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🌱 Join Pastor Florence & Gabriel
Grace and peace to you in Jesus’ name!
We are a Christian family seeking to live out the teachings of Christ through stewardship, hospitality, and the joyful care of God’s creation. Our homestead is a place of prayer, peace, and purpose — a piece of land where we cultivate food, community, and spiritual growth through permaculture and simple living.
We believe that the earth is the Lord’s, and that working the soil with gratitude and humility is a beautiful way to participate in God’s restoration of creation. We welcome volunteers who desire to learn sustainable living, deepen their walk with God, or simply rest and reconnect with the Father’s heart in a natural setting.
You do not need to be Christian to stay with us — we welcome all with kindness and respect. Everything faith-related is offered in love and is completely optional.
🌱 Our Mission & Lifestyle
Our homestead is built around three core values:
1. Stewardship
Honoring God by restoring soil, growing nourishing food, saving seeds, and caring for animals with gentleness.
2. Hospitality
Opening our home to travelers, seekers, and volunteers as an expression of the Gospel.
3. Discipleship
Learning daily to walk in the Spirit, practicing gratitude, humility, and servanthood.
Permaculture is our practical expression of these values — a way to work with creation rather than against it.
Come share your hands, heart, and ideas — and help us build something beautiful together! For the glory of God.
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
Interests
Sustainability
Culture
Farming
Events & social
Charity work
Languages
Plant care
Gardening
Carpentry
Cooking & food
DIY & crafts
Animals
Dancing
Sailing / Boating
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Hiking
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
🌍 Cultural & Faith Exchange
Life here is a joyful blend of service, learning, and fellowship. Guided by our local church leaders and community members, volunteers experience the rich traditions of Mfangano Island while connecting with people from around the world. 🙏💛
You’ll have opportunities to:
Cook local meals alongside our students, church members, and family, sharing recipes and stories rooted in culture and faith.
Learn the local language while engaging in everyday community life.
Join in worship and fellowship with our church family, experiencing music, prayer, and communal celebrations.
Enjoy lakeside sunsets and nature walks, reflecting on God’s creation and the beauty of community.
This is more than cultural exchange — it’s a true sharing of hearts, faith, and knowledge. Volunteers leave not only with new skills but with lasting friendships, spiritual growth, and a deeper appreciation for the ways God works
Registered charity
This host is a registered charity in their country and is looking for volunteers to help with their project(s).
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We believe God is growing something beautiful here, and we’re always grateful for creative, hands-on volunteers who feel called to help bring these ideas to life. 🙏🌿
Right now, we’re working on several projects that blend stewardship, innovation, and faith:
🐓 Caring for God’s creatures
Help us feed and tend our poultry house as we develop a sustainable system that blesses both the chickens and the soil.
We see this as part of God’s call to nurture creation with wisdom and compassion.
🐟 Aquaponic fish pond in our food forest
Join us in building a system where fish, plants, and water work together in harmony — a living picture of God’s design for interdependence and abundance.
🍌 Banana circles & keyhole gardens
These simple, beautiful systems help us recycle water, build soil, and grow food naturally. It’s hands-on, joyful work that reflects the creativity of our Creator.
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✍️ Creative & Technical Gifts Are Welcome Too
We also invite volunteers with gifts in media, writing, or technology to help us expand our impact and share what God is doing on Mfangano Island:
💻 Grant writing & online fundraising
Support our mission work through our charity page and help us reach more families with sustainable solutions.
🎥 Videography, photography & digital storytelling
Help us document and share the story of Mfangano Island — its culture, community, resilience, and the hope we find through Christ and creation care.
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🌱 Your Work Makes a Real Difference
Whether you feel called to farming, eco-design, storytelling, or technology, your contribution becomes part of a bigger story — a story of faith, renewal, and sustainable hope for our island.
Come join us, serve with us, and grow with us in the work God is doing here.
