Sponsorship for Samuel
– he is happy (June 2021) because he has found a sponsor! But he is still looking for another sponsor!
Samuel is the youngest of 10 children in the family. His parents are Lillian and Francis Saro.
The family lives in a hut on the village square. The two oldest sons, Mae and Kibaki, have built a simple hut next to it just for sleeping.
The rest of the family sleeps in the hut, some without beds or mattresses.
The Saro family is one of the poorest in the village because Francis cannot find steady work. Francis occasionally works on construction sites in the surrounding area and sometimes earns up to 300 shillings (approx. $2.50) a day.
The two oldest sons also have no work, no apprenticeship, and feed themselves exclusively from their own garden.
Samuel is a very bright, outgoing little boy. At just 4 years old, he already shows great talent in language development: he speaks German, English, Swahili, and the Giriama tribal language at a level appropriate for his age.
He even has the German children's songs "Alle meine Entchen" and "Die Affen rasen durch den Wald" memorized in his repertoire...
Future: Samuel has great linguistic abilities and, as far as can be judged, he has the aptitude to be a good to very good student.
Your support:
Samuel is now (2021) 5 years old.
Later, with your support of 40 euros per month, he will be able to attend primary school until he is about 16 years old. With your sponsorship, you will finance Samuel's school fees, school clothes, food, and other support.
After that, from around the age of 17, he can attend secondary school (comparable to a German secondary school). It is a full-boarding school, i.e., full board with accommodation, sleeping, meals, school materials, travel expenses, and clothing. The sponsorship for this would then amount to 120 euros per month.
Training OR studies begin after completing the 5th grade of secondary school and usually last 3-5 years. The children are then usually 21 years old. Your sponsored child needs 600 euros per month for training or studies.
It would be desirable to accompany the sponsored child until the end of their education! Of course, partial periods are also possible. We will then find other sponsors for the child to ensure that they can complete their education.
Your contact options:
We generally like to see the sponsored children get in touch with their sponsors—in whatever form they choose. And sponsors are also welcome to contact their sponsored children at any time.
The easiest way to do this is through our association (email, WhatsApp, video message, etc.), as the residents of the community do not usually have cell phones. If the sponsored child has a cell phone, WhatsApp, or email, direct contact is of course also welcome—but only once the child has reached the age of majority (18), as we must also protect the children from the pathological excesses of our Western "civilization"—child abuse, prostitution, enslavement. These things are unknown in the bush, and the people here are correspondingly naive and unprotected.
Note:
The assessment of the personal characteristics of the potential sponsored child is purely subjective. We experience the children/people in their daily lives during our visits, which last several months.
People change, and often you have to deal with disappointment. We try to promote those personalities where we, purely subjectively, see potential for development. No more, but also no less!
Further information about the Kenyan school system can be found under General Information.
Sponsorship is very simple: select the sponsored child in the donation form and specify the payment method:
