We are a 'Non-profit' (NPC) (Registration No.: K2020/269893/08), Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) (Registration No.: 930071119), Section 18A Tax Exempt and B-BBEE (Level 2) Compliant organisation that serves the most vulnerable people in our community. Planting HOPE Foundation's primary mission is to facilitate, manage and maximise the resources, donations and funding capability of the Foundation
for the social development, public service and self-reliance of the most vulnerable, underprivileged and disadvantaged citizens of our country within the areas of formal and informal education and training, cognitive behavioural therapy and Christian counselling, restorative justice intervention and addressing the holistic health and wellness of a person's mental, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs. We also address many of the socio-economic issues and challenges in our communities by offering and implementing strategic initiatives, campaigns and programmes that address vocational and life skills amongst our youth in schools and universities across the country. We offer workshops and lectures on motivational training and development, Soup Kitchen and feeding programmes for the underprivileged and disadvantaged children and families in our community, as well as offer essential resources, services and 'Emergency Relief' to members of the public that are severally affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and other tragic events. Michael Gobel, Founder/CEO of Planting Hope Foundation has written and introduced an Advanced Restorative Justice and Transformational Rehabilitation Programme to offenders at Pietermaritzburg Correctional Centre called the 'Honour Programme'. This programme addresses the transformational and behavioural issues that offenders face pre- and post-reintegration to assist government, the Department of Correctional Services and society as a whole with the high percentage of recidivism in our country.
