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Dear adoptive parents, dear supporters and friends of the Centrum Narovinu, thank you for joining us on our journey in 2025 and for supporting the education and healthcare of children in Kenya. We greatly appreciate your support and wish you good health and happiness in your personal and professional lives. Let's keep smiling, Centrum Narovinu

The clinic on Rusinga Island has been helping since 2010 and is the only functioning clinic on the island. Since September 2019, when the last project ended, it has been operating solely on contributions from individual and corporate donors. In order to maintain its operation and provide assistance to 20,000 patients a year, we need to find additional partners and supporters who will support doctors, purchase medicines, and keep the clinic running with regular monthly or annual contributions… Will we find them?

During the online auction evening on Sunday, December 14, 35 artworks were sold and we will support the education of children and the operation of the boarding secondary school on Rusinga Island with a total amount of CZK 72,130. Thank you for your support. The second phase of the auction has begun – after-auction sale, where you can still purchase the artworks that were not auctioned off. You will find works at symbolic prices as well as more valuable pieces by world-renowned artists from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Dear friends, we cordially invite you to an online charity auction for the Island of Hope, with which we would like to conclude this year's celebrations of the 30th anniversary of our organization’s founding and the 25 years of our journeys to Kenya and the start of our development projects. The auction will feature a collection of artworks and artifacts from Africa, inspired by Africa or by the travels of artists. Behind each piece lies an interesting story – of the artwork itself, the artist, or the organization that donated it. The result is a truly original and diverse collection. All stories are available here or on Facebook.

SOS Clinic Island of Hope: We are launching a fundraising campaign to save it, and we need each and every one of you! * What is it like to be a volunteer at the Island of Hope community center in Kenya? * Supporting education makes sense!

The Long-Distance Adoption Program has been running since 2002 and has helped thousands of children in Kenya gain access to education and thereby achieve better living conditions. However, over more than twenty years, the economic situation has changed significantly — especially in Kenya, where prices of food, transport, energy, and school-related expenses have risen sharply. The basic contribution from donors has remained the same throughout this time, but it is no longer sufficient to cover everything the children need. In addition to tuition fees, it is now necessary to provide for school supplies, uniforms, and lunches, which have become an important part of the support.

The Center Narovinu celebrates 30 years since the organization was founded and 25 years since the first trip to Kenya and the start of development projects * Visiting Brian in Kenya – Grammar School Třeboň * Fair Trade Shop Report 2024 * The boy Gyane is playing football again

Jaro a léto bude ve znamení festivalů, podařilo se nám domluvit účast na několika akcích po celé České republice a rádi bychom vás na ně pozvali.

Thank you for your feedback and long-lasting cooperation * A school from Prague helped a young student from Kenya access education * Volunteer stays and visits of adoptive parents at the Island of Hope in Kenya * Who is a part of the Centrum Narovinu team? Meet a volunteer from Havířov * What does the 16th wave of health insurance look like?

Dear adoptive parents, supporters, and friends of the Center Narovinu, Thank you for supporting the education and health care of children in Kenya. We greatly appreciate our journey together this year and look forward to continuing in 2025. HAPPY NEW YEAR ❤️ Center Narovinu

We are collecting works for auction to support children's education * Gifts with a story have been bringing joy for the ninth year * One month as a volunteer in Kenya * Travel purpose: family reunion * Who makes up the Centrum Narovinu team? We introduce a volunteer from Slovakia * Supporting education makes sense! Introducing Velma and Moses, for whom we are looking for an adoptive parent

Podpořte nás darováním uměleckého díla, nejlépe s africkou tématikou, které spolu s dalšími vydražíme na konci roku v elektronické aukci na podporu vzdělání dětí v Ostrově Naděje na Rusinga Island v Keni. Děkujeme za podporu například Marii Imbrové, která nám darovala typický zulský náhrdelník z drobných rokajlových korálků. A Jirkovi Rosovi z Nasajem SMasajem, od kterého máme obraz Tanzanského uměl ce Hendricka Lilangy…

The 16th year of health insurance has just begun * Trip to Kenya… a visit to a sponsored girl * Supporting education makes sense! * Primary school U Obory helps * Fair Trade Shop Centrum Narovinu

Friends of Adoption Club – Let’s help Michael from Rusinga Island get a high school education * Health insurance has been helping for 15 years * A month full of unforgettable experiences * Extra payments 2023 to children in the Adoption Programme * Hostýnská Primary School: Christmas fair to support Elijah's education

Dear adoptive parents, dear supporters, and friends of the Center Narovinu, Thank you so much for your support and journey together this year. We wish you all the best for the new year, and may your dreams come true. ❤️ Center Narovinu

Thank you to the 180 Degrees Consulting Prague students who are helping us with our projects this semester. They have just started a fundraising campaign on Donio for textbooks and school supplies for Island of Hope. Please pass it on and support the education of children in Kenya. Thank you.

