Updates September 2023 and needs

Jambo Happy Day family. We hope you are all fine. We at happy
day are charged up to teach and educate the happy day kids.
We are also ready for both academic and extra curriculum activities. 

This is the last term of 2023 and we have a series of events in our calendar
and we hope to achieve our objectives. Despite the hard economic times,
we continued with the feeding program by having the parents pay 20 shillings
a day (which isn't even enough for 1 meal) plus self contributions. We have been
cooking 3kg of rice instead of 6. Most of the parents are unable to pay the 20 shillings
 but we have to feed even the most needy. We will appreciate if the feeding program:
 comes back in full. (Read to the end - photos are in between important information <3) 

BELOW IS THE BUDGET FOR 2 MEALS A DAY 

1. RICE 6kg @ 180 = 1080

2.BEANS 3kg @ 120 = 360

3. COOKING OIL 1liter...250

4. TOMATOES &ONIONS... 200

PORRIDGE FLOUR 1kg @ 150

SUGAR.... 1/2.....@ 130

CHARCOAL ( wholesale) ... 2800

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BUDGET FOR UGALI

MAIZE FLOUR..3packets @ 200 = 600

VEGETABLES... 400

COOKING OIL.... 1/4 LTR...125

TOMATOES AND ONIONS... 200

We also had a meeting yesterday with the teachers and a few major needs in
the school that concerns our infrastructure needs to be addressed, 4 of our classes
 need at least 3 desks each to accommodate the kids seating and the classes need
wooden black boards,we would appreciate any help towards the  above needs the cost
is as stated below.

1.12 desks @3000 = 36000

2.3 blackboards @3000= 9000

We are scheduled to have a fun day on 13th october 2023 too so that our kids can be a
ble to venture outside our hood. This will create unforgettable moments and memories for
the young ones. Every child is supposed to pay 400 shillings for the event. This will cater f
or transport and all games inclusive.

This is the budget for the scheduled trip:

Currently we have 55 kids in the school and the charges per kid is 400/- Kenya shillings,
so the budget will be as below:

BUDGET FOR THE FUN DAY

1.Park fee plus all activities @ 400 × 55= 22000

2. Snacks @3000

3. Milk @ 50 × 55 = 2750

TOTAL 27750

We are always grateful for your financial and material support....

Be blessed and have a blessed day.

So to sum up:
1) Monthly reuirements to cater for the feeding program:  Ksh 50 080

Lump sums:
2) Upgrading of black boards and desks: Ksh 45000

3) Day trip: Ksh 27750

Norske kroner med dagen valutakurser (10/9-23 Ksh 1000 = 77,27 NOK):

1) Matprogram: 3870 NOK  - hver måned

2) Nye tavler og pulter: 3477 NOK - engangsum

3) Dagstur: 2145 NOK - engangsbeløp

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Greetings from Happy day

We opened school on 30th Aug 2023 for the third and last term of this year. 

This is a very short term with only 9 weeks to closing day.

Yesterday the turn out was very low but by next week all kids will be back.

Learning starts immediately due to the short duration. 

We have a few requirements for this term as listed below...

1.pencils @120 ×5=600

2. Biro pens @150 ×3=450

3. Crayon @80 ×10=800

4. Modeling clay 200 ×10=2000

5. Sharpeners@ 150×1=150

6. Erasers@150×1=150

7. Plain papers@700×1=700

8. Fulls caps@700×1=700

9. Staples@200×1=200

TOTAL...5750

We are very grateful for your continued support and for helping put a smile on a child's face. Be blessed.

We look forward to a very interactive term full of fun and learning. 

We wish you all a blessed new month of September.

Forgot to include Chalk- 1200/- 

Making the total  6750/-

We do always appreciate all the help directed to the effective operations of Happy Day Junior School in whatever form.

Wishing you all a wonderful night.

Updates from Happy day July and August 2023

 17. July 2023

Good morning happy day family

We hope you are all fine. We at happy day are fine too.

This is to let you know we now have 2 new cooking stoves ( jiko) that do not use the normal charcoal.
They use eco friendly fuel and they are more economical than the one we have been using. 

We have continued with the feeding program despite the hard economic times. 

A few parents decided to be paying 20 shillings for their kids for lunch because they
couldn't be at home to make lunch for them. We , as a school are also feeding 7 kids who
 are very vulnerable (we noticed that they always came back after lunch without having a meal).

We hope times will go back to normal so that we can be able to feed them all again. 

We are grateful to a friend who gave us blankets. Some we gave to families and the remaining
are being used by the playgroup class for their afternoon nap. Once again we say asante sana. 

