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ECAHLI — The World's Most Advanced Sustainable Green Economic Ecosystem

Self-Sustainable Community Winner 2026

Non-Profit Organisation Award CorporateLiveWire Award

Innovative Community Project of the Year 2025/26

ECAHLI

Award-Winning · 3 Flagship Communities · 7 Years in Development

A complete, replicable community development platform — combining housing, jobs, food production, healthcare, education and renewable energy into one integrated economic system. Designed to generate exceptional financial returns. Built to transform underserved regions. Structured for governments, investors, institutions and families who are ready for what comes next.

ECAHLI communities are not isolated projects. They are fully integrated economic systems — each one generating food, energy, employment and economic activity from within. Designed over 7 years. Independently awarded. Now investor-ready across three continents.

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$191.9M

Combined CapEx · 3 Flagships

$99.3M

Year 5 Combined Revenue

$51.8M

Year 5 Combined EBITDA

27.4%

Base IRR (Brazil)

68.0%

EBITDA Margin (Brazil)

1,945

Direct Jobs Created

Global Awards

7 Yrs

Self-Funded Design

📈 Investment ROI 🌍 What is ECAHLI? 🏠 Retirement Living 💼 Jobs & Training 🌿 Paraguay Live Lab 🏡 Lifestyle & Infrastructure ℹ About ECAHLI 📄 Downloads ✨ Apply for Residency

What Is ECAHLI?

Not a Housing Project.
An Economic System.

ECAHLI is a fully integrated, replicable community development platform. Every home, every crop, every business, every clinic, every school and every solar panel is designed as part of one living economic system — not a collection of separate services bolted together.

The result is a platform that generates exceptional financial returns for investors, creates meaningful employment for surrounding communities, provides complete life infrastructure for residents, and delivers measurable climate and development impact for governments and international institutions.

Three independent global awards. A live proving ground operating in Paraguay. Investor-ready models across Brazil, Paraguay and Kenya. A 110-community network structured through 2035.

For Investors

24–27% IRR · 63–68% EBITDA · 8 uncorrelated revenue zones · land-backed assets · profitable from Year 3. Full financial models available.

For Residents

Complete life infrastructure: home, food, healthcare, education, employment and community — integrated. Full title ownership, buy-in from $550K.

For Governments & DFIs

Rural transformation at scale: housing, jobs, healthcare, education, food security and climate impact — one deployable, proven platform.

For Local Economies

SME creation, local procurement, skills training and circular economic activity. Each community circulates significant capital within its regional economy.

For the Environment

Land restoration, low-carbon construction, CDR pilots, biodiversity corridors, Verra VCS-certified carbon revenue streams.

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7 years · self-funded · 3 global awards

"The world has no shortage of communities that function well for the wealthy in stable countries. What the world lacks is a proven, replicable model that delivers the same quality of infrastructure, economic opportunity and dignity to regions that conventional development has failed. That is what ECAHLI was designed to be. Not a retreat from the world — a better version of it, built from the ground up."

Petrus Van Der Merwe — Founder & Lifelong Chair, ECAHLI Foundation

Dutch Stichting · Asunción, Paraguay · 3 flagship communities investor-ready

Independently Recognised. Globally Awarded.

Three Global Awards. More On The Way.

ECAHLI's design, resilience and impact have been independently validated by leading international institutions — making it the most recognised self-sustainable community model in the world.

Self-Sustainable Community Winner 2026

Acquisition International

Non-Profit Organisation Award 2025

Global Non-Profit Recognition Programme

Innovative Community Project of the Year 2025/26

CorporateLiveWire Global Awards

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More Recognitions

Further global awards and nominations in progress — ECAHLI continues to attract independent recognition worldwide.

See It For Yourself

This Is ECAHLI. See the Vision. Understand the Model.

Watch the community and the model come to life — the land, the systems, the people, and the future being built right now across three continents.

Who ECAHLI Is For

Three Audiences.
One Integrated Platform.

Whether you are an investor seeking institutional-grade returns, a family looking for complete life infrastructure, or a government requiring scalable rural development — ECAHLI is designed to serve you within the same integrated model.

For Investors

Institutional-Grade Returns.
Real-World Impact.

Revenue across 8 uncorrelated zones. 27.4% base IRR · 68% EBITDA · profitable from Year 3 · land-backed assets · $347M combined exit value. Three flagship communities — Brazil, Paraguay, Kenya — investor-ready now.

Full Investment Details ↗

For Residents

Complete Life Infrastructure.
In One Place.

