1) Donate to Happy Home
How to help?
1) Donate to Happy Home
There are different ways in which you can help Happy Home financially:
1) Monthly Sponsorship (godmothers/fathers):
Fund the daily life of our children.
2) Donate casually:
A) to fund the post-primary school fees of our children.
B) to fund projects for self-sustainability of Happy Home.
Note*) Communications between Happy Home and sponsors
Note**) Funding by Non-Profit Organizations & Private Enterprises
Happy Home Donor Forms
1) Sponsor the daily life of our 32 children (monthly)
To become a godfather or godmother and join the Happy Home family, please fill in the Happy Home donor form below and choose the amount you want to give on a monthly basis. Identify the most suitable Happy Home Bank Account in the tab Contacts & Donations.
Being in charge of caring for children, we rely on the monthly donations to provide for the daily life of the children in Happy Home. As any home, Happy Home has monthly expenses, including food purchases, education, hygiene, maintenance of the home, transport and staff salaries. To ensure the monthly availability of the necessary funds we look for permanent sponsors, who agree to give a fixed amount every month and secure the survival of a child. These sponsors allow us to balance the monthly income with the monthly expenses and ensure that we can continue hosting the children. Godfathers and godmothers are the backbone of Happy Home.
On a monthly basis we currently spend about 35€ (45$) per child every month for food, hygiene, medical care and schooling. Yes, with about ONE EURO PER DAY (1.5$) Added to this are the fixed monthly cost for running the orphanage, which amount to about 1200€ per month (1500$). They cover for all salaries, maintenance, transport, office materials, etc.
2) Donate Casually
A) to fund the post-primary school fees of our 32 children
To donate for the children's education, please fill in the Happy Home donor form below and identify the most suitable Happy Home Bank Account in the tab Contacts & Donations. Mention that your donation is meant for the children's school fees.
Besides the permanent sponsors, we also accept casual donations and funds which were gathered through fund-raising activities. These funds are not used for the daily functioning of the home but are invested in projects or in savings for school fees. Casual donations indeed help us being prepared for tomorrow. Our children are currently in primary school (Class 1 to Class 8) but soon the eldest will enter secondary or a vocational training.
As any other family, Happy Home is responsible of giving its children a future.
Depending on the capacities and interest of every child, we will opt for three different circuits after primary school.
1) The children who are weak in school or not interested by school will pursue a vocational training (mechanic, plumber, dressmaker, etc.). The training lasts one or two years, during which we need to pay for school fees and accommodation for the children, what does not exceed what they currently cost in primary school (about 180€ (220$) per year).
2) The children who are capable and willing can be sent to secondary boarding school (Form 1 to Form 4). For one year, including accommodation and school fees, this costs about 350€ (450$) per year or double the price of current school fees. The national exam at the end of secondary school will determine which path the children can follow after wards. The children who are average children can pursue a professional course (nursing, social worker, teacher, etc.) for another 2 years. This costs about 850€ (1200$) per year for two years.
3) The children who would succeed very well in their national exam after secondary school might obtain a scholarship from the government for university. In such case, Happy Home would be able to sponsor at least one year of university, after which the children can find a job and gradually continue to climb up. When sponsored, one year at university costs about 700€ (1000$).
As you can imagine, the cost of education of our 32 children will rise from about 5000€ per year currently to about 9000€ per year when most kids will be in post-primary education. Therefore, as any other "family" we need to start saving for the children's education. You can help us by organizing fund-raising activities (see next page) or sponsoring the children's education yourself.
2) Donate Casually
B) to fund projects in Happy Home
To donate for Happy Home projects, please fill in the Happy Home donor form below and identify the most suitable Happy Home Bank Account in the tab Contacts & Donations.
Mention that your donation is meant for the project.
Besides funding school fees, casual donations can help Happy Home to execute project. Such funds for example allowed to renovate the Happy Home building, to build a pump on the unsafe community well that the home was using, to install a rainwater collection system, to purchase furniture, etc. We also plan in the near future to invest these funds in projects aiming at the home's subsistence in terms of energy (biogas, solar panels, etc) and food (animals, agriculture, etc.)
Note*) Communications between Happy Home and sponsors
Godfathers and godmothers (monthly sponsors) will receive newsletters about the children on a quarterly basis and a yearly financial report.
Casual sponsors and friends of Happy Home will receive newsletters.
We do not encourage personal communication between the children and the sponsors as we do not believe that such communication is beneficial for the children. The children are not aware by who or from where they are funded.
Note**) Funding by Non-Profit Organizations & Private Enterprises
Happy Home welcomes all support and donations from humanitarian organizations or private enterprises.
We can provide you all necessary information, write proposals for project funding, and report back about the expenditures. Happy Home has a strong management structure, composed of a group of volunteers consisting the Happy Home Board and the fund-raising teams. We are entitled to provide tax-certificates in the USA, Belgium and Canada. Please consult our management structure on the website and contact the nearest fund-raising office.
Happy Home Donor forms