What are the opening hours?

Monday 08:00 - 16:00 Tuesday 08:00 - 16:00 Wednesday 08:00 - 16:00 Thursday 08:00 - 16:00 Friday 08:00 - 16:00

TREE-ecd

Call Directions Website Contact the organization

TREE is a non-profit organisation that specialises in strengthening and developing the ECD workforce.

TREE (Training & Resources in Early Education) is a non-profit organisation that specialises in Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Resource & Training. We assist adults from small disadvantaged communities to provide South Africa's children with access to Early Childhood Development programs that promote and solidify children's holistic development, support, health and welfare. TREE focuses on training women who are influential in a child's life, a teacher, mother, caregiver or guardian, with improved skills to bring up a children and educate them with the few resources available to them.

10/10/2026

Happy 60th Birthday to our, Director of Programmes! MAMA Teressa 🎂🥳🎉

Today, we celebrate 60 wonderful years of you! A woman whose passion, dedication and wisdom and have made a lasting difference in the lives of so many. We celebrate not only all that you do, but the remarkable person you are.

You remind us that true leadership goes beyond the work we do. It is about the people we inspire, the difference we make and the purpose that keeps us going.

As you step into this beautiful new chapter, may it bring you more reasons to smile, moments to treasure and time to enjoy the wonderful things life has to offer. May you be blessed with good health, happiness, peace and an abundance of love, today and always.

Here’s to 60 years of life, love, and to all the beautiful things still to come!🥂✨

Happy Happiest Birthday 🎁🎈🎊
Teressa Ngobese
TREE-ecd
💚

08/10/2026

We have arrived 💚

TREE is proud to have been a partner in bringing this important Real Reform Imbizo to life, alongside our incredible partners.

Over 400 ECD practitioners showed up and put their priorities on the table.

Now, the commitments made must translate into action.

This is what happens when the ECD stands together.

Make local government work for ECD.

05/10/2026

We’re proud to be part of the Kuyakhanya journey!

From pilot to expansion, we’re thrilled to be one of the key drivers of a project that puts the child at the centre, building an ecosystem of support around them, their caregivers and their community.

Here’s to growing this work, driving access to quality ECD services and reaching even more children. 💚

04/10/2026

𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙏𝙀𝘼𝙈 𝙄𝙎 𝙂𝙍𝙊𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙂! 🌳

TREE is expanding, and we’re looking for new team members to join us.

We currently have 5 positions available:

📍 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙅𝙀𝘾𝙏 𝘾𝙊𝙊𝙍𝘿𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙎 𝙭 4

1.Project Coordinator: Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District
2.Project Coordinator: Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality
3.Project Coordinator: Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality
4.Project Coordinator: Bojanala District Municipality

🚗 𝘿𝙍𝙄𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝙭 1

1.Driver: Mafikeng, North West Province

📅 Closing date: 16 October 2026

HOW TO APPLY
When submitting your application, please ensure that the position you are applying for is clearly stated in the subject line of your email.

For example:
SUBJECT: PROJECT COORDINATOR: DR RUTH SEGOMOTSI MOMPATI DISTRICT
(Please use the relevant position title and district when applying.)

𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚: 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡.

We look forward to welcoming new talent to our growing team.

𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙨. 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙨. 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩. TREE-ecd

02/10/2026

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 🌳

In 2025, TREE opened the doors to its very first QCTO Occupational Certificate: ECD Practitioner, NQF Level 4cohort.

40 funded learners. 8 fee-paying learners. And a first for TREE.

For our trainers, this was also a new beginning. They were not simply teaching a new qualification. They were walking alongside practitioners through a new QCTO journey, with new requirements, new assessments and a new way of progressing towards their qualification.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆.

A year later, more than 93% of the cohort has stayed the course.

Today, as Statements of Results (SORs) were issued, there was a real sense of pride and excitement among our trainers.

They have been there through the learning, the questions, the challenges and the progress. They have watched these practitioners learn, grow and persevere, and today they get to see how far they have come.

The Statements of Results now take our first cohort to the final stage of this journey, with their final written examinations ahead in January 2027.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

Our first QCTO cohort has shown us what can happen when people are willing to step into something new, learn together and keep moving towards our vision of 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗖𝗗 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲.

