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Welcome to our learning centre. We invite you to join us in a unique Workaway experience that combines community engagement, sustainable construction, and immerse yourself in permaculture.
Project Overview: We are embarking on an exciting journey to construct a
sustainable school buildings on the captivating Mfangano Island. Our mission is not just to build school houses but to create a learning centre for young people that embodies eco-friendliness, community involvement and cultural richness. We need your help to make this vision a reality!
WE NEED HELP WITH CONSTRUCTION.
Our construction project encompasses various tasks that volunteers
with a wide range of skills can contribute to. Here's how you can get involved:
1. Debris Clearance:
● Help us clear debris from the building site, bringing it back to the foundation
level for a fresh start.
2. Sustainable Building:
● Utilize locally sourced materials like sand, stone, plastic botle and water to build stady walls that blend with the island's natural beauty.
● Assist in obtaining other materials through donations, such as cement, metal
sheeting, and new tools.
3. Carpentry Skills:
● Showcase your carpentry skills by crafting doors, ceiling boards and steel windows that
reflect the island's unique charm.
● Contribute to the creation of furniture, including school beds, school uniform and school learning materials
4. Glass Artistry:
● Work on creating windows that not only let in the island's radiant sunshine but
also add a touch of artistry to our project.
5. Eco-conscious Construction:
● Participate in the construction of a veranda/porch using eco-bricks, which are
recycled bricks made from plastic bottles. Our children will be learning alot from this to make our environment cleaner.This initiative aligns with our
commitment to sustainability.
6. Flooring :
● Get involved in the flooring process and assist with tasks necessarily needed to bring the building to life.
OUR PROGRAMS
1.PERMACULTURE
The system is environmentally friendly, produces healthier organic foods, is self-sustaining, can rehabilitate land and develops systems that make humans and nature work together.
2. GRANT WRITING
Volunteers who can work in proposal writing (grants). Our organisation need help with funding
3.DIGITAL STORY AND FESTIVAL
Here is place you will meet the elders of Mfangano Island.
Here is our plan for the year.
• Oral History Interviews and Recordings: 3 months
• Digital Content Creation: 4 months
• Online Platform Development: 2 months
• 3D Experience Creation 1 month
• Promotion and Outreach 1 month
• Mfangano Suba festival December.
3.WHAT WE OFFER
● An immersive cultural experience on Mfangano Island, where you can engage
with the local community, learn about their traditions, and make lasting
friendships.
● Accommodation in a communal setting, allowing you to live, eat, and share
experiences with fellow volunteers.
● Delicious, locally sourced meals that introduce you to the island's culinary
delights.
● An opportunity to be part of a meaningful, sustainable project that will
positively impact the community and environment.
● A chance to explore the natural beauty of Mfangano Island, from its pristine
beaches to its lush landscapes.
Join Us: If you're passionate about sustainability, eager to learn, and excited to
contribute to a transformative construction project, we invite you to join us on
Mfangano Island. Together, we'll build not just a house, but a brighter future for this
incredible community.
Contact us today to embark on this unforgettable journey!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Elderly Companionship
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Hospitality/Tourism
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
While on exchange volunteers can benefit from a multitude of unique life experiences. They can also have a tour exposer around Mfangano Island at their own expense. To put it simply, the exchange is eternally awesome! Here are our top five reasons why going on exchange with us is a worthwhile life experience:
1) Experience a new culture and learn a new language
2) Being part of a sustainable project to save Mfangano Island natural resources
3) Make new friends
4) Get a ‘second family’
5) Get Personal development.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
At the moment we would want to join hands and focus on finishing our house and permaculture work. This involves finishing building the walls, the roof and the floor. Building poultry house, doing garden work on permaculture farm.
Also we ask help with proposal (grants)
We kindly ask volunteers to participate and help us fulfilling this mission.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Luo: Fluent
Swahili (Kiswahili): FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Volunteers will stay in a separate house.
Apart from the bedrooms there is a living room, a shower and a latrine.
Phone network is available.
The house is surrounded by trees, which give shadow. The component has direct access to the lake and a great view.
We can acommondate more than 5 volunteers. Volunteers will take three meals a day. Saturday is resting day or free days Volunteers can tour or go round the Island. On Sunday volunteers cook for the family as food exchange. Food exchange program is one of best program we do. Hope you Will enjoy our food and will also enjoy your food.
What else ...
Mfangano Island is a nature-lovers paradise with plenty of birdlife, hikes and peaks with stunning panoramic views. We are on the east south side of the island and exposed to sun rise, but there is much to see and experience on the other parts of the island as well as the other nearby islands on your days off.
We either walk or take boat and motorcycles around (no more cars on the island !) and there are motor boats to transport people to different points on the island. It is possible to walk the whole ring road around the island in one day (if you start very early in the morning !).
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have good conection. Our WI-FI is steady.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a big space and flat for more cars to pack.
Can possibly accept pets
We have dogs and cats
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Love you Florence and… read more
Florence and girls cooked so great food every day so our bellies were happily full.
Gabriel organised a tour around the island by boat and a trip to the top of the mountains and the UNESCO heritage… read more
They had a number of projects they were working on, including their permaculture projects, grant writing and application, house building as well as working with the local school.
We mainly focused on the house building,… read more
Thank you for everything, we will not forget this experience.
Florence and Gabriel… read more
We visited a school one of the days and the main focus when I was there were to spread the word of the project and to make the fundraising going for building the fence… read more
My main task was to open the nursery space at the side of garden
They have many interesting project.like involving the community especially some of neighbor schools. And expanding the farm is also one of nice work.
They… read more
At that time nothing had been started… read more
I travelled solo and it was my first time on Mfangano island so there was plenty to see and discover on the island, especially on days off with the other volunteer I joined, Morgane. The work was simple enough - I arrived at the very beginning of… read more
The oven is doing great. The kids House is also good and prevented from rain . The are very hard work. Sandra your fundraising is good still online. Thank you guys for your help.
We helped to create an oven in the separate kitchen and… read more
See you my dear
Be blessed you my daughter.
