Shoebox Christmas now lives on Koha Tree
Why am I here? He aha au i ū ai ki kōnei?
Our original Shoebox Christmas website was built in 2017 with aroha (love) for Shoebox Christmas Wellington. As our community of kaituku (gifters) kept growing, we learned more about how to manage community projects like ours. Since then, we’ve grown into a team of rangatahi (youth) leaders aged 17 - 23 across Aotearoa. We needed a new platform that worked from Shoebox Christmas Southland to Shoebox Christmas Kaikohe. We couldn’t find anything that worked for us or like us, so we built it ourselves. We’re excited to have you here!
What is Koha Tree? He aha te Koha Tree?
Koha Tree is a community-led project hub, a place where we bring together kaituku (gifters), tūao (volunteers), and kaiwhakahaere kaupapa (project managers) to support and nurture our communities. We’re focused on Shoebox Christmas drives now. Later, kaiwhakahaere kaupapa will use the platform to host more local volunteer initiatives, kai packs, pyjama and clothes drives and more. It's our self contained system to manage sign ups, allocate koha (gifts), communicate with donors and community members, and much more.
What’s changed? He aha te kōnekeneke?
No more signing up to Shoebox Christmas and then waiting to be matched! You can view and join projects that need gifters now, or view everything and ask to be notified when full projects need a hand.
It's also much easier to lead and join other project types like stationery starter packs, pamper packs for mums and more.
Most importantly though, Koha Tree makes it easy for community leaders to start and manage projects, whatever their leadership experience. We've woven learning and knowledge sharing into the platform. That means our rangatahi (youth) leaders have everything they need to makea difference at home.
We’re inviting other community initiatives to host their kaupapa and projects here - there's enough space on Koha Tree for our friends too! Get in touch.
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi. With your food basket and my food basket, the people will thrive.
Explore Shoebox Christmas projects now.