Fair Trade Shop – Gifts with a story * Who forms the team of Centre Narovinu? We introduce a new employee of our office in Nairobi * Visit of adoptive parents in Kenya * Friends of Adoption Club * Island of Hope became my newhome – Tabitha's story

Supporting education makes a difference! * Who makes up the Centrum Narovinu team? We present our volunteers * The story of Pamela from the Island of Hope * The fair shop supports the education of the children of Island of Hope * Adoption Friends Club * Health insurance as a part of the program of long-distance adoption * Extra payments in 2022 – What did the children buy? * Africa through unusual eyes program in schools

For the children of the Island of Hope, we are looking for the following: Flutes – trumpets – tambourines – portable keyboards (61 keys) – drums and drum sets – triangles – music stands. The collection will support music lessons. Here is a short video of one lecture by primary school children. We will collect instruments until the end of June; at the end of the summer, we will send everything to Kenya.

Edward's story from remote support Adoption * Whom does the Centre Narovinu team consist of? We introduce our intern in Nairobi * Health insurance * The story of my adopted little girl Monica * Club of Friends of Adoption * Island of Hope in Kenya Work and life with children from the community center on the island through the eyes of Ostrava University students * Insights from a trip to Kenya to see adopted daughter * Christmas market at Hostýnská elementary school and fundraiser in support of Elijah from Kenya

Monday 6 March from 10 to 11 a.m. in person in Prague or at Zoom Kenyan coffee and tea tasting – Online connection with Island of Hope – International development cooperation and global development education projects – Partnership program for schools, companies, institutions, and volunteers – Gifts with a story from Fair Trade Shop

Dear adoptive parents, dear supporters, and friends of the Center Narovinu, Thank you for your support, kind words, and all the personal encounters. We really appreciate it and look forward to our journey together in the new year. Happy New Year! Your Center Narovinu

We share the challenge of Ken, who was at the birth of the Island of Hope, and our common great desire – to save the Island of Hope, where 550 children are educated daily. Please help us make it come true! We can do it if we can find other adoptive parents to sponsor some unadopted children from preschool, elementary, or middle school.

Are you interested in development cooperation? Do you like projects supporting education and healthcare for children in Africa? Do you want to support sustainable projects with an active approach of local communities and volunteers? Are you looking for mutually beneficial and rewarding cooperation? Would you like to see the concrete impact of your support and establish partnerships and regular contact with beneficiaries? Become a partner of Island of Hope!

Dear headmistress/headmaster, teachers and students, we are asking you to participate in the project “Adoption of African children – a long-distance help project”, which our non-profit society Centrum Narovinu has been organising since 2002. This year, we are celebrating 20 years of the project – 20 years of beautiful stories. Help us fulfil the dreams of Hope Island students and give them a better future by becoming their patron and by supporting them on their educational journey.

SOS Island of Hope – Help us save a project in Kenya * Introducing our volunteers * What motives adoptive parents to help more * Become a corporate partner of the Island of Hope  * Rusinga Island – From the point of view of medical students of the University of Ostrava * 20 years of the education support program – 20 years of beautiful stories * Become a patron of a schoolchild – Partnership offer for nursery, primary and secondary schools

On May 21, we celebrated 20 years of our education support program with the African Festival at Vyšehrad. THANK YOU to Creative Africa and Vyšehrad National Cultural Monument for their tremendous support and co-creation of a wonderful atmosphere. A big thank you also to all the performers AneboAfro, KAT Bent L'Amor, ACA – African Culture and Art, Sahar, Divadlo Fígl, Meet Your Street, Leonardo Teca, Marie Imbrová, the program was really diverse…

We are celebrating 20 years of beautiful stories where we have helped children in Kenya graduate from their dream schools, spend their childhoods with their peers, expand their horizons… Today they are adults, have their own families, jobs, they volunteer and pay it forward… Celebrate with us. Support the education of one particular child and give them hope for a better future, thank you. For a database of children and more info, visit www.CenterNarovinu.org

Celebrating 20 years of Distance Adoption * Who makes up the Narovinu Center team? We present a new reinforcement in the Prague office * The second wave of health insurance * Friends of Adoption Club * Extra support for children in Kenya * Volunteering on Rusinga Island thanks to the OU Aid project * Visit of adoptive parents in the Island of Hope * Derrick – a cheerful boy who follows his dream * Cooperation of the Třeboň Gymnasium with the Centrum Narovinu

Centre Narovinu can be found at the new Prague address * Introducing new support for our Nairobi office * Health insurance for children * Club of Friends of Adoption * A month of volunteering in Kenya * ISLAND OF HOPE celebrated a beautiful 18th birthday * Extra support adoptive parents children in Kenya * Fair shop * The adoptive daughter wrote to them that their house was falling down. The new one cost 800 euros. * Jambo Africa Project