Joy Second visit to Happylife

Isnt she lovely! Joy does not remember her initial name since her new name is Mary Wambui but she is the same lovely and joyous girl who will bring a smile to everyone around her. Her adoptive Mum is very happy and lacks word to describe the joy she has in getting this precious daughter; she says, "everyone loves her."

What is Happening? - Privelege

Happy Life Children's Home has been a home for abandoned children for the last nine years. Right now we have a capacity of 50 children. Most of the children are admitted here when they are very young (below two months old) owing to the fact that most of the babies are abandoned immediately after birth. Some actually are admitted the very same day they are born. I don't understand what is happening, because late we have been admitting children who are abandoned when they are older; around 1- 3 years old; this is shocking! May be its because of the high poverty levels but this may not fully justify it. The previous week, we admitted baby Privelege but we call him "Prive" - about 2- 2 1/2 years old. This is not the first case but we have seen this trend in the recent past and we can only wonder. Privelege, is very happy to have sisters, brothers and loving mums. I think even before he was physically abandoned, he had already been emotionally abandoned and that has made him very comfortable and happy being at Happylife. Our mission continues "WE give Hope to the abandoned babies."

Rosemary Kamau
HLCH, Administrator

Please Pray for the health of our children!

There are many factors that lead up to the difficult decision a Kenyan woman makes to abandon or give her child over to the authorities: HIV; drought that leads to hunger; 50% unemployment; drugs and alcohol; extreme poverty......

It is not difficult to envision the conditions that these unborn babies and those babies recently born must endure. Many of the babies who come to Happy Life have a variety of conditions that have affected their health: skin problems; malnutrition; upper respiratory problems; malaria; birth defects....... 22 babies have died since our beginnings in 2002.

Sifa and Timothy have been in a local hospital for several weeks and are making good progress. They both have a virus called "Lota Virus" that has been prevalent in the area. Please pray that Sifa and Timothy quickly recover!

Sifa was found abandoned near a stream at Githurai 45 by a Good Samaritan named Alice. She stayed with the baby for several days since she did not know what she was supposed to do. She later reported the case was at Kia-mumbi police station, who referred her to Kasarani Children’s office. The child was about 7 weeks old on admission at HLCH. She is healthy and doing well.

Timothy was found abandoned at Githurai 45on 3rd September 2010, having been put in a plastic bag. Timothy was about 1 ½ months- 2 months old. The case was reported at Kasarani police station by a Good Samaritan named Rose. On the same day, he was admitted at HLCH and he is a healthy boy who is growing very well.

3 more new babies, Tahila(girl) Zac and Habima(boys)

Tahila



Habima


Zac

Tahila

Tahila was abandoned at Githurai in a bush immediately after birth on 14^th January 2010. She was rescued by a Good Samaritan who reported the matter to the district children’s officer the following day and admitted at HLCH on the same day. Tahila is 3.8 kgs.

Zac

Zac was born on 25^th December 2010 at Thika District hospital. His mother later gave him up for adoption the same day through the child welfare adoption society of Kenya.

Habima

Habima was born pre-term on 20^th October 2010 at Thika District Hospital with a birth weight of 1.7 kgs. He was later abandoned by the mother on 3^rd November and has been at the hospital for 1 ½ months. He was admitted at HLCH on 21^st January since he has gained some weight to 2 kgs.

Please pray for all the babies and especially baby Tahila who has some health issues and Habima who is still tiny and needs a lot of attention to gain more weight.

Rosemary Kamau
Hlch Admin.

A new baby - Jawabu ( which means, 'Answer')

Jawabu was born at Kenyatta National Hospital on 12th June 2010. The mother later abandoned him and since then he has been there until 6th January 2011, when he was admitted at HLCH.

Rosemary Kamau
HLCH, Admin.

Christmas at Happylife Children's Home 2010

Happy Life re-unites children with their parents!

From the very beginnings of Happy Life it was our vision to:
"To provide the abandoned children of Kenya with a Home and a Hope for Adoption!"

The Lord has been pleased to give us the "Fruit of our Vision".

• 23 Children adopted
• 60 Children in the process of adoption (All by Kenya Parents!)

Occasionally Happy Life has the privilege to provide a "temporary home" for the children whose parent(s) are experiencing a difficult time in their lives. Since 2002, 9 children have been re-united with their parent(s).

Samuel and Faith are now in the process of being re-united with their parents(s):



Samuel was abandoned by his mother, who herself was an orphan, and left Samuel with her sister in September of 2007. The sister could not take care of him for a long time since she was a small girl attending primary school. Samuel's mother was traced and efforts are being made to soon re-unite him with his mother! Praise the Lord!



















Faith was recently taken to a police station by a lady who felt that Faith was in danger. She is currently part of the Happy Life Family. On admission she looked sickly and quite malnourished, quiet and scared. Efforts are currently in process to enable Faith to be re-united with her mother.
Praise the Lord!








We thank the Lord that He is using Happy Life to bring children and their parents back together again as a family!