About us

The word “Tshepo” means HOPE in Sesotho. Our core identity and purpose is tied to restoring HOPE to individuals by empowering them to live independent meaningful and sustainable lives through a 4 phase program.

History and Background of the organisation
Tshepo Community Development Initiative was founded in 2007 as a response to the growing number of homeless and unemployed people in the North-Western suburbs of Johannesburg. Several different churches from the Linden Fraternal of Churches started pooling their resources together in an attempt to better serve the vulnerable community of Windsor and the surrounding areas. As a result, Tshepo now runs a homeless service centre in Northcliff as well as a fully-fledged Afterschool Education Centre in Windsor.

In 2010 Tshepo was registered as a Non-profit organisation (075-966 NPO) as well as a Public Benefit Organisation (930040569 PBO) with an independent board of directors. We are able to provide donors with 18A tax certificates.

In 2023 Tshepo Community Development Initiative became a franchise of U-turn Homeless Ministries, a well-established organisation in Cape Town.  Tshepo CDI became the first service centre of U-turn in Johannesburg.

Thank you to all the other churches and congregations that is not mentioned, but actively support Tshepo Community Development Initiative