Privately owned home. Organic food. On-site healthcare. Free education for children. Meaningful employment. A community of extraordinary people — on land-backed assets with flexible buy-in from $550K and interest-free payment plans.

Apply for Residency ↗

For Governments & Institutions

A Platform for Rural Transformation.

One ECAHLI community delivers housing, jobs, healthcare, education, food security, skills training and measurable climate impact — in one integrated, deployable platform. Government and DFI partnership enquiries welcome.

See the Full Model ↗

Three Independent Flagship Communities · Investor-Ready Now

Proven Model. Real Numbers.
Three Countries. One Vision.

Each ECAHLI flagship is independently viable — designed for its specific region and regulatory context, but built on the same proven integrated systems architecture. Combined, they represent a $191.9M deployment generating $51.8M in Year 5 EBITDA and 1,945 direct jobs across three continents.

🇧🇷 Flagship 01 — Brazil

Goiás State
250+ hectares · v19 Investor Ready

Total CapEx$78.1M

T1 Equity Required$27.0M

Year 5 Revenue$49.39M

Year 5 EBITDA$33.60M

EBITDA Margin68.0%

Year 5 Net Income$24.81M

DSCR Year 58.47×

Direct Jobs555

Base IRR27.4%With 8× exit34.3%

🇵🇾 Flagship 02 — Paraguay

Colmena District
250 ha · 80km from Asunción · v3 Audited

Total CapEx$58.8M

T1 Equity Required$31.0M

Year 5 Revenue$28.9M

Year 5 EBITDA$18.2M

EBITDA Margin63.0%

Residential Units143 homes

DSCR Year 56.0×

Direct Jobs690

Base IRR24.0%With 8× exit30.5%

🇰🇪 Flagship 03 — Kenya

Kisumu County
450 ha · v23 Investor Ready

Total Funding Stack$55.0M

T1 Equity Required$22.0M

Year 5 Revenue (target)$21.0M

Revenue Streams7 sectors

Carbon / ITMO RevenueIncluded · MRV-verified

Exit IRR Range17.8% – 25.0%

Direct Jobs700+

5× EBITDA exit17.8%10× EBITDA exit25.0%

Three Flagships Combined · 2-Year Deployment

The Numbers That Change Everything

When all three flagship communities are operational, the combined economic and social footprint is extraordinary — and this is only the beginning of a 110-community global network.

$191.9M

Combined CapEx · 3 Flagships

$99.3M

Combined Year 5 Revenue

$51.8M

Combined Year 5 EBITDA

1,945

Direct Jobs Created

950ha

Land Under Regeneration

$80M

Combined T1 Equity Required

✦ Pipeline: Gran Chaco Paraguay (300ha · $72.5M) · Africa Site (negotiating) · Spain · Uruguay — all in active development

Structured Global Roll-Out

10 Years. 6 Continents.
110 Communities.

ECAHLI is not building communities one at a time. It is building an interconnected global network — where each new community reduces costs for the next, accelerates replication, activates cross-site supply chains, and compounds the platform's economic and social impact. 110 communities is not ambition. It is the planned outcome of a carefully sequenced, financially structured rollout.

2025–26

Proof — Flagships investor-ready · Paraguay Live Lab operational

3 Flagship Communities · Proof of Model

Brazil (Goiás), Paraguay (Colmena) and Kenya (Kisumu) fully modelled and investor-ready. Paraguay Live Lab launches May 2026 — the first ground-level ECAHLI demonstration site, broadcast live, with founding resident places open now.

BrazilParaguayKenya

2026–27

Build — Ground breaks · First residents · First harvest

First Residents. First Harvest. First Revenue.

Ground breaks on all 3 flagships simultaneously. Gran Chaco (300ha, $72.5M) and Africa flagship move to pre-development. Spain site acquisition begins. Live Lab Paraguay fully operational with global broadcast.

BrazilParaguayKenyaAfrica

2027–28

Expand — Africa, Spain & Uruguay enter construction

Flagships 4, 5 and 6 · Expansion Wave

First communities reach operational profitability. Global HoldCo royalty engine activates — projected $3.2M/year. Carbon/ITMO revenue streams monetised across all sites.

AfricaSpainUruguay

2028–30

Network — 20 communities · Cross-site economies activate

20 Communities · 4 Continents · HoldCo $15M+/yr

Southeast Asia and Middle East entries. Community-to-community supply chains activate. ECAHLI University launches. First Gift Program graduates lead new site developments.

