Monthly Report March

Written by Teacher Margaret


Jambo our happy day family. We hope that you are doing well. We at happy day are doing good and feeling energized after the recent visit by B-O-K Group from Norway. We are very grateful for coming and giving the kids hope for tomorrow. Thank you for the home visits to a few of happy day families. The visiting group at least got to know the actual situations of the children we have here. We had a week full of positive energy and we also had a party full of music, food, kids games and above all full of happiness. Such events gives the kids lifetime experiences.

This term has seen us admit 10 new kids in our baby class. Our criteria of admitting is that we take very vulnerable kids who if not admitted will not go to school due to poverty. I will give a few insights on some of our kids.

JUSTUS KIMANZI
He is a 9yr old boy from a very poor background. He entirely depends on happy day meals. His mother is a stay at home mom since she is very poor and she also has a small baby. Justus is the eldest in a family of 4 children.... Happy day buys him school uniform when what he has becomes worn out. He is soon leaving happy day to another school and we don't know what will happen to him then

MARION NABWIRE
Marion is 8yrs old... She also comes from a very poor background. The family had been living new our school until when they were evicted from the iron sheet structure by the landlord because they were unable to pay rent. As at now she walks to and from school every a distance of around 10 kilometers.... She too mostly depends on the school meals.... Her mother is jobless and had kept her at home after schools opened because she didn't have the requirements... We looked for her and asked her to let Marion come to school even with nothing.

This are just two cases that I have highlighted. We will highlight each and every happy day child by the end of this term.

Our newly admitted kids are also in need of screening, treatment and vaccination against typhoid ... Typhoid had been a big cause of absenteeism until last year when our kids, the staff and some of the families went through the process.... We also think the the new kids should go through the process. We have already started with 2 of them who are currently under treatment

Our february / march budget is as follows 

Salaries....... 75000 

Chai.............21000 

Food............25000 

Gas................2400 

Insurance.... 14000 

Water.............3000 

Stationary...... 5000 

TOTAL..... 145,400 

Monthly Report February

Written by Teacher Margaret

Trust you all are doing well. We at happy day are doing fine. We started this year well and we have not experienced many shortcomings. All the staff are back and we currently have 51 kids in all our classes. We have done new admissions for baby class only though we turned away many due to the limited number of our vacancies. 

We now have a new system of education and at happy day its only teacher Mary and I who have trained for the same. The rest of the teachers will have to train as we progress.

We are eagerly waiting for the arrival of our friends and visitors from Norway in this month of February


Our January/February budget is as follows

Salaries......... 75000 

Chai...............21000 

Food..............25000 

Gas..................2400 

Insurance..... 14000 

Water...............3000 

Stationary....... 5000 

TOTAL...... 145,400

Monthly Report January

Happy new year to you all. We at happy day wish you all the best in 2019. 

We are opening school tomorrow after a long Christmas holiday. We are very grateful to all those who enabled our kids and their families to have food for Christmas. May you be blessed. The first term of 2019 begins tomorrow and ends on 12th April. We are looking forward to having a blessed term. We will be doing new admissions for baby class only because the kids who were in baby class are proceeding to nursery..

For parents who had traveled upcountry for the holidays we will give their Christmas food as soon as they report back



Our DEC/JAN budget is as follows ; 

Salaries.......... 75000 

Chai................21000 

Food...............25000 

Gas refill...........2500 

Insurance.... ...14000 

Water................3000 

Stationary........ 5000 

TOTAL....... 145000

Monthly Report November

Jambo you all, we at happy day hope that you are all doing fine. We are doing well too.
We are closing school on Friday 2nd Nov, 2018 for Christmas holidays. We will have our graduation on the same day. This is the longest period of time that the kids are away from school. We all know that 95% of the happy day kids are from very poor families and so the two months that they will be at home are a big big challenge to the families. Most families cannot afford a meal every day unlike when we are in school then they are sure of eating lunch, breakfast and porridge during break time. Its our humble request that if possible we buy some foodstuffs to give to them on closing day to take home with them. We think that if they can get each a 2kg packet of maize flour, 2kg rice, 2kg packet of wheat flour, bar soap, 1 ltr cooking oil, salt and 1 kg sugar then we will have helped the families a bit during the month of November.

