Mark and Amanda and their daughters Phoebe and Olivia were honoured guests at Happy House School assembly where they heard, in the words of three scholarship students, Sakina, Teddy and Nasri, just how much they had gained since being offered free places in our school.
They also thanked Mark and Amanda for their contribution to the school by providing a fully equipped computer suite, together with internet access, and for the additional toilet facilities at the school.
Sakina welcome our guests and told them that Happy House was a community of caring and educated people.
She thaked them for the computer room which was enhancing education and thanked Mama and papa for all they do.
She told Amanda, Mark, Phoebe and Olivia that she wished they did not have to go home and could stay forever.
Teddy (top picture) explained how much having such a well resourced computer suite meant to the students giving them access to digitalisation and the worldwide web.
Nasri (below left) spoke of his gratitude to Mama and Papa for creating the Happy House and for making it so special, and for giving him opportunity as a scholarship student. He said that there was no doubt that Happy House School was the best in the region thanks to Mama and Papa and those who support their work
Amanda said they believed all children had a right to education and that education in the developing world should be equal with that her own children were receiving in the UK.
She told the students that education opened the door to good careers both nationally and internationally.Amanda thanked charity founder and director, Mama Sue and her husband Papa Dave and the school family for welcoming them as part of it.
BUS APPEAL
We have launched an appeal to raise £25,000 to buy a newer bus to replace our 20 year-old bus which is used to transport pupils, mostly on free place scholarships, into Happy House School. Without our help, these youngsters from impoverished backgrounds would not have the education or opportunity to go on to careers that will lift them out of the poverty and give them a chance to make a real impact on their community and their country.
Our bus, whilst safe, is becoming more unreliable and often in for repair and becoming a drain on resources.
To donate https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/buyabus
We have launched an appeal to raise £25,000 to buy a newer bus to replace our 20 year-old bus which is used to transport pupils, mostly on free place scholarships, into Happy House School. Without our help, these youngsters from impoverished backgrounds would not have the education or opportunity to go on to careers that will lift them out of the poverty and give them a chance to make a real impact on their community and their country.
Our bus, whilst safe, is becoming more unreliable and often in for repair and becoming a drain on resources.
To donate https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/buyabus