In close collaboration with the community, the Johannesburg Parks and Zoo and its partners led the physical transformation for Gilfillan Park (also known as Jeppe Park). Through an extensive co-creation process, the upgrading effort involved various users and beneficiaries of the public space to school children to hostel dwellers, residing in substandard homes constructed under apartheid-era segregated planning. The effort yielded a new vision for an underutilized public space to a community lacking public amenities.

Prioritizing stakeholder engagement and community empowerment, the Wot-if Trust services the Diepsloot township through programming focused on entrepreneurship, technology, creative industries, youth development, and urban sustainability. The Trust has supported over 10,000 Diepsloot residents access spaces and resources with dignity, opportunity, and choice over the last 10 years.

Through nearly two decades of iteration, the Helenvale Safety and Peace through Urban Upgrading (SPUU) program addressed socio-economic challenges while supporting infrastructural upgrades in the Helenvale, Gqeberha community to promote a multi-and inter-disciplinary approach safety across the following areas: public space and infrastructure, safer schools, youth employment promotion, and domestic violence prevention.