The Blue Roof in Wentworth, South of Durban, was originally a notorious nightclub. The space was reinvented for good, however, when Alicia Keys and Keep a Child Alive (KCA) turned it into a wellness centre for comprehensive HIV treatment in YEAR. It was under this mandate that the space provided HIV services and support to thousands of people for 11 years.

In 2016, KCA gave Zoëlife the opportunity to take Blue Roof through a second transformation so that it would be able to better meet the needs of the community over a decade later. With broader societal issues around children and youth becoming increasingly evident, Zoëlife widened the focus of the centre from HIV interventions to community wellness more broadly and re-launched it as the Blue Roof Life Space.

The physical building is now a hub from which a range of services and interventions can be run. In line with the broader Zoëlife focus on wellness in all its forms, Blue Roof has is a place to offer friendship and support, health and educational solutions and creative opportunities to help individuals break out of damaging cycles.