Life Tree Company is a registered non-governmental organization focused on socioeconomic development, in Johannesburg, South Africa
Life Tree is dedicated to developing a city-within-a-city at our premises located in Bloubosrand, Johannesburg, next to Kya Sand Informal Settlement.
It is our goal to develop a self-reliant and self-sustaining neighborhood, by linking environmentally-sustainable infrastructure like green-energy production and water-filtration systems at Life Tree, to job creation, community up-liftment programs, social welfare projects, and urban agriculture.
Our goal is:
- Poverty Alleviation
- Social Reformation
- Local Economic Growth
- Crime Reduction
Our vision is:
- Social Reformation
- Economic Reformation
- Poverty Eradication
Our strategy is:
- Education
- Health care & Social Programs
- Sports, Arts, and Culture Programs
- Social Services & Assistance
We value:
- Excellence
- Persistence
- Equal rights and responsibility
Transforming Informal Community
- Thorn Tree Academy,
- Life Tree Community Centre,
- Life Tree Community Feeding Kitchen,
- Life Tree Community Soccer Team,
- Life Tree Cooperative Community Garden,
- Life Tree Worm Farming,
- Life Tree Community Clothing Shop.
