Empowering families
Restoring Communities
The vision of Hands and Feet is to see communities restored as children are nurtured and families are empowered to stay together and thrive. We do this by supporting vulnerable children and families with healing the past while building the future, through trauma reduction, family unity and faith. We contribute to the family strengthening sector through innovation, training, partnerships and shared learning.
Hands and Feet restores communities by nurturing children, strengthening families, healing trauma and building a hopeful future through faith, innovation, training and partnerships.
Stronger Families
Hope Families programme – supporting families with healing the past and building the future together.
Hope Centre
Early Childhood development, Drop in Centre and Hydroponics food tunnel in Strandfontein.
Training & Equipping
Research, Programme Development, Training, Partnership and Shared Learning.
Hands and Feet is based primarily in Strandfontein, Mitchells Plain, where poverty, high levels of unemployment and limited education place significant pressure on families. These factors combined with exposure to violence, gangs and substance abuse, create an environment where children face hunger, instability and trauma both at home and in their community.
Hope Takes Root Here
In the midst of these challenges, Hands and Feet is a beacon of hope in supporting vulnerable families with healing the past and building the future, through trauma reduction, family unity and faith.
We run professional, trauma-informed interventions that help families cope, stay together and ultimately thrive. Our whole-family, interdisciplinary approach combines education, social work, occupational therapy, food security and recovery coaching to promote healthy family life, strengthen relationships and walk alongside families on their journey. As a result, many families overcome addiction, secure stable employment and create loving homes where children experience peace and belonging.
This looks different at every age and stage. Here is what it looks like in practice, from before a child is born right through to adulthood.
First 1000 Days
Supporting new parents with bonding, attachment and early stimulation for their baby.
Hope ECD
Our registered Early Childhood Development centre prepares children for school.
Playcare Afterscool and Beyond Learning Pod
Playcare offers a safe Afterschool space for Grade R - 3 learners, while Beyond Learning pod helps children 6 - 16 years re-enter school if they have dropped out or been excluded.
Support Groups
Our Psychosocial support groups are positive, trauma-informed spaces of sharing, belonging, parenting input and spiritual growth. We have Power-Filled Girls and Hope Men Youth for teens, and Hope Ladies and Hope Men for adults.
Hope Families
A year long journey of goal-setting, family unity sessions, counselling, problem-solving, parenting skills and support.
Recovery and Restoration Programme
We walk alongside people coming out of addiction and gang involvement, and their families.
Sustainable Livelihoods
Step Up prepares teens and adults for work and training opportunities. Our Hydroponics tunnel provides food security and hands-on job training right at Hope Centre.
See Hands and Feet Action
Discover how Hope Centre walks alongside children, caregivers and families through practical support, lasting relationships and community-based programmes.
Impact Over the Past Year (25/26)
Behind every number is a name. A family. A story.
149
Children
228
Adults
215
Families
24,299
Meals
7
Networks
Connecting the Dots
We are a Christian organisation built around six connected approaches that help families stay together, heal and grow.
Whole-Family
We walk with the entire family, not just one person. It is a journey we commit to for as long as it takes.
Life Course
Support starts before birth and continues through childhood, youth, and adulthood.
Trauma-Informed
We recognise the lasting impact of trauma and create safe, healing-centred support.
Health Promotion
We support the physical and developmental well-being of children and caregivers.
Community-Based
We work within walking distance of the families we serve.
Interdisciplinary
Education, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Recovery coaching and community development work together.
Stories from Hope Centre
From Open days and harvests to home visits and Christmas parties, this is what family strengthening looks like week to week at Hope Centre.
After much planning and anticipation, we are so happy to welcome David and Jen, with their families, on their 1st mission trip, all the way from the USA!
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Hope Men and Hope Men Youth partnered with Connect Church for outreach today. It was a blessed time of joining hands and hearts.
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Just one of the comments we were grateful to receive from our open day today... "It was such a heartwarming experience.
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