Happy Home Orphanage

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Happy Home was established in an abandoned maternity hospital with a leaky roof and little outside help, but with a determination by the community to care for local children orphaned by AIDS. With the backing of village elders, the orphanage began work in 2006 providing basic necessities to kids who had never been to school or read a book. By the end of 2016, many of the children shown in this 2007 photo had graduated from primary school, a significant achievement for any African child let alone an AIDS orphan. As of 2017, 30 Happy Home children were enrolled in secondary or vocational schools and were preparing for a life of independence and self-sufficiency.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2006 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion

Skills

  • Literacy

Cross-cutting areas

  • Other

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys out of school, Girls out of school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All out of school

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

  • Orphans and vulnerable children
  • People living with HIV/AIDS

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased progression to secondary school

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills