Team Hope is a Christian International Aid and Development charity based in Ireland. With a small office and staff team in South County Dublin, working with a volunteer base of approx. 2,000 volunteers across Ireland and a range of International Partners mainly in Eastern Europe and Africa, Team Hope seeks to bring holistic change primarily to the lives of children, their families and their communities. In all our projects and programmes we seek to connect communities and individuals in Ireland with communities in receiving countries.  Through our International Partners, our goal is to facilitate the betterment of the communities that the children live in � this can involve providing clean water, education, healthcare, livelihoods, food or shelter for families.

In Ireland, Team Hope seeks to engage and partner with a very broad range of people and organisations including the following:

�         Corporates and Businesses

�         Schools and Colleges

�         Youth organisations and clubs

�         Community groups and Churches

�         Individuals and Families 

Our current Development Projects and Aid Appeals include the following:

�         Christmas Shoebox Appeal is probably our best known Appeal with 212,002 gifts donated in 2015 by people in Ireland for children in Eastern Europe, Africa and Refugees in Europe.

�         Development projects focusing on healthcare water education/technology livelihood feeding and orphan care projects into countries and communities receiving �shoeboxes�

�         International Sponsorship Programme focusing on children and their families in Romanian Mozambique Moldova and Swaziland

�         The Christmas Catalogue offering a range of practical gifts for beneficiaries in �shoebox countries� costing the donor between �10 and �350

�         International Teams of volunteers on two week long Summer teams running camps/work projects or Winter distribution teams

�         Appeals in response to natural disasters (Nepal earthquake 2015) and humanitarian relief (Syria)

Our International Partners work in around 24 different countries in mainly Eastern Europe and Africa. In most cases these are long-standing partnerships with Team Hope, with one in Romania recently celebrating 25 years of partnership. Team Hope is also exploring new International Partner opportunities in Europe especially in the light of the current refugee crisis.