Making science practical
Mr Walter is still new to our Happy House family, teaching maths and integrated science in our school. As part of the 2023 changes to the structure of primary and secondary education in Kenya, the Ministry of Education made it mandatory for lower secondary schools to have a well-equipped science laboratory. This is to give students […]
A welcome return
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Dust buster
It doesn’t seem that long ago since Nasri was a scholarship student in our Happy House School. Now he’s Mr Nasri working alongside our computer teacher. At the time he joined us he would never have dreamed that he could be doing such a job, never mind teaching children to use computers. He was living […]
High hopes for Diana
Diana has high hopes for a future with her head in the clouds! Her ambition is to see the world as an air steward and she is working hard at school to help her to achieve her dream. She is relieved that the teachers strikes in national schools are now over and that her secondary […]
Quiet time for homework
Charity and Purity are taking advantage of a quiet time at Happy House to get their homework assignments done. With most of the kids either playing or on a Saturday morning in school, the two girls are enjoying working in peace with Charity doing biology and Purity English.
Souper time for Mwende
At Happy House our children enjoiy a really joyful life as one big family. And being part of a family means being of help and support wherever you can and learning skills that will stay with you always. Here Mwende is giving our cook, Uncle Michael, a helping hand by preparig the vegetables for a nutritious […]
You mean a lot to us
Happy House kid, Florence, is enjoying the weekend after a very long week of school. Those of our children in secondary school, and Florence is in her penultimate year, have school from 6am to 7pm on weekdays so a break is very welcome. She says she is delighted to talk to you, our friends, on […]
Thanks and an appeal from Auntie Rose
As you will appreciate, this time between the closure of our Santander accounts and the opening of an account with a new bank is difficult. And we know it is inconvenient for you, too, our loved and valued sponsors and donors. Without you our charity and our Happy House would not exist nor be able […]
Bendy Brenda
he youngest member of our Happy House family may not quite be walking but she’s already mastering her yoga moves. Our family have Saturday yoga sessions presented via zoom by UAE based not for profit organisation, My Little Zen. They promote the benefits of yoga, and provide everything required, to children in developing areas of […]
Rose relaxes with a book
The Happy House is unusually quiet so Rose Safari is making the most of the time that that the children are out to catch up on some reading. She says that the more she reads the more her English will improve and she wants to do well in her English at Canon Mweri Secondary School. […]