John Ondeche, expert on children’s rights and adoption in Kenya, to visit UNC
John Ondeche, expert on children’s rights and adoption in Kenya, to visit UNC
John Ondeche, director of the New Life Home in Kisumu, will visit Chapel Hill the week of March 27 for a series of events sponsored byCarolina for Amani.
Ondeche is an expert on children’s rights and adoption in Kenya, and this is his first visit to the United States.
Morgan Abbott, a public policy and religious studies major from Raleigh who is pursuing a minor in entrepreneurship, founded Carolina for Amani to support the work of The Amani Children’s Foundation and the New Life Homesin Kenya.
On March 28 at 8 p.m. in Dey Hall 206, The Roosevelt Institute is sponsoring a conversation with Ondeche, who also is a member of the Kenyan Adoption Board, regarding the creation of progression of children’s rights legislation and adoption policy in Kenya.
On March 30, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge of the Campus Y, Carolina for Amani is hosting a sale to welcome Ondeche to Chapel Hill. Attendees will have the opportunity to converse with Ondeche while shopping for Kenyan bags, scarves, gifts and jewelry made from beautiful hand-painted Kenyan beads from the clay of Mt. Kenya. All proceeds will benefit the New Life Homes in Kenya.
On April 1 at 2:15 p.m. in Gardner Hall 08, the economics department is sponsoring a lecture by Ondeche regarding international development, specifically in the context of New Life Homes.