Juicy treat

Juicy pineapple is in season right now in Kenya and the kids absolutely love it.
It's refreshing and thirst-quenching after a busy morning of play.
On Saturday, there was pineapple all round thanks to a donation from Angela Carmon, who is in the sponsor families of Natasha Franco and Neema John.
Angie wanted the kids to have a fruity treat and Mama chose pineapple because it is so abundant making it the flavour of the month
Thank you Angie, everyone enjoyed it.

Papa Leeds his army!

Leeds supporter Papa is enlisting new recruits to his favourite team's army of fans.
And he's catching them young!
A happy band of footie soldiers love nothing better than trooping behind Papa singing the Leeds' fan theme "Marching on Together" at the top of their voices.
And they fall about laughing as they copy his moves, including a cheeky wiggle!
Win or lose, Leeds tops the league for our Happy House little ones.

My hopes, by Moses

Hi everyone, I  am Moses Cosmos,
I am glad this morning to share with you some writings about my hopes.
Being a Happy House scholarship kid makes me happy.
I have now, from this week,  been promoted to to Form Two  in secondary school , which has motivated me in the progress of my education. 
Being a scholarship kid has shown me the vivid picture of my future life which will be as bright. When I wake up each morning  I see good things life holds for me. 
With all good things Happy House has done for me  I can fulfill my hopes of feeding hungry minds and supporting  the poor in society as my pay forward what the  Happy House family has done for me.
 My heart is filled with peace, due to the efforts of Mama Sue and all our sponsors I know I have a future which is full of hope and no longer hopeless.
I am thankful for all I have. 
May God keep you and bless you.

Birthday double

 Birthday cheers, songs and greetings sounded out loudly for two birthday children this week.

Taking centre stage at Kidz Club were Abdulmalik, who has just turned three, and Neema, who a year his senior, is now four!

Mama and Papa presented Neema with her bag of birthday gifts, whilst Uncle Billy did the honours for Abdulmalik.

Happy birthday kids.

Look smart, be smart - yes, you too, Abdulmalik!

With Class 8 of 2016 doing so well in the KCPE exams they are very proudly moving up into secondary school.
And their achievements have put our school, once again, at the very top of the education zone and we look set to be well placed when the district and the county results are announced later this month.
So it was a very happy Mama who addressed the first school assembly of the new academic year, encouraging children to look smart and be smart.

Buttoned up:
Abdulmalik

Abdulmalik, having joined assembly looking neat and tidy caught Mama's eye as he'd decided to unbutton his shirt and it was flapping open!
She couldn't resist a chuckle as he is one of our youngest
pupils, and he was soon all fastened up again.
Uncle Billy, our social worker and general manager, also told the children the importance of getting straight back to work.
Head teacher Uncle Isaac congratulated the successful KCPE candidates and the whole school gave them a round of applause.
It was then into class, books out and lessons on.
Have a happy time kids.

Here we go

Excited and full of anticipation, youngsters poured back into school yesterday as the  bell signalled the start of  a new year.
It was a day to settle back to work as they have moved up a class and have a new form teacher and more demanding study schedule.
The day, started with an assembly with Mama, social worker and general manager, Uncle Billy, and headteacher Mr Isaac with a few timely reminders!
Don't miss tomorrow's blog when we will have some video for you from the first day assembly.

All smart for school start

There's no last minute rush to get the kids back to school at Happy House.

As with everything, Mama has ensured advance planning will make today's transition from the end of the long holiday back to class as smooth as possible.

Teachers have been getting the classrooms ready for their pupils, they have all the books and materials they need and our children have the uniform and shoes they need.

Items that have been outgrown, but not worn out, have been handed down to younger children while our resident dressmaker, Lucy, has made new uniforms for anyone who needs them.

Shoes, leather school shoes and  pumps for PE,  that are still wearable have also been handed own, and new ones bought for those who need them.

We are grateful to those of you who have made donations towards uniform or shoes for your sponsor children,whether they are living at Happy House or those are now living back with family members and attending new schools, or scholarship students in our school.

It's an expensive time and your donations are a huge help. Thank you,