Uthando (Love) Waste To Wonder

Waste to Wonder is turning trash into transformation. By building high-impact, eco-friendly facilities from repurposed waste, we’re tackling major challenges facing South African communities — all while creating jobs and protecting the planet.

As part of our mission as a sustainable building initiative, we are committed to repurposing the 13 million tyres discarded in South Africa every year — turning an environmental crisis into a powerful engine for social change.

Our work comes to life through four game-changing initiatives, each proving that waste can become wonder when communities unite with purpose.

Goal50 – Eco-Conscious Early Childhood Development Centre

Help us build the world’s most spectacular eco-friendly Early Childhood Development Centre, crafted from 5 000 tyres, 12 000 ecobricks, and tons of repurposed film-set waste. In a community where quality early learning is scarce, Goal50 will provide a safe, inspiring space for 300–500 children every year—complete with a daycare, educare, library, IT lab, and daily nutritious meals.
And the best part? The building materials are free, meaning your donation pays local hands, stimulates the local economy, and removes thousands of tyres from Cape Town landfills.
Help us raise R8 million to complete Phases 2 and 3—and turn this remarkable waste-to-wonder dream into reality.

MOYA WE KHAYA – Eco-Built Agri Hub

Imagine a world-class Agri Hub built from recycled tyres, bottles, rubble, and film-set waste—now imagine what it could mean for thousands of micro-farmers in Khayelitsha. Moya We Khaya will give farmers direct access to restaurants, hotels, stores, and the million-person community around them, creating income, jobs, and food security on an unprecedented scale.
With refrigeration facilities, packing rooms, and rentable conference space, this hub will function as an economic engine—powered by the community, for the community.
Your donation helps us raise R15 million to build this 1 000m² circular-economy powerhouse and transform the local food system forever.

MOEEN ALI + JP DUMINY – Eco-Conscious Sports Centre

In the Cape Flats—where hope and opportunity are often out of reach—we’re building a first-of-its-kind, eco-conscious sports facility that will ignite dreams and transform futures. Partnering with the Cape Flats Sports Academy, this centre will offer high-quality coaching, equipment, and sporting pathways for thousands of young people.
Using waste-based construction, every square meter built cleans the environment, builds local jobs, and brings dignity to the youth it serves.
Help us raise R35 million to bring this world-class sports sanctuary to life—right where it’s needed most.

PITCHES FOR PEACE – Eco-Friendly Soccer Pitches

Violence steals childhoods—but Pitches for Peace gives them back. These 5-a-side soccer environments create safe, structured spaces where young people can grow physically, emotionally, and socially. Built using tyres and rubble, each pitch cleans the environment while strengthening youth consciousness and community harmony.
Because the materials are free, most of the funds go directly into the pockets of the local labourers who are building these facilities.
Help us build a “Pitch for Peace” at every school in South Africa. Each pitch costs just R80 000 and leaves a lasting legacy of safety, unity, and hope.

🔎 Want to Dive Deeper?

If you’d like more details and watch some videos of progress updates for all four Waste To Wonder initiatives, visit:
https://www.uthandosa.org/waste-to-wonder-campaign/

Your curiosity fuels our impact — and your support transforms waste into wonder.

🏆 Nominated For The Earthshot Prize!

Introduction

The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental prize of £1 million

that is awarded to five innovative solutions each year, for their

work in protecting & restoring our planet!

The Criteria

5 Earthshot categories have been developed in collaboration

with leading environmental experts to repair our planet before

irreversible damage occurs. Uthando has been nominated for

“Build a Waste-Free World”!

Learn More About The Earthshot Prize

Visit: https://earthshotprize.org/ to learn more about this

profoundly impactful award!