school she likes Kiswahili and CRE. She would like to be a teacher after school. Due to bad family situation she was admited to orphanage in Community center Island of Hope and in 2026 she should start attending a class 3 in Island of Hope Humanist School. She needs support of 1500 CZK/62,50 EUR/ month (18.000 CZK/750 EUR/year).

Contact: Pavla Brixí, , tel. +420 723 118 389

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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.

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