Beyond the Box

Beyond the Christmas Shoebox Appeal, Team Hope invests in community development initiatives, long-term programmes that strengthen families, increase resilience and create sustainable change. Our focus is on strengthening families’ ability to provide for their children by building income, stability and resilience.

While Christmas Shoeboxes provide immediate joy and practical support, lasting transformation happens when families are strengthened and empowered to shape their own futures.

How we help

Beyond the Christmas Shoebox Appeal, Team Hope invests in community development initiatives, long-term programmes that strengthen families, increase resilience and create sustainable change.

Our focus is on strengthening families’ ability to provide for their children by building income, stability and resilience. Through community savings groups and livelihood initiatives, often supporting mothers and caregivers, families are enabled to:

  • Start and grow small businesses.
  • Increase and stabilise household income.
  • Improve nutrition and food security.
  • Afford school uniforms, books and fees.
  • Build savings that protect against economic shocks.
  • Strengthen confidence, leadership and mutual support within their communities.

When families are economically strengthened, children are better nourished, remain in school longer and grow up with greater opportunity. This means more children staying 

Where we work

Team Hope invests in community development initiatives, long-term programmes that strengthen families, increase resilience and create sustainable change in Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Malawi, and Eswatini.

Community Savings Groups

Help families to build better futures, together.

Team Hope supports Community Savings Groups, where parents and guardians come together to save small amounts regularly, lend to one another, and support each other through life’s challenges.These groups help families to create real, positive, and sustainable change for themselves, their children, and their communities.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Team Hope invests in community development initiatives that have clear alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals:

    • SDG 1 – No Poverty
    • SDG 2 – Zero Hunger
    • SDG 4 – Quality Education
    • SDG 5 – Gender Equality