Morphin looks ahead
Happy House kid Morphin is excited by the prospect of athletics at school this term. ,He hopes that he and fellow students at Happy House Junior Secondary School will wear our red shorts with pride at inter-school field events,
School update
It seems hardly any time at all since the school term started and yet we are already half way through it. ,Our staff and students are preparing for the mid-term assessments and also for a second half term full of activity, including a number of inter-school events. ,It’s an exciting time for all, both our […]
Medicine calls
Our Happy House Florence is fortunate to have highly qualified nurse , Joanne Reid, as a member of her sponsor family. ,And on her many trips to visit our family, with her husband, Peter, Jo has given given basic first aid lessons to our staff and older children. ,Florence has been inspired by these. and by […]
High school challenges
Purity is a bright and intelligent young woman who has settled in well into her first term in high school. ,It’s very different from being at Happy House Schhool with many more students and many more subjects.
Yoga is good
Since the wonderful My Little Zen introduced yoga to our Happy House family, our children have become keen converts. ,They understand how it benefits both mind and body and look forward to their weekly online class with Hayley Holju and Lerwis Dickinson who founded the Dubai-based not for profit organisation. ,Chesco tells us about some changes […]
Fun time
After a busy week at school, Happy House kid Abdul is enjoying the weekend. ,It’s a chance to play out and he’s having fun twirling the younger children around on the roundabout!
Banda repairs
Completly replacing our Happy House roof has come at an enormous and worrying expense, but we had no option other than to get on with it and hope that the £8,600 it cost could be raised. ,We are both grateful and touched that so many kind people have already made donations that have taken us […]
Half way there
Today, Papa Dave says a huge thank you to everyone who has donated to our Happy House Safe and Sound Appeal which aims to raise £8,600 to replace our Happy House roof. ,We are now half awy to our target which, in just a few weeks, is brilliant news. ,The thatched roof, rendered beyond repair […]
A mother’s mission of love
Happy House was very touched to welcome, Beatrice, a Rotarian from Nairobi who made an emotional journey to Watamu following the death of her daughter, Victoria, in January. ,Victoria had loved Watamu and its children and had asked her mother to domate her belongings to a cause in Watamu and that led her to find […]
Phil’s final day
The Happy House family was sad this week to say goodbye to our good friend Phil Marshall. ,Phil was heading back to Yorkshire after a four week stay in Watamu. ,A trustee of our charity, he combined a holiday with work by helping out in activities with the children as well as assisting our direector, […]