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Catching up with Teddy

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

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Scholarship kid Teddy owes his education to the kindness of Happy House sponsors. His father was eeking together an meagre income to feed his family and Teddy was missing a great deal of school ...

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Gardener Daudi

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

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The Happy House gardens inspire lots of young gardeners, Daudi among them. Daudi is growing plants in his own little plot and enjoys tending them in his apare time. Agriculture lessons at school...

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Pull-along cart

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

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A talented Happy House kid has made a cart for his bothers and sisters. Ever-resourceful Saidi collected sticks and tied them together with an improvised twine. The cart will be rested onto a piece of...

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Learning a language

Monday, 24 January 2022

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When Morphin came into the care of Happy House he could barely speak English and his education was sadly lacking. He'd been living on the streets before being taken into the temporary shelter of...

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Woodwork with a difference

Sunday, 23 January 2022

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Joiner Uncle Charo has on a job with a difference. Instead of making furniture or other essential woodwork for Happy house in our workshop, he is making geometrical instruments for school. The la...

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Busy on the buses

Sunday, 23 January 2022

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Happy House driver Uncle Alfred takes great pride in the lovely vehicles we have for school transport. He drives on the school run, collecting children from the area surrounding, in the morning ...

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Cooking dishes with a dash of joy

Sunday, 23 January 2022

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At Happy House everything cooked in our kitchen is made with a dash of joy! Uncle Foleni and Auntie Millicent make a great team creating tasty meals for our family at home and also for the child...

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Garden gang

Sunday, 23 January 2022

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At Happy House there is never a shortage of helpers. With so many eager children in our family, many hands real does make light work. On Saturday a group of little boys was delighted to help with clea...

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Sew good for Auntie Constance

Monday, 17 January 2022

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Seamstress Auntie Constance enjoys her job working at the Happy House. With an influx f new children from the cmmunity starting at our school this term, she is currently busy making their unifor...

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Hoping for a bumper crop

Monday, 17 January 2022

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Today we join gardener Uncle Tevin in one of the growing tunnels we have in our garden at the Happy House. The mesh tunnels, which were specially develped for small farmers, protect the crops fr...

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Starting the term with exams

Monday, 17 January 2022

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Starting a new term at Happy House School holds no trepidation for our children, they absolutely love going to school. Anyone who has visited Happy House and who has been around when they leave ...

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Excited about time ahead

Monday, 17 January 2022

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Happy House kid Florence can't wait to for her next big step in life ... secondary school. On March 7 she will start her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams, which mark the end of primary sch...

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Please take care

Monday, 17 January 2022

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Our children at Happy House follow both home and international news with interest. are encouraged, always, to broaden their horizons and to get a better understanding of the world and how ...

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Recorder play off

Saturday, 15 January 2022

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Children at Happy House enjoy playing the recorder and two of the boys decided to have a competition which they want you to judge! Saidi and Morphin chose different tunes with singer accompaniment and...

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Ready for the term ahead

Saturday, 15 January 2022

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This is a big term for Happy house kid Diana. She will be sitting her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams in March and is now busy ensuring she is well prepared for a pass. One we...

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Musyoka learns joinery

Sunday, 28 November 2021

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Our skilled Happy House joiner, Uncle Charo enjoys passing on his skills to our kids. He's an excellent teacher and here Musyoka is showing us a locker he has made under Uncle Charo's direction....

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Happy to be back at school

Sunday, 09 January 2022

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Happy House Saidi enjoyed his first week back in school after the Christmas break so much he wants to tell you about. Books, uniform, teachers and lessons all went down well with this young man and he...

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A song for you

Sunday, 09 January 2022

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Happy House kid Esther will be 10 this month She came to our family when she was a few weeks old , having been found abandoned , as a newborn. After 11 days in hospital she was placed in o...

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Silly noises!

Sunday, 09 January 2022

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Another balloon video from our Happy House children. As Eric tells us they are using the balloons to make noises - and what small child doesn't laugh at a rude noise? Here they are blowing up th...

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Popping good fun!

Sunday, 09 January 2022

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A packet of balloons brings so much pleasure to our Happy House kids. In this video they're having such fun trying to burst the baloons. As they don't last for long in the intense Kenyan heat, t...

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