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Hello I'm Calvin

Calvin Calvin

I'm a 2 year-old boy and I live with my mother and father in Kenya.

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My birthday is the 18th April.

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I love clapping my hands to rhythm and toy cars.

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I' m too young to attend school, so I participate in Home Based Compassion programme activities.

£32 per month will empower him to overcome poverty

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In my family, the adults work as a Agriculture / Farmer and Merchant / Seller.

I have 2 brothers and 1 sister living with the family.

Church Partner:


Location:


Closest Major City:


Community:


Most Commonly Spoken Language:


No. of Residents:


Most Common Occupation:


Typical House Construction:


  • Roof: Tin/Corrugated Iron, 
  • Wall: Mud/Earth/Clay/Adobe, 
  • Floor: Dirt

Regional Diet:


  • Beans, 
  • Beef, 
  • Cassava, 
  • Chickens, 
  • Fish, 
  • Goat, 
  • Maize, 
  • Potato, 
  • Rice, 
  • Sorghum, 
  • Cereal, 
  • Pork, 
  • Cabbage, 
  • Sweet Potato, 
  • Green Gram

Country:

Kenya

Capital City:

Nairobi

Population:

48 million

Life expectancy:

male 63.1 years, female 66.1 years

Population with improved drinking water:

urban 81.6%, rural 56.8%

Population with improved sanitation:

30.1%

Percentage of children under the age of 5 underweight:

11.2%

Literacy Rate:

male 81.1%, female 74.9%

Child Labour:

26%

Religion:

Christian 83% (Protestant 47.7%, Catholic 23.4%, other Christian 11.9%), Muslim 11.2%, Traditionalists 1.7%, other 1.6%, none 2.4%, unspecified 0.2% (2009)

Percentage living below the poverty line:

36.1%

My Family

My Project

My Country

In my family, the adults work as a Agriculture / Farmer and Merchant / Seller.

I have 2 brothers and 1 sister living with the family.

Church Partner:


Location:


Closest Major City:


Community:


Most Commonly Spoken Language:


No. of Residents:


Most Common Occupation:


Typical House Construction:


  • Roof: Tin/Corrugated Iron, 
  • Wall: Mud/Earth/Clay/Adobe, 
  • Floor: Dirt

Regional Diet:


  • Beans, 
  • Beef, 
  • Cassava, 
  • Chickens, 
  • Fish, 
  • Goat, 
  • Maize, 
  • Potato, 
  • Rice, 
  • Sorghum, 
  • Cereal, 
  • Pork, 
  • Cabbage, 
  • Sweet Potato, 
  • Green Gram

Country:

Kenya

Capital City:

Nairobi

Population:

48 million

Life expectancy:

male 63.1 years, female 66.1 years

Population with improved drinking water:

urban 81.6%, rural 56.8%

Population with improved sanitation:

30.1%

Percentage of children under the age of 5 underweight:

11.2%

Literacy Rate:

male 81.1%, female 74.9%

Child Labour:

26%

Religion:

Christian 83% (Protestant 47.7%, Catholic 23.4%, other Christian 11.9%), Muslim 11.2%, Traditionalists 1.7%, other 1.6%, none 2.4%, unspecified 0.2% (2009)

Percentage living below the poverty line:

36.1%

Calvin's project in Kenya




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