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Faith in the future

Faith in the future
When Mama Sue first started out on her mission to improve the lives of needy children in Watamu, she helped s little girl called Faith.Back then Faith was three or four...
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Happy times ahead for our seven new arrivals

Happy times ahead for our seven new arrivals
Mama with Baraka, Gift, Tumaini and their Aunt  A childhood free from worry is just beginning for seven children who have found a new home at Happy House.Their arrival at the end...
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School Report: Athletes excel

School Report: Athletes excel
 Ten budding athletes won through to the second round of a sports competition held at Watamu Primary School. All the kids in in primary classes four to eight went along, with those...
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Happiness is being a Happy House kid, by Husna

Happiness is being a Happy House kid, by Husna
Husna writes her blog Life has been transformed for Husna and her brother Hussein since they came to Happy House .Their widowed mum, caring for her own mother who had a severe...
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Opening today - our one week charity shop

Opening today - our one week charity shop
There's a chance to bag a bargain and boost our Happy House funds in Poulton, Lancashire, for the next week.We are taking over the Poulton Methodist Church Charity Shop in Chapel...
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Crocs away!

Crocs away!
 Our Star of the Week Baraka won his accolade for keeping his copy-crocs in tip top condition for a whole year - so they were outgrown but not outworn when he...
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What a feat!

What a feat!
Star BarakaHarrison's birthdayIt quite a feat - or feet - to make a pair of copy-crocs last a year!These shoes, which are great for our kids to play out in, tend...
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Babies benefit from our stores

Babies benefit from our stores
With enough babygrows in the storeroom to last us a very long time,  Mama thought it would be nice to take some of them out to new mums who are living...
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Our recreation room, by Baraka

Our recreation room, by Baraka
Baraka The older children at Happy House have a recreation room where they can chill out, listen to music and play games.It's off limits to their little brothers and sisters who have...
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Surprise visit, birthday kids and crafty date

Surprise visit, birthday kids and crafty date
 There was a surprise visit for Margaret when Mama came to call. Happy House kid Margaret went back to live with her uncle and aunt in the Christmas holidays and has settled...
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Feeling our magic

Feeling our magic
Volunteer Gussy Bunbury is feeling the Happy House magic.She writes: Although I have worked in schools all over the world, I have never before had the opportunity to work somewhere quite as...
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Give a Child a Chance: Feeding hungry minds

Give a Child a Chance: Feeding hungry minds
There's so much more to feeding a child’s hungry mind than providing an education.You also have to feed their hungry mouths and fill their empty tummies. They need healthy meals to give...
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Six and serious, our Harry

Six and serious, our Harry
Hitting six is a serious business for our Harry.Harry, born on June 26, 2010, was solemn when he posed for a picture with his birthday bag of goodies at Kidz Club...
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Fun and games

Fun and games
 There were fun and games at Happy House on Saturday.The sports equipment came out and the kids enjoyed a whole variety of activities.Such active kids, they jump at the chance of...
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Poulton bargains bag us £709

Poulton  bargains bag us £709
Business was brisk all last week in our Happy House "pop-up" charity shop in Poulton, Lancashire.As fast as stock was disappearing from the rails, more arrived, thanks to som many people...
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Our Brian's Blackpool family

Our Brian's Blackpool family
The school councilOur little Brian is part of a family even bigger than our own!They all his friends at Devonshire Primary Academy, Blackpool.The school has been sponsoring Brian since he came...
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Champion effort by St Bede's

Champion effort by St Bede's
Our fantastic friends at St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham, have raised £230 for Happy House.Mrs Clare James' Year Eight students chose Happy House as their charity and they have worked...
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School Report: Exams and elocution

School Report: Exams and elocution
Their will be a sigh of relief today when our secondary students come to the end of the week-long mid-term examinations.Teacher Md Rose says they were well prepared for their examinations,...
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Eva's Happy House gift to her grandpa

Eva's Happy House gift to her grandpa
 A little girl with a big heart staged a fundraiser for our family as part of her granpa's 70th birthday celebrations on Saturday.And that makes three generations of Happy House fundraisers...
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A blog about dear Mama Sue, by Sanita

A blog about dear Mama Sue, by Sanita
Today's junior blogger Sanita came to Happy House with her younger siblings when their widowed mum, shunned and made homeless by her late husband's family, was struggling to provide for them.They...
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