Elizabeth Gomm

Christmas toppers

Sunday, 28 November 2021

Elizabeth Gomm

Counting the days until Christmas, Saidi and his friends are getting ready for the festive season. Excited by the season they are busy making Christma hats. Here they are preparing palm leaves ready t...

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Sew far sew good

Sunday, 28 November 2021

Elizabeth Gomm

Happy House kid Brian has been learning some very useful new skills. He's being taught to do simple repairs to clothing by our seamstress, Auntie Constance. She has also taught him how to ...

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The animal dance

Sunday, 28 November 2021

Elizabeth Gomm

With the excitement building towards Christmas, the kids at Happy House are doing just what their Mama Sie would have wanted - planning ahead! Mama always made Christmas a very special time for our ch...

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Learning about light

Sunday, 28 November 2021

Elizabeth Gomm

Today we join Grade 4 at Happy House School as they learn about light. They are carrying out a practical experiment to discover whether light travels in a straight line.

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Growing interest

Sunday, 28 November 2021

Elizabeth Gomm

Gardening is one of Musyoka's favourite pastimes. When he's not in school he likes to help the Happy House gardeners with raising food crops . Growing our own food at Happy House is really important a...

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Happy helper

Sunday, 28 November 2021

Elizabeth Gomm

Priscilla is a very happy helper. As you know our Happy House kids are always willing to assist with chores around the house. During a short school break, Priscilla chose to help in laundry beca...

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A good place to be

Monday, 15 November 2021

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Teacher Madam Lucy is glad to be working at Happy House School. Not only does she have happy, wel behaved chiildren to teach, she also has the best resources possible at her fingertips. Our founder Ma...

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Ready for the next step

Monday, 15 November 2021

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Mwende is working towards the next step in her education - secondary school. She and her classmates in Year 8 at Happy House School are preparing for their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Exami...

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Thankful for all we have

Monday, 15 November 2021

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Arts, crafts and music have a more of a place in the new competency based curriculum introduced in Kenya primary schools than they did before. And we at Happy House are well placed to deliver it...

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New head girl

Monday, 15 November 2021

Elizabeth Gomm

Happy House kid Priscilla has been chosen as new head girl of our school. Priscilla swept to victory in a school election and is delighted to take on the important role. She understands it's a democra...

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Compost heap in progress

Monday, 15 November 2021

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One of the Happy House gardening team Uncle Telvin is busy creating a compost heap. Using waste from our kitchen and garden he hopes to be able to make manure which will feed the crops we gr...

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Beadwork

Monday, 15 November 2021

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Beadwork is a traditional skill in Kenya, now being taught in school arts and crafts on the new curriculum. Here Mr Reuben is taking a class at HappY House School where the children are making i...

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Feeding curious minds

Monday, 15 November 2021

Elizabeth Gomm

Having a well equipped computer suite ensures that, at Happy House, we can feed our children's curious minds. When they want to know more about a specific subject they are not limited to the many book...

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Agriculture class

Monday, 15 November 2021

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Agriculture and horticulture are key skills to families in Kenya. Most people will want to grow what food they can t feed their families - whether they have a plot of land or share a communal spot. In...

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Helping each other

Monday, 15 November 2021

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What do good friends do? They help each other. Diana and Husna live at Happy House and are as close as can be . Diana is delighted to be able to help Husna to improve with her maths. In re...

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Saidi makes a spoon

Monday, 15 November 2021

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Happy House kid Saidi has lots of talents. He's good at art and turning out to be good at crafts too. As a school assignment the children were tasked with making a spoon from wood and Saidi is h...

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Aunty Elina settling in

Monday, 15 November 2021

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Our Happy House social worker, Auntie Elina, joined our team in August. In the last couple of months she's been settling in, getting to know our children and her the people on our team. It's good to h...

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Santa's helper

Monday, 15 November 2021

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Our wonderful friend DawnHeather White has turned Santa's Christmas helper. Auntie Dawn, who arrived in Watamu two weeks ago, brought an extra bag of lovely new clothes for our Happy House ...

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Learning to cook

Monday, 15 November 2021

Elizabeth Gomm

The new Kenya curriculum for primary school has many more pratical activities and this includes home science skills. Home science teacher at Happy House School, Madam Lucy, is here wi...

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Skipping at school

Monday, 15 November 2021

Elizabeth Gomm

Learning skipping skills is one of the activities Grade Four children at Happy House School have been enjoying. In this video we join Mr Dan who is taking a PE class. He has two pupils wit...

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