The same friend also gave us some green grams and they have gone a long way into helping us
to feed the kids. Again , asante sana. 

School are scheduled to close by 11th August and we hope to have accomplished our academic targets. 

Have a blessed week ahead

18. July

1. August 2023

Good morning everyone.

We hope you are all fine. We at happy day are fine too. 

We are almost closing school for the second term  2 weeks break.

We are therefore kindly requesting for money to purchase the end term exams. 

During the mid term exams most of our parents were able to pay for the exams and
that's why we didn't ask for the assistance. This end term looks like they are unable to pay.

We will appreciate for the help:

We require 2000 for us to have the full amount. 

Exams are supposed to start tomorrow or latest Wednesday. 

Have a blessed week ahead

9. August 2023

Good afternoon happy day family.

We have closed school today for the 2nd term break. We will open on 30th Aug 2023 for the last term of this year. 

We are glad and grateful for your continued support. 

Be blessed always.

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New term

Good morning Happy Day family. (written by Maggie 09.05.23)

Today is our first day of second term 2023 and we are back to school and ready to teach and learn. 

Despite the rainy and chilly morning here, some of the kids have reported to school and our staff are all back except teacher Mercy whose child is admitted in hospital (we pray for her quick recovery).

We hope this term is nice on us despite the hard economic times experienced world wide. 

Have a blessed Tuesday

Det går ikke rundt

Det er fremdeles barn fra de mest utsatte familiene som går på Happy day og de ansatte er helt avhengige av inntekten de får fra Happy day for å forsørge sine egne familier. Inntektsnivået er så lavt at de ikke får endene til å møtes. I 2023 har vi ikke fått inn nok penger til å gi mat til barna på skolen og denne måneden har vi heller ikke penger til å betale ut de lønningene de ansatte pleier å få. De vil fortsette å holde skolen åpen og gjøre så godt de kan for å gi barna opplæring og et trygt sted å være mens foreldrene prøver å skaffe penger til mat. Men det ville ha en enorm betydning om vi hadde klart å bidra med penger til mat til barna og lønn til de ansatte. Har du lyst og mulighet til å bidra til at dette meningsfulle prosjektet får hjulene til å gå rundt, setter vi stor pris på månedlige bidrag på 1503 91 06091 eller VIPPS til Happy Day juniors schools venner #104265 ❤️❤️❤️

Innblikk: Det har nettopp vært en to ukers ferie i skoleruta. Før det gjennomførte elevene eksamener i tråd med retningslinjene i Kenya: 

Smilene sitter løst selv om hverdagen er tøff

 

 Good afternoon happy day family. 

We are in the fifth week of the first term of 2023 academic year. We opened school on a high note despite the low attendance of the pupils. We attribute the low turn out to the current economic situation. We have not been having the feeding program and so it becomes difficult for most of the kids to be in school. As at today we had 39 kids . 

Mostly the absent ones give the hunger reasons when asked why they don't come. Currently we are asking parents to pack lunch for the kids or bring food at lunch time. 

It's sad to note that some of the kids are made to skip lunch because there is no food to pack or to bring to school.  Parents opt to make a meal that is shared by all family members and so they can have their kids come to school and miss out on the family meal. 

Kenya is experiencing drought like never before and so most of our parents who depend on washing clothes for their income are not earning any money. Our happy day kids are affected so much by the current situation. 

We are grateful to friends of happy day who have stood with us by donating your support to us. We can only say thank you very much .. Asante sana for your continued support. We don't take your help for granted. We wish you all the best that life has to offer for keeping a child in school and putting a smile on their face. 

At happy day we keep the children in school for free despite our many needs. No child is send home for any money. This is only possible because of your support. 

Be blessed. 

Academically, we are doing very well and in tune with the curriculum design. However, we require text books to enable us to teach. The text books are sold at the   KICD ( Kenya institute of curriculum development) at a cost of between 450 and 600 ksh). This are very essential and vital teaching aids for the teachers. 

All our staff are doing the best they can . Tr. Everline is on maternity leave. The rest of us are in place and trying our best to create a safe space for the kids especially now that life is hard.  We hope rains pours and the drought goes away so that parents can be able to go back to work and put a meal on the table for their kids. 

We are scheduled to do our mid term exams from next week so that we can gauge our performance academically. 

This will require 2600 In order for us to be able to purchase the exams. 

 

The premises are also in need of some repairs especially the water system. Our walls need some painting. 

We need at least 10 desks. 

We hope that we will achieve each of the above needs through your support.

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