Welcome to a glimpse of Happy Home!
Under our roof, our outreach serves the most vulnerable in our community including children, teens, young adults, widows and their children, the underprivileged, the poor and the downtrodden.
All these individuals receive love, support, food, clothing, shelter, and education, but above all, our mission is to show them that Jesus loves them—that the living God created them, values them, and gives them worth.
This is where true transformation begins.
We serve individuals with a wide range of needs through three main areas: Residential Care, Special Needs Respite Care, and Community Outreach. Through these programs we offer safety, love, and family for those often forgotten.
Residential Care
Our residential program has historically served young children who were disabled, orphaned, abandoned, or affected by poverty. Though originally focused on young children, the program has grown with these children and now also serves teens and young adults.
A key part of sustaining lasting change in this community is education. Over the years we have provided a safe place for hundreds of children with a safe environment to thrive. Those who are able to attend school are enrolled in local primary and high schools, colleges, and trade programs. We offer daily literacy tutoring for those who come to us unable to read. We help each individual discover their passions and talents, and support them in pursuing meaningful education or vocational training.
Most of those in our care are the first in their families to learn to read, and all are the first to graduate from high school and college.
For those with intellectual disabilities, unable to attend traditional schools, we provide on-site education through our Home Base Education program. This includes life skills training, speech and physical therapy, communication development, behavioral support, and basic literacy. Many learn to write or speak for the first time through this program.
Special Needs Respite Care
Our respite program serves children with disabilities from the wider community whose families cannot afford the private care or therapies their child needs. In many poverty-stricken homes, parents face an impossible choice: stay home to care for their child or go to work and leave the child alone.
Disability is often stigmatized or misunderstood—as a burden or even a curse—and children in families experiencing poverty are especially vulnerable.
In this program children with a variety of special needs who are unable to afford private school or therapies are dropped off at Happy Home in the morning and picked up by their families in the evening.
In this program, children receive therapies pertaining to their individual needs. We offer them a safe, supportive environment where they can receive speech, physical and occupational therapies, nutritional support, love and encouragement through our Home-Based education program. Our goal is to help them learn basic self-care, life skills, social skills, even basic communication skills
Community Outreach
At Happy Home our outreach serves the most poor and vulnerable in our community, not just those with disabilities but also widows and their children, troubled teens, young adults, the elderly, and homeless. We help organize events like World Disabled Sports Day and Special Olympics. We partner with local social work students and interns to expand our impact and strengthen community ties. Our doors are always open to provide essential emotional, educational, and life counseling to people from every walk of life who find themselves at our door. Importantly, we empower individuals with practical skills in agriculture, animal husbandry, cooking, sewing, and welding—enabling them to build sustainable livelihoods and start small businesses.
We strive to enrich the lives of those in our care, all flowing from the heart God has given us to serve those in need. We love the Lord and His people, and we pray that He will continue to use us as a blessing in this community. In all we do, may our lives glorify the Father as we seek to spread His Kingdom to those around us.
The Beginning of Happy Home for the Handicapped
Long before Happy Home for the Handicapped was officially established in 2003, God was preparing the hearts of two families living continents apart.
Irene, a woman in India, the eldest of nine children, faced unimaginable hardship, after her husband’s tragic murder in 1992. Left alone with two young children, and no means of support, she made the difficult decision to leave her children with relatives and take a job in Kuwait. There she worked as a caregiver for a disabled child, and sent all her earnings back home to support her family. For 10 years she worked in Kuwait as her children were growing up without her, she was only able to visit them for one month every two years.
One year, Irene traveled to John’s Hopkins so the child she was caring for could receive medical treatment. While there, she met Bob and Kristin, a couple facing challenges with their son’s health. A friendship quickly formed as both families had endured loss, made hard sacrifices for their children, and held onto faith through adversity.
After hearing her story and being moved with compassion Bob and Kristin began sending Irene monthly financial support that allowed her to return to India and reunite with her nearly grown children. But her mission was just beginning.
Instead of using the funds solely for her family, Irene and her son leased a building and began taking in homeless, orphaned, and disabled children from their community. Within months, the number of children in her care grew to 15, then 25, then over 40 and continued to grow.
When Irene reached out and told Bob and Kristin about her growing ministry, they decided to travel to India to meet her in person and to see for themselves the work she was doing.
This trip solidified their desire to do more to help their friend and has been a partnership spanning almost 20 years. Today, with her son and daughter-in-law at her side, Irene continues to fulfill God’s calling—offering love, care, and the message of hope to those in need in their community. What began as a painful chapter of loss and separation has become a testimony of faith, restoration, and purpose.