Greetings every one.
We are very grateful that you are showing an interest in Happy day junior school! During all these years since we decided to start a school in July 2009 and opened the doors in January 2010, we have been relying on support from family, friends, and random donations to provide a service that pays a dedicated staff to care for and educate marginalized kids in Maila Saba in Nairobi. Our income has fluctated enourmously, and for the last few years we have barely been able to pay the staff for the loyal effort they are providing. The food programme that we managed to provide earlier, has been absent for a long time. We are trying to make it a permanent programme again, but we are depending on the monthly income here in Norway to be able to do that. The kids needs to be fed! We also lack stationaries and funds to maintain the building which gradually falls apart.
There are now four dedicated teachers who try their best to secure a safe, caring and educational environment for the kids. We are so grateful for their commitment!
We hope our income will pick up so that we can provide neccessary support to this project who has a big place in my heart. If you have anything to spare, please contribute <3
DNB bank: 1503 91 06091
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Do you have any questions, contact Annelene Rør at annelene.ror@gmail.com
Here is the minutes from staff meetings held recently:
A MEETING HELD AT THE HAPPY DAY JUNIOR SCHOOL PREMISES ON 25/08/2025 @ 11AM.
MEMBERS PRESENT.
1. Bernard Kawinzi
2. Margaret mueni
3. Mary Mbocha
4. Mercy Kerubo
5. Kellis Kageni
-The meeting started with a word of prayer from teacher Mary.
Bernard chaired the meeting and he started by asking every member present to do a review of last term.
Tr. Mary said that there were many challenges which affected the project as a whole. This includes::
1. Low turn up of learners which she attributed to:
- absence of the feeding program
- Lack of essential stationaries like.... books, pencils, pens, crayons, modeling clay, chalk etc
- Infrastructure ( our premises are run down and in need of renovation)
- Water.... there has been interference with our pipes and we need a plumber to come and do a lasting repair)
- emerging new school projects with scholarships.
2. Tr. Kellis and Tr. Mercy agreed that what Tr. Mary had said is what was in their mind too..
3. Tr. Margaret also agreed that she was in agreement with what had been raised by the other teachers. She also added that we should ask ourselves very critical questions as to why some parents had not brought back their children. She posed the following concerns:
- what do we think we should have done better to avoid the mass exodus?
- Did we do a follow up to know why some kids didn't come back.
- could we have mishandled either parents or children
The above concerns were discussed and it was agreed that we should all improve on week areas that we had identified. She also raised a concern about the absence of a cook. She said that the teaching staff cannot double up as the cooks too. It was agreed that the school is in need of a cook as we open tomorrow.
4. Bernard started by saying that the management was grateful to the staff for their dedication to the children at happy day. He added that the management was aware of the challenges and concerns raised by the staff and that there was a lack of funds which had made it impossible to accomplish the needs, however, whenever possible the management will tackle the needs one by one. He cautioned staff to be mindful of each other's welfare and well-being. He gave is piece of advice at length.
5. Tr. Mary stated that she has always been filling the gap as the deputy leader whenever teacher Margaret is not at school(like recently when she was taken ill for a long period of time before the end of last term) , the teachers recognized that she has been doing a good job in making sure the school was operating normally even when Maggy isn't around
6. We contacted the plumber and he came and did a quotation which is captured below.
7. Having no other business the meeting was called to adjournment.
8. We are also happy for the resumption of the feeding program as we reopen the school tomorrow, this will go along way in ensuring parents have the kids at school thus making teaching/learning more enjoyable
WE WILL BE HAVING A STAFF MEETING EVERY FRIDAY FOR REVIEWS AND WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED.
MEMBERS PRESENT.
1. Margaret Mueni
2. Kellis kageni
3. Mary mbocha
4. Mercy kerubo.
ABSENT WITH APOLOGY.
1. Bernard Ndolo.
Min 1....
The meeting started with a word of prayer from tr. Margaret.
Min 2...
Tr. Margaret chaired today's meeting. She appreciated the staff for work well done and for their dedication towards the happy day kids. She also opened the floor for any review on the week's occurrences.
Min 3.....
It was noted that their had been a slight increase of learners ( this week we have 4 new learners).
This was attributed to the reintroduced feeding program.
We have been providing porridge for breaktime and hot meals for lunch. We all agreed that we are extremely grateful to all who made it possible to restart the feeding program.
Min 4....
It was suggested that due to limited finances, the existing staff should take part in making meals for the kids. It was agreed that we do a rotation duty in the kitchen.
Our timetable is as below:::
1. Week 1.... tr. Margaret
2. Week 2..... tr. Mary
3. Week 3.....tr. Kellis
4. Week 4..... tr. Mercy
And back again to the first one.
Min 5....
It was noted that their was a dire need of the following essential items to enable smooth learning..
1. Chalk
2. Pencils
3. Biro pens
4. Erasers
5. Sharpeners
6. Plain papers
7. Crayons
8. Modeling clay.
Min 6...
Having no other business, the meeting was adjourned with a word of prayer from tr. Mary.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY NEXT WEEK.
