The Santa Shoebox Project originated in Cape Town in 2006 with a humble 180 shoeboxes. In 12 years it has grown in leaps and bounds, with the number of Santa Shoeboxes donated reaching a total of 762 594. The shoeboxes are distributed to more than 1000 recipient facilities each year, through more than 60 satellites around South Africa and Namibia.

The success of the project can largely be attributed to its personal nature – donors give gifts to children whose names, ages and genders are known.

The project is supported by an extensive network of volunteers across South Africa and Namibia – kind-hearted people who give freely of their time, energy and expertise without remuneration. It also relies on the generous backing of various corporate sponsors pledging monetary or pro bono support. Many companies, involving their staff members pledge Santa Shoeboxes as part of their Corporate Social Investment programmes.

Santa Shoebox Project from Kathu would like to thank the following:

·         Café@Tshimo for their facility and donations.

·         EPX Courier who transported our packages form Cape Town to Kathu.

·         Artistica Art Shop for their contribution.

·         Martie Nel for the cake donation.

·         Salomie for the cake donation.

·         The public who made their contribution with their shoe boxes.

·         Heinrich from Courier Excellence who transported shoe boxes to Kimberley.

·         All the volunteers who gave their time for the project.

·         SAPD Kuruman and the GPS who gave up their time and services to help out at Babatas Village.

·         Liesl en Malan from PnP who contributed.

·         The project was made possible by Rozanne Arlow (Kathu) and Lanitza Burger (Kuruman).