Matemwe Retreat - All Inclusive

THE KIGOMANI VILLAGE FUND Len and Katharina Horlin, the two Swedish sisters who built Matemwe Bungalows in 1990, were mindful and inclusive of the villagers from the start. Money raised by the hotel has significantly contributed to the constriction of village school buildings, a school library, and a village clinic as well as the purchase of a bus for transport to Stone Town. A government water pipeline to the bungalows was extended to the village using hotel funds. These are only a few examples of the initiatives of Matemwe that have helped its surrounding community- still today Matemwe and the trust are very active in their supporting work, ie: completing the primary school building; providing school materials such as books, chairs, desks and blackboards, funding scholarships for further education, including university level studies and hotel studies, participating in and partly funding an annual village clean-up; contributing to the village's sea turtle protection program, paying a guard to protect the crucial Hawksbill Turtle nesting ground and sponsoring a school lunch program to boost the children's nutrition.