From pregnancy to career path.
We walk with mothers, kids and young people in Cape Town's toughest neighbourhoods. Health, outreach, education and training, in one cycle of HOPE.
kids on HIV treatment at the Delft Paediatrics Clinic
paediatric consultations a year
kids a month supported home from hospital
programmes across health, outreach, education and training
25 years, on camera.
250 new monthly givers in our 25th year.
Monthly gifts let our teams plan a full year of care. Be one of the 250.
168 joined · 82 to go (sample)
Fish feed the plants. Plants feed Delft.
The BBR food garden runs on aquaponics: it feeds families, trains young agripreneurs and pays its own way with herbs and fish.
Pull up a chair.
Stories of HOPE, straight to your inbox.
A few times a year. No spam, ever.
Put your name to something growing.
Pick what you want to back: a garden bed in Delft, a child's term at Play Lab, a young agripreneur's course or a family's first 1,000 days. You get updates, photos and the right tax receipt.
Choose your impact.
Pick one or stack a few. Your total updates on the right.
Your name, on the wall.
Every sponsor gets a digital certificate, a spot on our sponsor wall at The Nex (if you want it) and updates from the programme you back.
Sponsors a garden bed at the BBR food garden, Delft
HOPE Cape Town Trust · PBO 93/00/24/843 · 2026
Simple. Visible. Yours.
Pick and pay
Card, debit order, SnapScan or PayPal, in rand, euro or dollar.
Get your updates
Photos and short stories from your programme, every season.
Get your receipt
Section 18A in SA, Zuwendungsbestätigung in Germany, US receipt in the USA.
Questions
Can I change or stop my sponsorship?
Yes, any time, with one email. No lock-in.
Does my money go to exactly what I chose?
Your gift goes to the programme you chose. If a programme is fully funded, HOPE tells you and moves it to the closest need, with your permission.
Can my company sponsor?
Yes. See our corporate packages with reporting and staff volunteer days.
Will I get a tax receipt?
Yes, for your country: Section 18A (SA), Zuwendungsbestätigung (DE) or a US receipt.
A holistic cycle of life.
From one ward to three communities.
It started in 2001 with the G7 iThemba Ward at Tygerberg Children's Hospital.
Tygerberg Hospital
HOPE for Babies in the antenatal, labour and postnatal wards, and HOPE to Home for 80 to 100 kids a month.
The Nex · Indawo Yethu
La Maison de Christoph, youth clinics, psychology, Play Lab, the training hub and the BBR garden.
Blikkiesdorp
Social work, playgroup, after-school care, soup kitchen, community garden and wellness days.
HOPE Cape Town Trust.
A South African Public Benefit Organisation since 2001, with partners in South Africa, Germany, Great Britain, Dubai and the USA. Our cycle of life approach runs from pregnancy to career path.
Trustees and founders
Rev. Fr. Stefan Hippler
Founder and Trustee
Carole Armstrong-Hooper
Chairperson
Prof. em. Monika Esser
Co-Founder
Petra Reichwein
Trustee
Every role in the cycle matters.
Sponsor
A bed, a term, a course or a family's first 1,000 days.
Sponsor →Give monthly
From R150. Change or stop any time.
Give →Start a fundraiser
Your birthday, run or office challenge.
Start →Volunteer
Three to twelve months inside a working NPO, in HIV care and child health.
Email info@hopecapetown.orgElective students
Medical placements from primary to specialised care.
Email info@hopecapetown.orgPartner as a company
CSI and SED packages with reporting.
See packages →Join a HOPE event.
Fish feed the plants. Plants feed Delft.
A new aquaponic system, funded through Rotary and run with Eduponics, grows fish and vegetables for HOPE's feeding programme and herbs for a youth-run enterprise.
Feeds families
About half of what grows goes to the feeding programme.
Trains agripreneurs
Aquaponics, hydroponics and food business on a working farm.
Pays its way
Herbs and fish sold direct cover running costs.
Measured
Every month logged and reported to HOPE and Rotary.
Your birthday. Your run. Your page.
Set up a page in two minutes. Friends give through the same secure checkout and get the right tax receipt, and you watch the total climb live.
Impact your board can see.
A 25-year PBO with Section 18A receipts, clear reporting and projects your team can visit. SED eligibility is confirmed with your verification agent.
Seed
- Name on our partners page
- Annual impact report
- Section 18A certificate
Growth
- Everything in Seed
- Staff volunteer day in Delft
- BBR garden site visit
- Quarterly dashboard
Cycle of HOPE
- Everything in Growth
- Programme naming
- Board briefing with our founder
- Ball of HOPE table
Packages and amounts are proposals for HOPE to set.
Let's talk.
Tell us what your company cares about. We propose a fit within a week.
The next 25 years start with you.
Name HOPE Cape Town Trust in your will or a policy, or give listed shares, which are exempt from capital gains tax in South Africa. German supporters can give through HOPE Kapstadt Stiftung.
Talk to us in confidence: trust@hopecapetown.org
Meet at The Nex. Back Delft.
Training rooms and a hall for workshops, team days and community events. Every booking funds our programmes.
Gifts that give back.
Delft Lekker Kruie herb salt
Grown and blended by young agripreneurs in Delft.
Notify me25 years of HOPE tote
Anniversary edition.
R 180Gift a garden bed e-card
A gift that grows, by email.
R 350