Funding Partnership Opportunities
Core Funding
This is essential for our Engine Room—the infrastructure and the core team responsible for maintaining good governance, programme design, and all the backend services necessary to sustain operational legality and functionality.
We are actively seeking long-term anchor donors and philanthropists to collaborate with us in expanding our primary funding.
Furthermore, we are launching three social enterprises as a step toward establishing a reliable source of core funding.
Programmes Funding
This encompasses our specialist team who design and coordinate our core programme, holding the programme blueprints. They maintain the integrity of the services and oversee ongoing research and development at a high level, ensuring our work is evidence-based and draws from years of experience.
We give priority to partnerships with strategic donors and philanthropists who align with our long-term vision for programme development and implementation.
Projects and Infrastructure
Our core programmes oversee multiple projects across Africa. With support from both International Donors and Local Corporate donors, we can extend our impact from community-level initiatives to larger national projects. These endeavours align with our programme objectives and encompass infrastructure maintenance and enhancements.
We are eager to enhance our partnerships with strategic corporate investors and partners, as well as project-specific donors in Africa and globally.
How you can become a long term financial or resource partner
International Donors
Zoë-Life has established strategic partnerships with various international donors who share our vision for impactful innovations.
This funding typically supports short to medium-term projects focusing on children, youth, and communities in Africa. Some of our current and previous partners include Aidsfonds, Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™, Stephen Lewis Foundation, Keep A Child Alive, CDC, USAID, Elma Philanthropies, United Purpose, UNHCR, IOM, DFID, Amplify Change, and DORCAS AID.
We are interested in long-term funding partnerships in areas such as child and youth health, trauma and safety, community wellness and social cohesion, support for the elderly, and technological innovations.
Strategic Corporate Partners
We love to collaborate with progressive corporate partners who bring strategic insights and local investments into their employees and communities at the grassroots level.
These partnerships are instrumental in reshaping the local narrative and promoting evidence-based, long-term development co-created with corporates, communities, and our specialist development teams.
Zoë-Life is a Level 1 BBBEE NPC, eligible for SED, ED, and SD expenditures. Our current Strategic Corporate Partnerships include Mondi, Toyota, SAPREF, and VOPAK.
Support our Social Enterprise initiatives
Our primary sustainability challenge lies in securing funds to ensure innovation and develop new models and solutions, all while retaining our core human capital.
Obtaining funding for innovations is no small feat, which is why we have established four social enterprises. These enterprises serve as a means to generate income for our research and development needs, as well as our core operational requirements, while simultaneously offering essential services to those who can afford them.
Our four social enterprises are deeply rooted in our commitment to integrative healthcare provision. The profits generated by these enterprises are utilised to bridge funding gaps, cover operational expenses, and fund ongoing research and development efforts.
In South Africa, our Smart Health and Learning Labs are relevant to both Economic Development and Social Development initiatives, and we are proud to be certified as a BBBEE Level 1 entity.
Zoë-Life Learning
Our skills development department provides training and mentorship across a variety of subjects.
Smart Health
Based in South Africa, our health service specialises in customised nutritional and detoxification services and products.
Zoë-Life Centre for Integrative Health
Our health and wellness enterprise based in the UK, providing advanced health technology services for chronic diseases, trauma, and addictions.
Inhale-Life
Our online health and wellness store based in the UK.