Flowers for his beloved
With so many happy memories of his enduring love with our founder, Mama Sue, Papa Dave took flowers to her memorial on Wednesday – her birthday. Papa gave up the possibility of a comfortable retirement in the UK to make Sue’s dream of opening her Happy House children’s home in Kenya, a reality. He would have […]
Country in safe hands
Hussein may be only nine but he already know what he wants to be in life. He wants to be a soldier to keep his country safe. In this video he tells us a few of his favourite things!
Hats off to our graduates
It’s hats off to our graduates. These are little boys, all who live in the care of our family, who attend Happy House School and are graduating to the next level. Their graduation cermony takes place at the Closing Day Ceremony later this week, which marks the end of the academic year. The younger ones […]
Christmas is coming
We know it’s still October, but mince pies have been in the supermarkets since the end of August and the shops are putting up their festive displays. At Happy House, where we have 51 children living in our care, Santa’s helpers have to start early. They are our social worker Auntie Elina and our good […]
Soccer on the timetable
Now the children have broken up from school our Happy House has them home for a very long holiday. And one thing they will all enjoy doing is having a few games of football- against each other or visiting teams, Said has been busy forward planning to ensure it all goes smoothly.
Hooked on crochet
Some of our students in Happy House School have been learning crochet as we heard from Edward in a recent video. He’s finding it a handy and relaxing hobby and has been spending time teaching his Happy House “sister” Mwende just how it’s done.
Heroes Day
Yesterday was Mashujaa Day in Kenya, a public holiday which brought a welcome day off from school for our Happy House children. The day, also known as Heroes Day, remembers and honours those men and women, who fought in the fight for freedom and independence from British rule, many of whom paid the ultimate sacrifice. […]
A message from Papa Dave
As always, football figures in this message from Papa Dave – you can take the man out of Yorkshire but you can’t remove Leeds United from his heart. But the purpose of this video is just to let you know what’s going on at Happy House and to say thank you to everyone who has […]
Weather report
While those of us living the UK are trying to avoid putting on the central heating, in Kenya it’s keeping cool that is more of an issue. Even though she was feling a bit under the weather, Priscilla brings us a report on the current climate in Watamu.
Holiday plans
Brian Hayward takes his role on the Happy House Kids Council very seriously,. With the long school holiday soon to begin he spent some quiet time thinking and planning what activities they could timetable to keep our 52 chhildren happy and busy. You never hear a Happy House kid say “I’m bored” and that’s not […]