Food Security
🌱 Valley of Plenty
Community gardens and sustainable agriculture training bringing food security and permaculture skills to Hanover Park families.
Funding goal: R60 000 · Active — seeking funding
Ubuntu — "I am because we are."
Rooted in Hanover Park.
Growing a community.
We develop sustainable, community-led programs that restore dignity, build resilience, and create lasting change in Cape Town’s most underserved neighbourhoods.
▶ Watch our work — new stories every Monday
NPC 2024/051687/08 · PBO 930083356 · Section 18A — SA donations are tax-deductible
1,000+
lives impacted
100+
children in ECD
13
project partners
6
core programs
Six programs · One community
What your Ubuntu funds
All six programs → 
Early Childhood Development
👦 Cubs Club
Early childhood development serving 100+ children with nurturing, nature-based education and school-readiness support.
Funding goal: R75 000 · Active — seeking funding
Women's Empowerment
👩 She Rises
Women’s empowerment building economic independence, leadership, and entrepreneurship skills.
Funding goal: R50 000 · Active
Live fundraising campaigns
Give with purpose
All campaigns → Where It's Needed Most General Fund
Goal: R150 000 / year
Support the real work behind the work — operations, transport, stipends, accounting, proposals, documentation, and urgent programme needs.
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Children ECD & Children's Programme
Goal: R75 000 / year
Fund monthly outings and the return of weekly ECD sessions for children from Hanover Park — transport, activities, meals, materials, and support.
Give now Read the full story →Vehicle Campaign
Goal: R250 000
Help Dr. Phil-afel Foundation get a vehicle. Right now we pay R700 per van per outing. A foundation vehicle would transform what we can do — and how often we can do it.
Give now Read the full story →Giving that stays accountable
- Designate your gift. Choose Valley of Plenty, Cubs Club, She Rises — or let us direct it where the need is greatest.
- Monthly changes more. Recurring gifts let coordinators plan a term of ECD sessions, not just a week.
- Your 18A certificate, automatically. SA donations are tax-deductible; international donors give in GBP, EUR or USD via Goodstack.
Give with Ubuntu
Your gift funds real programs in Hanover Park — choose where it goes.
Section 18A tax certificate issued for SA donors. Dr. Phil-Afel Foundation NPC · PBO 930083356 · NPC 2024/051687/08.
ZAR via direct EFT or the campaign's BackaBuddy page · card checkout coming soon
Real people · Real change
Stories from the community
Backing Zacri's Dream of Becoming a Chef
Help Zacri from Hanover Park complete his matric and step into a chef’s whites. A young man, a dream, and a community behind him.
Read the story →
Transforming Lives Behind Bars and Beyond — Gavin's Story
Gavin’s rehabilitation journey through our Pollsmoor partnership: proof that the Gangster Reform Programme changes real lives.
Read the story →
ROAM by Omni — Buy One, Sponsor One
Every ROAM eSIM purchased sponsors an ECD child in Hanover Park. Travel connected; a child stays connected to learning.
Read the story →Corporate CSI that counts
Section 18A receipts, B-BBEE SED documentation, and measurable impact reporting — plus our Buy One, Sponsor One model with ROAM by Omni.