Together, we can cultivate a future rooted in faith, justice, and pease.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Luo: Fluent
Swahili (Kiswahili): Fluent
Accommodation
🏡 Accommodation & Meals.4
Volunteers are welcomed into a peaceful, faith-filled home where we seek to honor Christ in our hospitality. You’ll stay in a comfortable shared house with a kitchen, shower, latrine, and a cozy living area where we gather for prayer, reflection, or evening fellowship. 🙏✨
For those who enjoy quiet time with the Lord, there is a peaceful spot in our food forest — perfect for journaling, worship, rest, or simply listening to God’s voice in the beauty of creation. 🌳🕊️
Our homestead is surrounded by trees and close to the lake, offering stunning sunrise views and a refreshing place to swim or unwind after the day’s work. WiFi is available nearby for those who need to stay connected.
We normally host two or more volunteers and provide three wholesome meals each day:
🍲 Breakfast and lunch lovingly prepared by our church community,
🌿 and dinner cooked together with our family, often using fresh produce from the garden.
Meals are a time of fellowship, gratitude, and sharing stories of what God is doing in our lives.
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🌴 Weekends & Christian Community Life
Weekends are your time to rest, enjoy nature, or explore the island — walk by the lake, visit local villages, or find a quiet place for prayer and reflection.
On Sundays, we join our church family for a special Food Exchange Fellowship — a joyful gathering where volunteers help prepare a community meal using ingredients from the farm. There’s always laughter, worship, singing, and a deep sense of togetherness. 🎶💒
This rhythm of work, rest, and worship helps volunteers experience the fullness of Christian community.
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✨ More Than Accommodation — A Spiritual Home
Staying with us is more than volunteering — it’s becoming part of a family rooted in Christ, sharing life with a loving church community, and creating unforgettable memories on Mfangano Island.
We pray this place will offer you peace, encouragement, spiritual renewal, and a deeper connection with God’s creation.
What else ...
🌿 Mfangano Island – God’s Creation to Explore
Mfangano Island is truly a paradise for nature lovers and those who delight in God’s creation. The island is alive with birdsong, lush landscapes, and scenic peaks offering stunning panoramic views — a daily reminder of the beauty and majesty of our Creator. 🕊️✨
Our homestead is on the east-south side of the island, blessed with the morning sunrise. There’s much to see and experience on other parts of the island, as well as on nearby islands, especially on your days off.
Traveling around the island is part of the adventure:
We walk, ride motorcycles, or take small motorboats (cars are no longer used here!)
Motorboats can transport volunteers to different points along the shore
For the adventurous, it’s possible to walk the entire ring road around the island in one day — a rewarding way to witness the Creator’s handiwork from sunrise to sunset 🌅
Whether you seek quiet reflection in nature, birdwatching, or active exploration, Mfangano Island offers abundant opportunities to connect with God’s world and recharge your spirit.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
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
My animals / pets
Dodgy (5 months)
My dog is still young and like playing
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I loved how the workaway functioned. You live in a separate house and when I was there there were loads of volunteers so we would have a great time together in our breaks and weekends. You are just by the lake so you can pop in for a swim or bath when you need!
They have set times to come over for breakfast,… read more
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Accommodation is not on-site but about 200… read more
Another highlight was sharing… read more
As you dost pen the feedback, let the words be a reflection of kindness and truth. For even in the smallest… read more
I loved how the workaway functioned. You live in a separate house and when I was there there were loads of volunteers so we would have a great time together in our breaks and weekends. You are just by the lake so you can pop in for a swim or bath when you need!
They have set times to come over for breakfast,… read more
We would like to express our deepest gratitude for the guidance and support you… read more
A sense of belonging settles very… read more
They are really welcoming and try to fit you in the community and want you to get to know the historical parts of the island.
It is interesting to see the cultural differences. And it is definitely an… read more
Cultural exchange and learning how to play Oluko very first at our meusium.
With a mixture of luo and Suba cultures, the better off we are.
Màtheus was able to learn at the rhythm of olusuba and luo life.… read more
I was introduced to what they eat (Florence can’t live without her Ugali), but also had the opportunity to… read more
Cultural exchange and learning how to play Oluko
Here, the more there is a mixture of 8cultures, the better off we are.
Martin was able to learn at the rhythm of olusuba life. The on-site project which is… read more
Florence, Gabriel, Christine, Dennis, Happy, and Sesmel—thank you so much for… read more
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
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Be blessed you my daughter.
