BANANA HOUSE
Community
Banana House & Wellness Centre is not just on Lamu island but part of the community in Shela village. The thought of the owners of Banana House has always been to give back to the community as much a possible. We can only grow together, so it is important for us that the people we work with are also happy. If you would like more information or to donate to the programmes mentioned below please click the button below to email us.
BANANA HOUSE
Bursary Fund
The Banana House Bursary Fund supports our staff by raising funds for their children’s school fees. Any member of staff with a child in school or university can apply. The staff members pay a third of their school fees while a third comes from Banana House itself and a third through donations from guests.
COMMUNITY
Outreach
Banana House has worked with Shela Bright Secondary Girls’ School since more than 10 years. Donating classrooms, school equipment and teaching yoga and breathing. Recently we started helping girls and young women with re-usable sanitation pads. To help them to be able to continue school and to reduce the waste. The program is reaching out to entire Lamu Island and Manda island. We provided more than 1000 girls in 2021 re-usable sanitation pads and our aim is to continue in 2022 for another 1000 girls and young women. We work together with Lamu Yoga and Lamu Furaha.
The yoga teachers offer yoga classes at Shela Bright Girls Secondary School and at Kijani primary school. We also encourage guest teachers to visit and interact with the girls in the fields of sports, drama and art.