AsiaMiddle EastEurope

2030–33

Scale — 50 communities · DFI partnerships · $500M network revenue

50 Communities · Institutional Scale · $500M Network Revenue

50 operational communities across 6 continents. UN and DFI partnership agreements. ECAHLI becomes the recognised global standard for regenerative development.

AmericasAfricaAsiaEurope

2033–35

Standard — 110 communities · Global benchmark · $3.3B network value

110 Communities · $3.3B Network · $69M/yr HoldCo Royalties

The model Petrus Van Der Merwe designed over 7 years — built by thousands, lived by tens of thousands, adopted by governments worldwide as the standard for regenerative community development.

AmericasAfricaAsiaEuropePacific

Residency Pathways

Three Pathways In.
One Integrated Life.

Every ECAHLI residency pathway provides full title ownership of a land-backed asset, access to all community infrastructure, and participation in a functional, self-sustaining economic ecosystem. Choose the level of engagement that suits your situation — from fully passive to deeply active. All pathways include flexible, interest-free payment plans.

Pathway 01 · Passive

Residential Ownership — Passive

Deposit from just 10% to secure your home

From $55,000

10% deposit on $550K entry · choose your level

then from

$6,875/month

example: 10% deposit · 72 months · interest-free · use calculator below

✓Full title ownership of your residence — land-backed asset
✓$800/month service fee covers all utilities, security & maintenance
✓Access to all community facilities, healthcare and organic food
✓Participate as much or as little as you choose
✓Asset appreciates within the growing community network

Enquire About This Pathway ↗

The ECAHLI Live Lab.

Where the Model Becomes Real.

The Paraguay Live Lab is the first ground-level implementation of the ECAHLI model — a functioning site where eco-construction, food production, off-grid infrastructure, shared workspaces and community life come together as one operational system. Every stage is broadcast live to a global audience from day one.

The Live Lab is not a prototype. It is the proof — and the foundation on which the flagship communities in Brazil, Paraguay and Kenya are built.

The Live Lab is the bridge between the ECAHLI vision and the flagship communities.
A working implementation that tests, documents and demonstrates the model in practice —
broadcast live to a global audience from day one on the ground in Paraguay.

Private Homes

Staff

Accommodation

Community Clubhouse

Live

Broadcast Globally

What's being built

✓5+ private homes, 2–3 bedrooms each — built to full ECAHLI sustainable standards with renewable energy, water systems and low-carbon materials
✓Staff accommodation — dedicated housing for Live Lab team members, educators and community staff
✓Community Clubhouse — where all meals are shared, meetings held, and community life unfolds
✓Working organic garden and food production from day one
✓Solar micro-grid and renewable energy systems — demonstrated live for the world
✓Live 24/7 video feeds and DIY construction documentation broadcast globally
✓Founding residents gain priority pathway to full flagship community residency

What We Produce & Broadcast

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Live Feeds

🔨

DIY Build Videos

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Education

🌿

Sustainability

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Food & Health

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Energy Systems

🏡

Community Life

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Mini Ecosystem

Very Limited · Founding Resident Places

Be a Founding Live Lab Resident

A very limited number of residential buy-ins are available for the Live Lab community. Own one of the first homes in the world's first ECAHLI demonstration site — and help shape what comes next.

Deposit from just

10%

of the buy-in price · interest-free balance

See the Full Live Lab Initiative ↗

The Heart of ECAHLI

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The Van Der Merwe
Gift Program

Free access to ECAHLI — not for those who can afford it,
but for those who cannot be stopped.

For the innovators. The builders. The visionaries.
The people who carry a purpose larger than the world they currently live in.

You give what you can. ECAHLI gives the rest.

Give What You Can

No fixed price for a builder with vision. Contribution is assessed individually — your skills, your time, your expertise, your drive.

Earn Your Place Daily

Gift members are active, contributing community members — exceeding expectations in growth, learning and advancement. Earned belonging, not charity.

Innovate & Lead

Gift members drive ideas, lead projects, mentor others and push the community forward. You are not a guest — you are the engine.

Build For Generations

Every Gift member's contribution is an investment in the communities that follow. The world's greatest builders often have the least access to the right environment.

Who Is This For?

Anyone, anywhere in the world, who carries a vision too large for the world they currently live in — and who is ready to back it with relentless action, generosity of spirit, and genuine commitment to collective progress. Age, background, nationality and financial position are irrelevant. Character is everything.