We are forever grateful to our partner Airports Company South Africa, for being apart of the equation that helps us create opportunties for the advancement of quality ECD in South Africa.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁. 𝗔 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗔 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴. 💚

30/09/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀. 👣

Three years ago, TREE within the KwaMhlanga District, Mpumalanga, worked alongside 10 ECD centres to create better, safer and more conducive learning environments for young children.

Today, the principal of Zolani Home Edu-Care sent us these pictures.

A neat, well-kept office. A noticeboard. Display shelves. A desk. A chair. A printer.

Small progress. But not small in meaning.

For many ECD centres, every rand has a job to do. Fees and limited resources have to stretch across children’s needs, learning materials, food, staff and keeping the centre running.

So when a principal can look around and say, “Look what we’ve accomplished,” it matters.

It speaks to care. To ownership. To pride. To a commitment to keep improving, one step at a time.

And perhaps that is what lasting impact really looks like.

Just small progress, continuing to grow. 🌳

"𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘙𝘌𝘌 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘦. 𝘕𝘦𝘯𝘻𝘦𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘦 𝘰𝘬𝘶𝘩𝘭𝘦, 𝘜𝘕𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦.” ❤️🙌🙏 - 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭, 𝘡𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘪 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘌𝘥𝘶-𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦

Kinderfonds MAMAS

28/09/2026

As Heritage Month comes to a close, we embrace the richness of culture shared across our centres. 🇿🇦

At our ECD centres across Ixopo and Flagstaff, Heritage Day became a beautiful reminder of what happens when people come together to share what they know, love and carry from one generation to the next.

There was singing, dancing, poetry, traditional dress, food, and plenty of stories.

In Ixopo, children experienced the beauty of Umemulo, while caregivers shared the meaning behind traditional foods and Umqombothi.

In Flagstaff, community members brought their knowledge and traditions to the children, sharing meaning behind traditions.

And perhaps most special was seeing the community come together around the children. Fathers joined in, caregivers shared their knowledge, community members stepped forward to teach.

These moments show just how rich culture becomes when it is shared and experienced together. Children are not only hearing about their heritage; they are seeing it, tasting it, dancing to it and learning from the people around them.

That is how culture stays alive, through people, through stories and through the generations that carry them forward. ❤️

Kinderfonds MAMAS

28/09/2026

Children may not vote, but the decisions we make today shape the lives they will live tomorrow.💚

This evening, TREE Director MAMA Ruby Motaung joins the Metro Lives eThekwini panel for an important conversation about children, families, ECD and the future of our city.

As South Africa prepares for the 2026 Local Government Elections, the conversation will explore how eThekwini can close the distance between where a child lives and the opportunities they can reach, and how local government can help build communities where every child and young person can participate, belong and shape their future.

📅 Today | Monday, 28 September
⏰ 18:00

If you care about our children, ECD and the future of eThekwini, join Mam Ruby and be part of the conversation.

👉🏽 Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RETuKZrQRBymG9oprcZ4Gg #/registration

Let’s show up for our children. 🌳

28/09/2026

⚡ POWER OUTAGE NOTICE -28th Sept 2026.

We are currently experiencing a power outage at our main office. (69 Krishna Road, Durban)
Due to this our telephone lines are down.

For any urgent queries, please contact us on 068 846 5684.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. 🌳

Address

69 Krishna Road
Durban
4001

Opening Hours

Monday	08:00 - 16:00
Tuesday	08:00 - 16:00
Wednesday	08:00 - 16:00
Thursday	08:00 - 16:00
Friday	08:00 - 16:00

Telephone

+27315794711

Website

http://www.tree-ecd.co.za/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when TREE-ecd posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to TREE-ecd:

Want your organization to be the top-listed non profit organization in Durban?

TREE-ecd

10/10/2026

08/10/2026

05/10/2026

04/10/2026

02/10/2026

30/09/2026

28/09/2026

28/09/2026

28/09/2026

Address

Opening Hours

Telephone

Website

Alerts

Contact The Organization

Shortcuts

Share

Category

Listing takedown request