Eco Sankofa Kenya

We are solving social challenges by building community through sustainability, sanitation and solidarity. We support communities in Mombasa who live in informal settlements with material resources such as hygiene products and food, we are working together to develop sanitation solutions, and developing sustainable methods for water and food cultivation. We also draw from the evidence based clubhouse model, which assists members with employment, provides educational and health resources, teaches horticulture, as well as hosts wellness and community building activities.

  • We are a combination of locals and foreigners with a shared goal of supporting the community.

  • Through solidarity, sanitation and sustainability, we work to change the conditions of the community as a form of skill sharing, support and healing. Understanding we are connected to the land and when the land is sick so are we.

  • We aim to serve the Mombasa, Kwale, and Kilifi counties.

Our Mission Statement

“To provide community for people with mental health difficulties working together towards the common goal of recovery while learning sustainability and wellness practices.

We aim to give people who struggle with their mental health a place for community while putting an end to the stigmatization of being set apart from others.

We help with teaching the members general life skills and accessible urban home steading practices.”

Recovery Reinvented

 "From what it is, to what it can be!"

Here at Eco Sankofa Clubhouse Kenya we aim to deliver a holistic recovery approach by learning how to support one another in community with friends, family, and ourselves. We also support those struggling with emotional and mental difficulties by giving guidance, teaching sustainable + healthy lifestyle practices, and sprouting seeds of resilience with our programs.

This evidence based clubhouse model will also assist with employment, general health education, and access to resources. We provide social and health promoting activities by working to solve challenges through hands-on farming systems with the support of ancestral knowledge and practical sustainability. Some of our enrichment classes and outreach services include; stress management, holistic rooted nutrition classes, art therapy, sport camps, sustainable environment practices, and peer support classes.

Eco Sankofa Clubhouse Kenya operates on the belief that when we change the conditions of how people are living we change their potential, through healing the earth, we heal ourselves.

Meet Us

  • Susan Tekola

    CHAIRPERSON

    Susan Tekola, RN was a Trauma Nurse for 25 years in the areas of: ICU, ER, and ACUTE CARE as well as field work Nursing and participated in many studies of Healthcare. Her whole life came to a stop and forced her to address her mental health and painful childhood. Now a survivor and in recovery, she wants to use her own experience of healing through mindfulness, sustainability and peer support to empower communities most marginalized.

    She found healing in moving to Ethiopia to be with her husband's family during her recovery and is inspired to support communities in East Africa where support for mental health is challenging.

  • Munga James Katana

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Munga James Katana worked as a program manager at the YMCA for more than ten years, this brought him closer to the community he served in the coastal region Wich is the same thematic areas for Ecosankofa Kenya.

    He also hosted a radio program respectively putting on check the community leaders and how they handle challenge around them, this gave James the zeal wanting to do more and positively change the community.

  • Betty Haymanot

    TREASURER

    I am a civil engineer and businesswoman with over 8 years of experience. I studied at the School of Science at Arbaminch University Ethiopia.

    Five years ago, during the civil war in Ethiopia, I became a refugee in Kenya, facing personal and professional challenges while seeking safety and a better future. These experiences inspired me to dedicate my life to supporting others facing hardship.

    Today as a woman supporting her community, I strive to bring hope, resilience, and practical solutions to those who need them most.

  • William Amere

    SECRETARY
    I am William Ingati Amere, a counsellor by profession. I have worked with the children connected to the streets and slums for the last 20 years in Mombasa County, under SDA church.

    Offering free counselling services to the Marginalized Street Children, free medical camps, drugs and substance abuse lessons, evangelism, life skills, Mental Health Talks, integration, and Referrals.

    Main aim: to transform and instill hope to the less privileged in the society .

    In Eco Sankofa CBO, I bring skills, theories, techniques and ideas to facilitate the process of well-being in the people we will be dealing with.

At Eco Sankofa Clubhouse Kenya we support the community through solidarity, sanitation and sustainability.

Disclaimer:

Eco Sankofa Kenya was inspired by Clubhouse International because we communicate the message of membership, inclusion, and belonging. We are not an official Clubhouse due to slight variations we created to create a culturally specific program adopted to Kenyan’s needs.