Apply for the Gift Program ↗

✦ Education & Opportunity

FREE

Education That
Changes Futures

Access to quality education — and the economic opportunity it creates — is at the heart of the ECAHLI model. Where you start should never determine where you end up.

We are inspired by Cove of Education, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit helping underserved students build their futures through FREE access to AI education, entrepreneurship and purpose-driven learning. Accepted students pay no programme cost — participation is fully supported by donors. This is education as long-term transformation and economic infrastructure.

Learn more at Cove of Education ↗

About Cove of Education

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501(c)(3) Nonprofit — donor-funded, mission-driven, focused on equitable access to education and long-term economic opportunity

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AI Education & Digital Skills — equipping underserved students with AI literacy, digital tools and practical skills for a changing economy

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Entrepreneurship & Purpose — building entrepreneurial capacity and purpose-driven learning as the foundation for sustainable personal advancement

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Accepted students pay no cost — participation is fully donor-funded, making world-class, future-oriented learning genuinely accessible

Cove of Education aligns with ECAHLI's belief that genuine community development requires real investment in people — especially those with the least access to opportunity and the most to contribute. coveofedu.org ↗

Kenya, Africa & Climate Integrity

Solving the Bottlenecks That Stop Good Ideas From Scaling

ECAHLI is not only a place to live and invest — it is a real-world testbed for carbon removal, MRV, compliance-grade testing, low-carbon materials and trusted implementation across Kenya and Africa.

MRV-Rich Climate Projects

Biochar, agroforestry, soil carbon and land restoration monitored from day one through real community deployment — producing verified, institutional-grade carbon data.

Low-Carbon Construction Pilots

ECAHLI sites host functional-equivalence testing, low-carbon binders and alternative construction systems in actual homes and infrastructure — not laboratory conditions.

Public-Private Demonstration Sites

Governments, universities, labs and investors use ECAHLI campuses as collaborative demonstration nodes for the next generation of rural and climate development standards.

The ECAHLI Infrastructure Stack

Every System You Need.
Integrated by Design.

Housing, food, healthcare, education, employment, energy and community — not bolted together, but designed as a single coherent platform from the ground up.

Secure Housing

Full title ownership of well-designed homes with low operating costs and long-term structural integrity. Land-backed. Privately owned.

Land-Backed Asset

Food Security

Farm-to-table systems, greenhouses and productive landscapes feeding residents and contributing to local markets. Organic, traceable, daily.

Regenerative Food

Healthcare Infrastructure

Integrated health services, preventative care and community wellbeing designed into the model from day one — not an afterthought.

Preventative Design

Education & Skills

Classrooms, technical training and lifelong learning linked directly to real employment and enterprise opportunities within the community.

Campus Model

Meaningful Employment

Jobs across agriculture, education, construction, tourism, services and climate industries. 180+ role types. Income earned within the community economy.

1,945 Direct Jobs

Energy Independence

Solar micro-grid, battery storage, water purification and passive building design. Zero grid dependency. Zero utility spiral. Built-in resilience.

100% Renewable

Life Inside ECAHLI

Where Every Day Is Infrastructure

From morning in the farm to dinner with neighbours who share your values — this is what complete life infrastructure looks like in practice.

Community Life

Vertical Farming

Residential Living

Community & Family

Retirement Living

Partnership & Investment

Two Ways to Own
a Piece of What's Coming

Whether you invest directly in the first communities being built, or take a seat on the board of the global holding company — ECAHLI is opening its doors to a small number of serious partners.

Option A

Invest in the First
ECAHLI Community

Direct equity into one or more of the three flagship communities — Brazil, Paraguay, or Kenya. Land-backed, cash-flowing, independently audited.

Minimum Ticket$250,000

StructureEquity · Debt · Blended

Base IRR (Brazil)27.4%

Base IRR (Paraguay)24.0%

With 8× exit30 – 34%

Asset BackingLand title + Infrastructure

PaybackYear 5

Concessional debtAvailable · 6% p.a.

Invest in a Flagship ↗

Option B

ECAHLI Global Holdings
Board Partnership

A seat on the 7-person Global Holdings board. Five seats open to external partners. Co-govern the network that will span 110 communities and $3.3B in combined value.

Total Board Seats7 seats

Available to Partners5 seats remaining

Founder Reserved2 seats · mission lock

HoldCo Royalties Y5$3.2M / year

HoldCo Royalties Y10$15.4M / year

Network Target110 communities

Network Value$3.3B+

Mission protection80% vote threshold

Enquire About a Board Seat ↗

Global Holdings Board — 5 Seats Open

The Door Is Open. It Will Not Stay Open Long.

