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Behind each destination on this list is a child who felt remembered, valued and loved. Your support helped deliver not just a present, but a moment of joy, dignity and hope that will be carried long after Christmas Day.

Elizabeth in Malawi is the mother of Aida and Madaliso who received Christmas Shoeboxes all the way from Ireland in 2024. Elizabeth is also part of a piggery project started by Team Hope’s partners in her area. The profits will allow her to feed her children regularly, buy small livestock, repair their home, and most importantly, send Aida and Madaliso back to school. They dream of becoming a teacher and a doctor. 

In 2024, with your help, we sent an incredible 171,675 Christmas Shoebox gifts to children across 13 countries in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Here you can read the stories from some of the children, see how much your Christmas Shoebox gift really meant to them and how it brought joy, happiness and hope to their lives.

Your Christmas Shoeboxes left from every corner of the country in November and December, loaded up by incredible volunteers! Have a look through the list to find out where your Christmas Shoebox has gone!

Read the brand new stories from children who received your Christmas Shoeboxes in 2022!

Your Christmas Shoeboxes left from every corner of the country in November and December, loaded up by incredible volunteers! Have a look through the grid below to find out where your Christmas Shoebox has gone!

Thanks to your outstanding donations we were able to send 176,615 shoebox gifts to children in 12 countries across Eastern Europe and Africa as part of the 2023 Christmas Shoebox Appeal. For many of these children, this is the only gift they will have received this Christmas (or in their lives before).