We are based on the beautiful Mfangano Island, in the middle of Lake Victoria on the Eastern skirts of the Western region of Kenya, with a local population of 37,000 people. We are a grassroots community based organization operating alongside the community initiating and or improving development projects to eradicate poverty, improve people's lives and care for less fortunate children, widows, widowers, the aged, households and families. Sagrema Foundation is a certificated and licensed organization and has proven an ability to provide transparency and honesty to their multiple contributors. 

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OUR GOALS & PROJECTS

All our projects are ongoing, continuously evolving and therefore change every now and then.
We are grateful for and highly appreciate every donation made on whichever project/goal. We've set ourselves the following six major goals:

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GOAL . 1 | BUILD A SAFER AND HEALTHIER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE
Bringing Health care services closer to the community through the well accessible and affordable Wakinga community health center. For more Information and how you can help us achieve this goal, click here.

 

GOAL. 2 | CLEAN DRINKING WATER FOR THE COMMUNITY
Improving the community water project by providing easily accessible and clean drinking water to the Wakinga community. For more Information and how you can help us achieve this goal, click here.

 

GOAL. 3 | FOOD SECURITY FOR THE COMMUNITY
Improving community gardens by transforming them into concrete, sustainable and organic permaculture farming systems. For more Information and how you can help us achieve this goal, click here.

 

GOAL. 4 | EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUTHS IN THE COMMUNITY
Empowering and improving local women and youths standards of living. For more Information and how you can help us achieve this goal, click here.

 

GOAL. 5 | DEVELOP AND IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE LOCAL SCHOOLS
Improving community infrastructure by providing a safe and clean space for the pupils to learn. For more Information and how you can help us achieve this goal, click here.

 

GOAL. 6 | LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, PRESERVATION, SUSTAINABILITY CRITERION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Community environmental initiatives and/or improvement.

 

You can find a complete summary of all our projects here and an overview on how to help us here.

 
BOOK FOR A VISIT & STAY WITH US 
We love hosting people from all over the globe. If you want to come and volunteer with us, stay as a tourist or just travel through, we’d be very happy and love to stay together with you in our family home and be part of the community during your stay. We offer accommodation and three meals a day (full boarding) to everyone at SEVEN  Euros per day.  BOOK DIRECT NOW.  We’re looking forward to receiving and accommodating you here, share stories and learn from each other. Please  arrange your stay directly, contact us through E-Mail: sagremafoundation@gmail.com: or through Whats App phone numbers; +254 720 768 118 or +254 713 422 888. or you can just make a phone call or you can reach out to us through any of these platforms (WWOOF,  Helpstay,  Couchsurfing,  Homestay,  HelpX,  Worldpackers, Volunteerbase . 
 

OUR HISTORY
Sagrema foundation was founded and expanded by Samuel Ochieng Odoyo, Grace Akinyi Ochieng and Meroline Akinyi Ochieng in the year 2016 as a branch of Sagrema self-help group which was by then just a family group, to help members approach and fight the unfortunate issues that befalls families in unison, through micro finance savings and borrowings with the spirit of working together and lending a hand to one another.

It was with the same philanthropic spirit after gaining experience in what was taking place in Sagrema self-help group, that the foundation was formed to extend and include a larger population from the minority within Suba community along the shore and inland of the Islands of Lake Victoria and outreach to the disadvantaged and less privileged community members, to strive and alleviate this less fortunate group in the western part of Kenya in south Nyaza, out of strong poverty, diseases and illiteracy, by providing basic quality education to the needy children, bring health services closer to the community. We campaign and encourage healthy environmental initiatives, microfinance initiatives and organic and permaculture agriculture, through fund-raisers within the community and in Diaspora using Mfangano Sons and Daughters, Volunteers, donors, well-wishers and governments' funding institutions.

Our focus on economic empowerment through sustainability, unlocks possibilities on the individual as well as on the communal level. We work in the fields of 1. Health care, 2.Community water, 3. Organic agriculture, 4. Women and Youth empowerment (micro finance), 5.Education, and 6. Environment, we try to help families and the entire community to get the knowledge, tools and materials they need to achieve the promise in their own lives and to ensure that individuals thrive both today and tomorrow. In particular we try to focus our support on children without adequate family care  and the disadvantaged and less privileged households in order to transform their lives, for we believe that by giving people the tools to lead healthy and productive lives, we can help them lift themselves out of poverty. Our resources alone are not enough! We therefore work to change public policies, attitudes, and behaviors to help improve lives by working together in our local communities through partnerships and building philanthropic spirits in people. We seek to unlock the possibility inside every individual. We see equal value in all lives. And so we are dedicated to improve the quality of life for individuals in and around the islands of lake Victoria in Kenya. From the education of students in Mfangano Island, to the health of a young mother on all the islands.

The problems we seek to solve are complex and demand the coordination and focus of many – leaders, government agencies, communities, and individuals around all the Islands. Our work is challenging, but we know we can get there. We cannot succeed alone, but together we can work for a community where all can thrive.