Two seats are held by the Founder as mission lock. Five founding partner seats carry co-governance rights, royalty participation, and a permanent stake in the network.

FFounder

FReserved

1Open

2Open

3Open

4Open

5Open

Co-Governance Rights

Vote on network strategy, site approvals, capital allocation and partnership decisions across all 110+ communities.

Royalty Participation

Share in the HoldCo royalty stream growing from $3.2M to $69M/year as the network scales to 110 communities.

Mission Protection

The 80% supermajority threshold protects the regenerative mission. No partner can redirect ECAHLI from its founding purpose.

Pioneer Legacy

Founding partners are permanently recorded in ECAHLI history as the people who made the global network possible.

The Most Important Infrastructure Investment
on This Planet. Now Investor-Ready.

Three flagship communities across Brazil, Paraguay and Kenya. $191.9M in combined CapEx. 1,945 direct jobs. $51.8M in Year 5 EBITDA. Seven years of design. Three global awards. A live proving ground already operating in Paraguay. The window for founding-level involvement is open now.

investment@ecahli.com Download Investment Pack ↗ Book a Call with Petrus ↗

Global Reach · 110 Communities by 2035

Building a Sustainable Future for Humanity

Brazil

Flagship 01

Paraguay

Flagship 02 + HQ

Kenya

Flagship 03

Africa

In Negotiation

Spain

European Node

Uruguay

Regional Expansion

Economic Engine

A Complete Self-Sustaining
Industrial Ecosystem

From food processing and hempcrete manufacturing to logistics, healthcare, tourism, training and climate solutions — ECAHLI is a complete economic engine creating compounding resilience that no single-sector project can replicate.

Download the full ECAHLI Business Plan, Financial Models and Investor Pack — 3 flagship communities, complete with audited figures.

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Support the Mission

Help Us Build What the World Needs

Every contribution accelerates the build of communities where real people live, work and thrive with dignity, security and genuine opportunity.

Support ECAHLI's Global Mission

Every contribution — large or small — helps accelerate the development of communities where real people gain access to complete life infrastructure: housing, food, healthcare, education and meaningful work.

♥ Support ECAHLI

The Decision

The Most Important Infrastructure Investment
on This Planet. Now Investor-Ready.

Three flagship communities across Brazil, Paraguay and Kenya. $191.9M in combined CapEx. 1,945 direct jobs. $51.8M in Year 5 EBITDA. Seven years of design. Three global awards. A live proving ground already operating. Whether you are an investor, a family, planning retirement, or a policymaker — the window for founding-level involvement is open now.

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People · Planet · Purpose · Prosperity | ECAHLI Foundation · Dutch Stichting · Netherlands · HQ: Asunción, Paraguay · Flagships: Brazil 250ha · Paraguay 250ha · Kenya 450ha · Pipeline: Gran Chaco · Africa · Spain · Uruguay · ecahli.com

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Not a Housing Project.An Economic System.

Three Global Awards. More On The Way.

This Is ECAHLI. See the Vision. Understand the Model.

Three Audiences.One Integrated Platform.

Proven Model. Real Numbers.Three Countries. One Vision.

The Numbers That Change Everything

10 Years. 6 Continents.110 Communities.

Three Pathways In.One Integrated Life.

The ECAHLI Live Lab.

The Van Der MerweGift Program

Solving the Bottlenecks That Stop Good Ideas From Scaling

Every System You Need.Integrated by Design.

Where Every Day Is Infrastructure

Two Ways to Owna Piece of What's Coming

The Door Is Open. It Will Not Stay Open Long.

Building a Sustainable Future for Humanity

A Complete Self-SustainingIndustrial Ecosystem

Help Us Build What the World Needs

The Most Important Infrastructure Investmenton This Planet. Now Investor-Ready.

Help Us Give 20 Familiesa New Beginning.

Not a Housing Project.
An Economic System.

Three Audiences.
One Integrated Platform.

Proven Model. Real Numbers.
Three Countries. One Vision.

10 Years. 6 Continents.
110 Communities.

Three Pathways In.
One Integrated Life.

The Van Der Merwe
Gift Program

Every System You Need.
Integrated by Design.

Two Ways to Own
a Piece of What's Coming

A Complete Self-Sustaining
Industrial Ecosystem

The Most Important Infrastructure Investment
on This Planet. Now Investor-Ready.

Help Us Give 20 Families
a New Beginning.