The Soweto-Caracas Centre
This community centre is run by the community for the ongoing social and economic sustainability of the overall development. At a social level, the facility activates the central open space, while providing the necessary amenities for communal living – including a soccer field, congregational space, creche, internet cafe as well as a rooftop urban farm. The ongoing maintenance of the development is further supported economically by the commercial activation possible to be hosted in the community facility – through income generation in the creche, soccer tournaments, internet café usage as well as through the sale of fresh produce grown on the rooftop. Lastly, the community facility will be topped with photo-voltaic panels providing solar power for the centre and wider community.
Booking the Centre
You can book the Centre or parts of the Centre for a Function, a Gathering or Sports event. Just follow the link and complete the Booking Form. A deposit amount will be required to confirm the Booking.
“The community has a place to converge to work together and build unity and strengthen relations amongst themselves. Such spaces inculcate the spirit of Ubuntu.”
Managing Director, Habitat for Humanity South Africa, Daphney Ngoasheng
The community centre truly is the keystone in the holistic sustainability for an empowered community.
A diagram of the Soweto-Caracas Centre in Khayelitsha.
Soweto-Caracas Centre by numbers
Soweto-Caracas total m²
Kids in the ECD and Football programs
Full time staff members
Watts of energy used from the National Grid
Million Rand development cost
Kilograms of organic vegetables harvested every month
A diagram explaining the Centre’s management setup.
Opening of the Soweto-Caracas Centre
Photographs courtesy of Are Carlse and Alfredo Brillembourg.
Booking the Centre
You can book the Centre or parts of the Centre for a Function, a Gathering or Sports event. Just follow the link and complete the Booking Form. A deposit amount will be required to confirm the Booking.
Service providers for Soweto-Caracas Centre
