Kiwayu Island beach accommodation, Kenya
How this vacation makes a difference
Environment
The camp is totally eco-friendly running on solar and wind power. A wind-turbine runs day and night to feed a bank of batteries and a 2.4 KVA inverter, with a solar backup and use of Philips energy saving bulbs. Water is brought in by donkey. We have started and funded a beach cleaning project that goes all year and have put incinerators every few hundred metres down the beach to burn the rubbish.
Community
We have supported the community by building 2 schools and offering donations to send children to school and for further studies; you can support the project by bringing with you educational books that will be of assistance to Children aged between 7 to 18 years. We also rebuild and repair their mosque, madrasa and roofs of their houses every season before the monsoon. Pay for the madrasa teacher; pay the dispensary nurse for them to get free medical aid. We offer transport during emergency to Lamu in one of our boats and also do transport all their maize from their shambas on our land rover. By visiting us, you will have the opportunity to meet local people and know about their Islamic cultures, traditions and activities.
We employ local staff and train them well in various jobs in and around the camp. They come from the neighbouring Chandani village. Visits to the local villages are done by local guides with a wide knowledge and experience of the culture and traditions of the native Bajunis and Mijikendas. We also use local builders in building of the camp as the camp is constructed from mkeka and makuti, natural woven palm frond matting made by local villagers.
We have an agreement with the local community suppliers to buy all their fresh fish, lobsters and crabs thus making our menu a feast of fresh fish, salads and vegetables. We also buy mangrove poles for building and give local suppliers loans to start various businesses e.g. vegetable shop, chicken farming and flip flop recycling business. We have just built in the village a large water catchment tank at the cost of ksh.600,000. By booking this tour, you will be helping us to support the local suppliers, small businesses, boat owners and the community at large towards their survival.
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