Butterfly House

Project Details:

Beneficiary: Butterfly House
Project Type: Community Infrastructure & Child Wellbeing Support
Partner: Isipani Foundation
Project Value: R157 053.84 ex VAT
Date of Completion: 31 October 2025
Location: Paarl, Western Cape
Website: https://www.butterflyhouse.co.za/

Summary:

Building alterations and refurbishment works
Internal upgrades and making good of affected areas

Project Overview

Butterfly House is a community resource centre supporting vulnerable children and families in the Drakenstein Sub District of the Cape Winelands. Established to strengthen holistic care and resilience within a high poverty community, Butterfly House provides a safe space focused on wellbeing, education support, and positive development for children and caregivers.

In response to identified infrastructure needs, the Isipani Foundation partnered with Butterfly House to support targeted building and refurbishment interventions aimed at improving the safety, functionality, and longevity of the facility.

Identified Need

Butterfly House operates within a context of high social vulnerability, where safe and well maintained physical spaces are essential to delivering effective community services. Areas of the building required refurbishment and structural improvements to ensure they remained suitable for programme delivery and daily use by children, staff, and community members.

We are deeply grateful to Isipani for the generous donation of time, skill, and resources in transforming the Butterfly House buildings and premises. The team painted the entire building and carried out essential repairs with exceptional quality. The workers were consistently friendly, helpful, and professional — always punctual and willing to go the extra mile. Your outstanding workmanship has created a warm, dignified, and welcoming environment that continues to uplift the children and families we serve. This gift has made a lasting impact on our organisation and community, and we extend our heartfelt thanks.

May you and your company continue to be blessed with abundance.

Christabel Vosloo

Public Relations & Marketing Manager, Butterfly House

Scope of Support

The Isipani Foundation approved and funded priority infrastructure and refurbishment work at Butterfly House, following a formal application and internal governance review process.

Documented scope of work included:

Building alterations and refurbishment works
Removal and replacement of existing finishes where required
Internal upgrades and making good of affected areas
Site preparation, protection of existing spaces, and controlled execution of works

Impact

The infrastructure improvements strengthened Butterfly House’s ability to operate as a safe and functional community resource centre.

The project contributes to:

Improved quality and safety of internal spaces
Enhanced usability of the facility for children and programme activities
Greater resilience of the building to support long term service delivery

These improvements directly support Butterfly House’s mission to foster wellbeing, dignity, and opportunity for children and families in a vulnerable community.