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Growing space

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

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Rising prices are one of the effects of the pandemic, and the cost of food has risen in Kenya. This makes feeding our family of 60 children at the Happy House even more expensive for our charity...

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Adding up to success

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

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There are all kinds of ways we make learning interesting at Happy House. Using elearning as a major part of delivering home schooling to the children living at Happy House has, as you know, been...

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Teachers get results

Monday, 28 September 2020

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One good lesson in life is that you never stop learning! So when our teachers at Happy House received results of their recent examination on the video-conferencing app, Zoom, and the way it works, Mam...

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Exam ready

Monday, 28 September 2020

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Our Happy House kids had fun getting ready for their exams. Home schooling, powered by enthusiasm and e-learning, is keeping our family of 60 children on track with their education during these ...

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New lines for laundry

Tuesday, 29 September 2020

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Elizabeth Gomm

With 60 children in our our family, the aunties working in the Happy house laundry have a mountain of washing every day! Now they no longer have to worry about negotiating puddles left by the rains we...

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The barber calls

Monday, 21 September 2020

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Elizabeth Gomm

Our boys would, in normal times, go out into the village to visit the barbers. But with the ever-present risk of Coronavirus, we try to keep everyone at Happy House as safe as possible and so asked th...

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A song for Sunday

Monday, 21 September 2020

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A beautiful duet of Love is like a Mango by two of our girls for today's Song for Sunday. We hope our weekly song from Happy House brings you as much pleasure as singing gives our children. Have...

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Painting coming along well

Sunday, 20 September 2020

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Elizabeth Gomm

Work on painting the Happy House is coming along well. It's a big job and as we mentioned in an earlier blog, we have taken on extra labour to help do it/ Here Papa Dave brings us an update - fi...

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Ice cream from Tallulah

Sunday, 20 September 2020

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Elizabeth Gomm Sponsors

A little girl called Tallulah treated all our children at Happy House to ice-cream. A friend of Angela Lewis, who sponsors two of our children, Tallulah wanted to help too so she saved up h...

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Teachers Zoom ahead

Wednesday, 16 September 2020

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Elizabeth Gomm

You never have too much knowledge. Our teachers at Happy House have been harnessing the powers of the internet to improve lessons for our children. With schools in Kenya closed since March...

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Song for Sunday

Monday, 07 September 2020

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Elizabeth Gomm

Three-year-old Emmanuel turns choirmaster at Happy House to lead today's Song for Sunday. Evans, who filmed the video, says: "Emmanuel is a good singer and he is coming up very well in the family." He...

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Good result

Friday, 11 September 2020

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Elizabeth Gomm

David, Ludwin, Neema John and Joyce are all smiles today. And so is their Mama Sue. The four children who we showed you taking some tests earlier this week are hearing their results f...

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Charity, a Happy House miracle

Monday, 07 September 2020

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Love, determination and our special kind of care turned Charity from a dying baby into a happy, healthy child. And as Charity turns 11, we look back on her story of tragedy turned to joy,&n...

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