October/Nov budget
Salaries..... 75,000
Insurance...14,000
Water...........3,000
TOTAL.......92,000

In case we can afford this is what we need for the whole school 

100kg rice ................... @ 8,800 

5 bales maize flour........@ 5,200 

5 bales wheat flour........@ 5,750 

50kg sugar.....................@ 6,800 

50ltrs cooking oil...........@6,900 

1 carton bar soap...........@ 1,400 

TOTAL............................ 34,850

Monthly Report September/October

Written by Teacher Margaret

Jambo Happy Day family We at happy day are doing well and we hope you all are doing fine. 

We have come to the second month of third term 2018 and we are very grateful for your continued support. 

This month our school scouts are supposed to go for a camp at the Nairobi show ground during the Nairobi agricultural show. Unfortunately this is impossible since the school has no money and the parents can't afford to pay for their kids. However, we are glad that the scouts teacher will go to represent us at her own cost. When she comes back she will be refreshed and she will teach new ideas from the camp. The Nairobi agricultural show is an exhibition of how food is grown, harvested and stored. It is also an exhibition of how other items are made. There is also fun sports for kids and much more. 

This month will see our pre unit class graduate to grade 1. The ceremony will be held at the Jehovah jire secondary school ground ( where we had the party and the bouncing castle when the principal and mama Erica were in Kenya) This is also the shortest academic term in Kenya and so schools are closing mid next month and that's why we have the graduations this month

The area ECD schools met last week and we are happy to be members of the group. This enables us to know what is happening around and to interact with our neighbouring schools. We are planning on doing interschool exams at the end of the term

There has been an increase in almost all the items in Kenya due to the increase in vat taxes

Our sept/Oct budget is as follows

Salaries.......... 75,000 

Chai................21,000 

Food...............25,000 

Gas refill..........2,500 

Insurance...... 14,000 

Water................3,000 

Stationery.........5,000 

TOTAL........145,900 

Thanks and have a blessed week ahead

Monthly Report July/August

Written by Teacher Margaret

I hope you are all doing well. We too are doing fine. 

Happy day is opening school on 3rd September 2018 after the August holidays break. During the break we were able to vaccinate 48 kids for typhoid. We weren't able to take pictures because it was done in a government facility called njiru health centre. The remaining people will be vaccinated as soon as we open school next week. This will happen at happy day then we can take some pictures. Most of those who have not been vaccinated had either traveled with their parents upcountry or couldn't be reached on phone after closing day. 

Today teacher Mary is attending an ECDE (early childhood development and education) teachers seminar at the bridge international school. This will keep happy day updated on matters that concern the early childhood education. 

Third term is the shortest term of the year. Schools close early to enable the grade 8 and form 4 candidates to do their national examination. Third term has many activities in the school calendar. Our pre- unit class will graduate to the grade one class in November. During this term we will have an inter schools ball games that will take place in our neighbouring school. This will include all informal schools around including happy day. We will also have the mid and end term exams for all kids. Second term saw us go to the animal orphanage in Nairobi. It was a really good experience for all of us at happy day. Thanks so much Marianne for paying for all of us to go to the orphanage. We are hoping to take the kids to the mamba village and ostrich center by the end of the term... This is because we realised during a children's rally that was held early this year that this kids lack an outside exposure. We want them to realise that there is life away from their homes and away from their usual environment


OUR AUGUST/ SEPTEMBER BUDGET IS AS FOLLOWS:

Salaries....... 75,000 

Chai.............21,000 

Food............24,000 

Gas refill.......2,400 

Insurance... .14,000 

Water.............3,000 

Stationery......5,000 

TOTAL........144,400 

Thanks and have a blessed weekend.

Monthly Report May/June

Written by Teacher Margaret

Jambo Happy Day family and happy new month. 

We at happy day are doing well. We are happy to report that we have partnered with the child evangelism missionaries and they have been coming to our school every wednesday morning for 1 hour to teach life skills and religion to our kids. Teacher Mary and I have also been registered in the area neighboring schools association which meets once per month to interact and learn ways of dealing with different challenges that are experienced around. On june 21st the meeting will be held at happy day. 

We are also happy to report that we now have lighting in all our classes. We have also put window panes( glasses) in our classes and we also replaced broken ones. Last weekend was repairs day and we also repaired broken desks. 

Our may/june budget is as follows:
Salaries......... 75,000
Chai...............21,000
Food..............24,000
Gas refill..........2,400
Insurance......... 5,000
Water................3,000
Stationery.........5,000
TOTAL........142,000

We are also glad that fatumas family has relocated/shifted. Thats really good coz now they have an access to clean water, a toilet and a good roof that keeps them away from the cold. And now they don't go hungry coz they are at an easy reach. Thanks the kawinzi family for making sure that they are well fed and clothed.