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Feet of Hope · Durban & Mbotyi

Today’s hope. Tomorrow’s trailblazers.

We invest in people at the beginning of their story, and we walk with them as they grow.

Give hope Our story
A child laughing on a swing at the Mbotyi ECD A student working at a desk with a study planner Children clambering over a wooden climbing frame
A young man crouching to talk with a small boy A big group of teenagers and leaders pulling faces for the camera A volunteer helping children balance along a log
Rewrite the future.
A volunteer playing with two children outside the school Students and mentors sharing a meal at a restaurant Children walking up the hill from the school in Mbotyi

About us

Here at Feet of Hope we believe in people!

Especially the small ones who will eventually become the big ones running the world (which is both exciting and slightly terrifying).

Jokes aside, most of what we do now centres around education. From Early Childhood Development, where little minds are just beginning to discover that the world is a rather interesting place, to tertiary education, where young adults begin figuring out what they might do with their lives.

We want to see young people become adults who don’t just make a living, but add something good to the world around them. We don’t have everything figured out. But we do believe that investing in people is a pretty good place to start.

How did this all come about?
A volunteer and a child at the Mbotyi school, with the sea behind them
Sticker: Rewrite the future.

Hope, by the numbers

Small starts. Real people.

  • 65little learners at our Mbotyi ECD
  • 14students given tertiary education and mentorship
  • 30+young people mentored, twice a week
  • 7young adults given a home and leadership training

The ECD roll is from October 2026. The other three are from our 2023–25 report.

What we do

From a classroom for a three-year-old to a bursary for an eighteen-year-old.

Children climbing on the play frame at the Mbotyi ECD

01 · Early Childhood Development

Mbotyi ECD

Building and running a school from the ground up in rural Transkei, creating a place where children can thrive and a model that can be replicated in other communities.

Inside the school
Young men from the Youth of Hope House hanging out in the yard

02 · Youth of Hope House

A home for hope

Creating a home built around community, where students are supported through mentorship, meaningful relationships and opportunities as they pursue their futures.

About the house
A student writing in a study planner

03 · Tertiary Education

Opening doors through education

Connecting students with bursaries and sponsors who help make tertiary education possible and open doors to brighter futures.

How bursaries work
A woman cooking over a fire in a sunlit kitchen

04 · General Care

Nourishment & care

Supporting underserved communities through meal initiatives and practical acts of care that create spaces for dignity, connection and hope.

Meals and care

Partner with Hope

Big gift. Small gift. Monthly. Once-off. It all helps.

Sometimes it’s food. Sometimes it’s a classroom. Sometimes it’s a whole school. Sometimes it’s simply helping someone get the chance they need.

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  • Monthly, quarterly or yearly, and easy to stop
  • Section 18A tax certificates for South African donors
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A family that keeps growing

Sticker: The future is built, not born. Sticker: Courage creates change.

If we don’t do something, who will?

Every bursary, classroom and meal starts with someone saying yes.

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