We MiND Foundation · CDII

Five pillars.
One purpose.

We MiND Foundation delivers structured, accountable, and measurable programmes across education, enterprise, wellness, workforce resilience, sport, and community development. Every programme is anchored in at least one of our five pillars
and every outcome is documented.

5 Pillars
Foundation

Five pillars of enabling achievement

Every We MiND Foundation programme is anchored in one or more of our five core pillars. Together they address the fundamental rights and conditions that enable individuals and communities to achieve their full potential — not dependency, not charity. Achievement.

The We MiND Framework
Five interconnected pillars — each a fundamental right, each a gateway to achievement.
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Right 2 Learn
Education & Skills
Education, digital literacy, skills development, ECD, TVET support, and access to learning for all ages.
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Right 2 Work
Enterprise & Employment
Enterprise development, learnerships, and pathways to dignified employment and self-sufficiency.
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Right 2 Play
Sport & Creative Arts
Sport, leisure, recreation, creative arts, and cultural expression as pillars of community wellbeing.
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Right 2 Live
Ubuntu & Dignity
Ubuntu in everyday life — swimming, reading, singing and dancing together, growing food, and helping a neighbour. Dignity and belonging, lived out in community.
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Right 2 Achieve
Recognition & Enablement
Recognition, visibility, and scaffolding for individuals reaching toward their full potential.
All programmes

Every programme We MiND delivers

Structured programmes across five pillars. Each is designed for accountability, compliance, and measurable community impact. Active programmes are indicated; all others are open for community partnerships and corporate funding.

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Right 2 Learn · Education & Skills
Right 2 Learn

Digital literacy, early childhood development, skills development, ECD centres, TVET support, and access to tertiary education. Every learner has the right to develop their full potential — Right 2 Learn creates the pathway.

Current project: Soshanguve ECD Centre — Phase 1 infrastructure complete; Phase 2 fitting-out open for corporate funding.

ECD Skills Development TVET B-BBEE SED s18A
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Right 2 Work · Enterprise & Employment
Right 2 Work

Enterprise development, learnerships, SMME incubation, and structured pathways to dignified employment and self-sufficiency. We MiND partners with entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises to build sustainable livelihoods.

Flagship programme: SmartCommute™ — workforce resilience for commuting employees, continuously available, with each employer's participation running a fixed three months from their own start date.

Enterprise Development Learnerships B-BBEE ED s18A
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Right 2 Play · Sport & Creative Arts
Right 2 Play

Sport development, disability support, health and wellness, leisure, recreation, and creative arts as pillars of community identity and wellbeing. Right 2 Play has pioneered We MiND's work in positive enablement and disability inclusion.

Sport Development Disability Inclusion Creative Arts B-BBEE SED
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Right 2 Live · Intergenerational
Legacy 2 Generations
Legacy 2 Generations — CDI International

Building lasting community legacies that bridge generations — connecting elders, working adults, youth, and children in shared projects of meaning, memory, and mutual support. Creates the conditions for communities to invest in their own futures.

Intergenerational Community Legacy Heritage B-BBEE SED
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Right 2 Live · Family & Community
Family Support

Supporting families as the primary unit of community resilience, across every stage of life — household stability, parenting capacity, and the conditions that allow families to nurture achievers, not just survivors.

Programme areas: estate planning & wills · child rights & welfare · elderly rights & welfare.

Estate Planning & Wills Child Rights & Welfare Elderly Rights & Welfare Family Resilience Community s18A

Beyond Legacy 2 Generations and Family Support: elderly care, disability support and equipment (wheelchairs, walkers, feeding aids), and community feeding initiatives can generally qualify for the same B-BBEE SED points, on the same 75%-black-beneficiary, non-employee basis, with the same economic-access test applying. Get in touch to discuss and confirm a specific initiative.

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Right 2 Achieve · Recognition & Enablement
Right 2 Achieve

Recognition, visibility, and scaffolding for individuals and communities working toward meaningful achievements. The culminating pillar — enabling people to reach their full potential. This is the purpose the other four pillars exist to serve.

Recognition Positive Enablement Community
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Right 2 Achieve · Inclusion
Access to Opportunities

Removing structural barriers that prevent individuals and communities from accessing education, employment, healthcare, and economic participation. Access to Opportunities works at the intersection of all five pillars.

Access & Inclusion Barrier Removal B-BBEE SED
Cullinan Diamond Hub — Our Diamond. Our Story.
Flagship Project · Pre-development
Cullinan Diamond Hub
"Our Diamond. Our Story."

In 1905 the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found — the 3,106-carat Cullinan — came out of the ground here. Four decades later, about 90,000 Italian prisoners of war turned nearby Zonderwater into a city of art, music and learning. The Cullinan Diamond Hub will bring these stories together in one heritage, skills and enterprise precinct on Hotel Road, Cullinan.

Heritage Tourism Skills Development Community Enterprise B-BBEE SED s18A King V ESG Project Funding
Request a partner briefing → Download the CDH Public Overview (PDF) → By sending your details you agree that CDII may use them to respond to your enquiry, as set out in our Privacy Statement. Reg. 2012/201981/08 · PBO 930 041 456 · B-BBEE Level 1 · s18A · King V
Concept highlights
The Numbers
3,106
Carats · the Cullinan Diamond, 1905
About 90,000
Italian prisoners of war · Zonderwater 1941–1947
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Heritage precincts
4
Sector training partners (SETAs)
What we are building
◆ Seven heritage precincts
◆ Heritage museum
◆ Skills development with accredited partners
◆ Community enterprise hub
◆ Amphitheatre & performance hub
◆ Digital heritage archive and 3D capture studio
◆ Satellite training campus
Pre-development · Funder & stakeholder engagement phase · Partner briefings on request
Become part of Cullinan's next chapter. Corporate funders · Community partners · Heritage stakeholders · All welcome.
don@wemindfoundation.co.za →
Corporate partnerships

Fund a programme.

Every CDII programme contribution is structured, documented and verifiable — suitable for B-BBEE scorecard submission, tax deduction, ESG reporting, and governance records. CDII is B-BBEE Level 1 and s18A Authorised.

B-BBEE SED Points
Up to 5 scorecard points. Compliance Verification Report issued by CDII. Statement 500 (Generic) / Statement 605 (QSE). Where criteria are satisfied.
s18A Tax Certificate
CDII NPC (PBO 930 041 456) issues s18A certificates for qualifying donations. Subject to SARS assessment and independent tax advice.
Enterprise Development
Beneficiaries are black entrepreneurs. ED Compliance Verification Report. Financial and non-monetary contributions eligible.
ESG / King V Reporting
Photographed, documented and verifiable project outcomes. Named acknowledgement. Suitable for integrated annual reports.

All B-BBEE benefits and s18A deductibility are subject to the relevant criteria being satisfied in each individual case. Confirm with your B-BBEE Verification Agency and independent tax adviser before committing spend.

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