BUTTERFLY HOUSE MISSION STATEMENT
To manage a palliative community resource of mutual care and support, which focuses on ‘living’ with life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses.

VISION
Quality holistic care; for the community, in the community, with the community.

Butterfly House is the venue for the Drakenstein Palliative Hospice Day Care Programmes. It is situated in Fairyland, an informal (now becoming more formal) settlement between Paarl and Wellington.

Butterfly House was established in partnership with Ivar Koteng & Nina Glad from Trondheim in Norway (supported by friends, family & staff), Familievernkontoret i Sǿr-trǿndelag, Paarl Round Table, Drakenstein Palliative Hospice, Monte Christo Ministries, Dianna Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, HPCA, Pepfar and many other Private Individuals and Community Members and Businesses (see list under Funders).

Butterfly House aims to provide services, often in partnership with other organisations, which will add to the quality of life of patients, their families (infected and affected) and others made vulnerable through neglect, abuse, malnutrition, substance abuse, extreme poverty and illness.

Participation with the Butterfly House activities is guided by the following beneficiary priorities:
a) patients
b) family of patients and then
c) vulnerable community members

The groups are restricted to 20 in order to promote quality care

Butterfly House provides the following services:

1. Adult & Young Adult Care
   
   a) Adult Day care programmes
   Mondays: Craft Job Creation Group
   Tuesdays: Carers Support Group
   Wednesday: Medical Day Care
   Thursday: Psycho-social Day Care
   
   
   
   b) Young Adult Programmes
   5 days a week: Young Men: The programme includes daily psycho-social support group, food provision, gardening and cleaning the community project, Butterfly United Soccer Team, Drama, A Healthy Living Education programme, including highlighting appropriate gender, ethics and justice attitudes and values. Job creation activities are attended by some of the group members.
   1 day a week: Young Women: This programme is focussed of Healthy Living, Life Skills and empowerment of women through highlighting appropriate gender, ethics and justice attitudes and values.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Youth Day Care Programmes
   
   a) After School Home-work club supervised by a teacher and Youth Workers
   b) Individual Tuition: Teacher, maths teacher and other teacher volunteers
   c) Life-skills programme: Presented by staff, peer educators and other partners
   d) Job skills: Crafting, catering and computer skills
   e) Recreational activities: Ballroom dancing, street dancing, drama, choir, poetry and youth clubs
   f) Individual sessions: Provided by a psychologist, play therapist, play aunties, social worker & teachers
   
   
   
   
3. Pre-school (up to 9 years) Programmes
   3 morning groups: School readiness, life skill and healthy living activities for infected and affected as well as other vulnerable children
   3 afternoon groups: School readiness activities for infected and affected as well as other vulnerable children
   Individual play sessions with play auntie
   Individual play therapy sessions on referral
   Recreational activities: choir, drama, games, crafts

Each week runs according to a holistic theme emphasizing either physical, social, emotional, cultural, spiritual and education aspects of care. Each programme aims to be conducted in a holistic manner with particular value attributed to gender, ethics and justice issues.