Hard work brings rewards

Our Happy House family had a wonderful sports day to celebrate their exam successes.
And everyone joined in - even Victor who wanted to wear a football shirt too! Evans reports "Mama was so pleased with their results and so she decided that we should have a have a very nice sports day. "On this special day, she had decided that we were also going to take a very nice treat of fruit and cream. "The kids really enjoyed every minute of this day and they were very happy they had made Mama pleased with their results . "Every one enjoyed themselves our little brother victor who also participated in one of the races and he did his best. "We had different kind of games like races, rounders, tug of war which was my best sport to watch. " The treat was a fruit salad and it was a nice change for the kids. "They are happy and they can’t stop loving their Mama Sue and Papa Dave because they are very special people to the kids and the whole family." In this video Rukia tells us a little about the event while the kids enjoy their treat.

A never-ending story

Maintenance at the Happy House is a never-ending story. The building is so big than no sooner do we finish painting one end than we we need to start at the beginning again! The excessively heavy rains have taken their toll on our building and the makuti roof this year so we are bracing ourselves to spend the money it will take to get everything shipshape and looking good. As with any household, there are always jobs to be done. It's just that our house is so much bigger than most. Here Papa Dave tells us what is planned.

Double good

There is a dual advantage to having watermelon as a treat! Firstly, our children at Happy House love the delicious flavour of this juicy fruit, secondly we can keep the seeds and plant them in the garden. That means we can grow some of our own/ With thanks to the generous friends who have sent donations to spend on little treats for the children during lockdown.

Soccer skills

Soccer training has become a real incentive to our children at Happy House. Evans, who was one of the first children to join our family when we opened in 2010, is now a young man who devotes much of his spare time to helping out. Evans has always had an interesting plating football and with the Happy House in lockdown has taken on the responsibility of organised fitness sessions for the kids - yoga when it's raining, soccer coaching when it isn't. Here he and Mama Sue chat about what he's been doing.

Tree comes down

It has been necessary to fell another tree. Growing close to the perimeter wall, it was posing a threat to our electric fence which is essential to the security of our four acre Happy House site. Our own groundsmen were able to carry out the felling themselves and the wood will be used as fuel for our wood burning oven. Nothing is wasted at Happy House.

Football's coming home!

With lockdown easing, the Premier league is back in action and our kids are over the moon! They all have their own favourite clubs, and the chance to watch a game on television again is too good to miss. So they were able to catch-up on one of the first games to be played - Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur. The Manchester United supporters amongst them well outnumbering the Spurs' fans. When the whistle went there was to be no winner with the game ending in a 1-1 draw.

Check point Papa!

 Yesterday, we brought you an update on on measures to keep Happy House safe from Corona virus Covid19.

A new hand held, contact-free thermometer is now being used for daily temperature checks.

All our staff, children and essential visitors are being checked with visitors required to wear masks if they have to enter the compound.

Our staff are happy to comply knowing that everything we do is in  the best interests of our children and in their best interests too.

Here is Papa doing the first check on some of our little ones.