Adoption - Ismael Sharif

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Child number: 52884

Boy, 9 years

Adopted

Child from Island of Hope

Ismael Sharif has been in adoption programme since year 2019 and he goes to school Island of Hope Humanist School.

City, quarter: Kanyanda Ranguena

State: Kenya

Mother: Caroline Awuor Otieno, birth 1985, Sells fish

Description of the situation: Ismael was born in 2015 and he lives with his mother and siblings (Eliazaro 2004, Morning 2007, Victorine 2010 and Happiness 2017). The father who was the only family breadwinner died leaving the mother with his family. But they did not want her and the brother of her husband send them away. They moved to fishing village where she rent a two roomed mud house.The mother started selling fish and also working as an hotel attendant.The income the mother gets is little to provide the basic needs in life to the children. They get water from the lake, uses firewood or charcoal for cooking and candles for lighting or get energy from little solar panel. The boy likes playing football, singing and swimming. In 2024, he should be attending class 3 at Island of Hope Humanist Primary School. He needs a support of 600 CZK/25 EUR/month (7.200 CZK/300 EUR/year).

Contact: Monika Hubičková, , tel. +420 777 693 209

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.

Adoption Friend Club forms an integral part of this project, and enables to support education of Kenyan children by one-time contribution anytime during the year.

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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