How to help?

2) Fund-raising for Happy Home

We encourage all Happy Home friends, future and past volunteers, godfathers/mothers or sponsors to help us fund-raising. We currently have fund-raising structures in Belgium, the USA, and Canada.

Please, do not undertake fund-raising or networking activities before contacting us !!! Contact info@happyhomekenya.org or your local fund-raising contact. We will discuss the opportunities with you as to ensure transparency and avoid counter legislations. 

Examples of successful fund-raising activities:
1) Organize a fund-raising events (parties, concerts, happenings, benefit dinner, etc.)
2) Ask a Happy Home donation as a present (Happy Home babies, weddings, birthdays, Christmas).
3) Organize a sponsored sport event (yoga-session, biking contest, etc.)
4) Organize a school / scouting Happy Home event (school-marathon, sponsored run, quiz, etc.)
5) Advertise Happy Home in a local paper or newsletter (school / university / alumni newsletter, local or national newspaper, newsletter of your sports club, etc.)
6) Sell Happy Home Christmas cards
7) Distribute Happy Home flyers everywhere (at the bakery, supermarket, school, sports club, etc.

1) Organize a Happy Home event

Several Happy Home friends organized various types of events during which they raised funds for Happy Home. They include among others benefit concerts, benefit dinners, benefit quiz, happy home happenings, etc during which all benefits go to Happy Home.

Examples of past Happy Home events:

Wembly Fund event, USA (Sept 2008):The Wembly Fund organised an event on Manhattan's lower west side to raise money for Happy Home. They invited Li'nard and his band the Many Moods to provide entertainment. The guests were able to win prices, bid on art work and watch a slide show about the Happy Home children. The event allowed to raise 2500 US$ and to renovate the water tank of Happy Home.   

Concert, Belgium (Apr 2008):
A group of young musicians organized a Sunday-afternoon concert for family and friends in the church of Rijmenam in Belgium. Wim, Jef, Katrijn, Maartje, Jan, Maarten, Katrien, Tinneke, Marijn, Goedele and Stef collected a nice sum for our little friends in Stella.

If you are interested in organizing such type of activity please contact info@happyhomekenya.org. We will guide you through the procedures required for transparency, provide you with an official letter and announce the event on our website.

2) Receive a Happy Home donation as a present

Is your birthday nearing? Are you expecting a baby? Are you soon getting married?
Are you tired of our commercial lifestyle? Do you believe you already have all you need?

Ask your friends and family to donate to Happy Home instead of spending hours shopping. 

Happy Home Baby

Several young parents believe they have sufficient toys, clothes, etc. for their children. They asked their friends and families to give funds for the education of our Happy Home children instead of buying presents for their new baby. We call these babies "Happy Home Babies". Currently we had to following Happy Home babies: Louise, Otto, Marin, Lina, Zitta, Kobe and Jesse.

Happy Home Wedding / Anniversary / Birthday

The most original present for a wedding, anniversary, birthday, etc. is to donate funds for the education of our Happy Home children. Add Happy Home on your wish list !!!!

If you are interested in joining this action : please contact info@happyhomekenya.org and add a note as follows on your invitation card "Gift idea: If you want to give me a present, please donate to the children of Happy Home orphanage in SW-Kenya. www.HappyHomeKenya.org. Account number: Europe: IBAN: BE57 9793 2610 7335 - BIC: ARSPBE22 / USA: cheque to African Children Haven / Canada: # Transit: 30219 # Institution: 815 # Account: 0823617. Please mention "Happy Home: birthday Julia D." 

Some examples of past Happy Home gifts:

Wedding of Isabelle & Edouard, Canada, Sept. 2009 Our Happy Home founders decided to donate a percentage of their wedding presents to their children in Kenya.

Birthday of Liesbet, Belgium Feb 2010 (Happy Home volunteer). Liesbet, a volunteer who came several times to Kenya since 2007 asked her family to give a donation to Happy Home for her birthday.

If you are interested in asking Happy Home donations as a present? Please contact info@happyhomekenya.org. We will guide you through the procedures required for transparency, provide you with an official letter and announce the event on our website.

3) Organize a sponsored sport event

Do you own a sports club? Are you a member of a club? You could organise a sports event or sport class during which the proceeds go to Happy Home.

Examples of past Happy Home sport events:

Yoga Haven, USA (Apr 2008): One Friday night per month, Yoga Haven owner Kathleen DiNatale organized a "hearts and soal restaurative" yoga class for her patrons and donated the proceeds to Happy Home. They raised more than 3000 US$.

If you are interested in organizing such type of activity please contact info@happyhomekenya.org. We will guide you through the procedures required for transparency, provide you with an official letter and announce the event on our website.

4) Organize a school / scouting Happy Home event

Examples of past Happy Home group activities:

University Christmas Hat, Belgium (Dec 2007): Tinne and her colleagues from the Faculty of Law in the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium went around in all offices with a Happy Home Christmas Hat. The hat yielded very nicely !!!

If you are interested in organizing such type of activity please contact info@happyhomekenya.org. We will guide you through the procedures required for transparency, provide you with an official letter and announce the event on our website.

5) Advertise Happy Home in a local paper or newsletter

Does your school / university / sportsclub distribute a newsletter to its members or alumni ? 
Do you have contacts who can help us to publish an article in a local newspaper ?

Examples of past publications:

University newsletter, Belgium (Dec 2006): The newsletter "Campuskrant" of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium published an article about happy home in December 2006. The article mentioned the website of happy home and invited people to become godfathers and godmothers. This article led to a large number of new sponsors.

Secondary school newsletter, Belgium (2006): An article was published in the newsletter of the secondary school OLV in Sint-Genesius-Rode in Belgium. The result is that the students later organized several fund-raising activities for the Happy Home.

If you are interested in helping us with such activity, please contact info@happyhomekenya.org. We will provide you with the text and information required for the article.

6) Sell Happy Home Christmas cards

Are you interested in sending Happy Home Christmas cards to your friends ?
Are you interested in selling Happy Home Christmas cards in your neighborhood ?

Please contact info@happyhomekenya.org.

Example of a Happy Home Christmas card made in 2008. 

7) Distribute Happy Home flyers everywhere

We encourage everyone to distribute Happy Home Flyers everywhere. Our flyers contain all contact information and banking details in Europe, USA, Canada and Kenya. We have flyers in three languages: French, English and Dutch.  

Feel free to distribute the Happy Home Flyers around you:

Brochure Happy Home (International) (ENGLISH)

Brochure Happy Home (Canada) (FRENCH)

Brochure Happy Home (Europe) (FRENCH)

Brochure Happy Home (International) (DUTCH)