Feeding Project (2002 to 2025)
Thousands of children, youth, and adults have been fed in Johannesburg and the Western Cape, via projects and initiatives in the communities.
* Children with disabilities: Papillon has donated money for feeding and food parcels to NPO for children with disabilities (2024 and 2025).
* Easter eggs: Papillon gave Easter eggs to community members (April 2025).
* Local homeless people: Papillon gave food items and goods to people living on the streets (2002 to 2024).
* Women’s gender-based-violence talk: Papillon gave vouchers for cooldrinks and sandwiches (November 2024).
* Girl’s Mentorship hike: Papillon gave vouchers for cooldrinks and water (October 2024).
* Southern African Youth dialogue sessions: Papillon gave vouchers for food ingredients for meals (October 2024).
* Children of farmworkers, farm creche: Papillon gave fruit and sweets for the children (October 2024).
* Children Non-Profit Organisations’ staff (2 NPO’s): Papillon gave biscuits and goodie bags for staff (October 2024).
* Children Non-Profit Organisation: Papillon purchased apples for the children (October 2024).
* Girl’s Mentorship event: Papillon gave vouchers for beverages, eggs, and sandwiches (June 2024).
* Youth event: Papillon gave vouchers for cooldrinks and curry bunny chows (June 2024).
* Ladies event in township: Papillon gave vouchers for beverages, biscuits, and notebooks (April 2024).
* Girl’s Mentorship event: Papillon gave vouchers for beverages, biscuits, and sweets (April 2024).
* Seniors event: Papillon gave vouchers for tea, coffee, sugar, milk, and biscuits (March 2024).
* Village Garden project: Papillon donated water and cooldrinks for gardeners in vegetable gardening for community feeding project (2023).
* Seniors Christmas lunch: Papillon gave vouchers for the purchase of food for the lunch (2023).
* Local township Primary School: Papillon bought food and fruit for the children and their families (2023).
* Rehoused flooded School: Papillon bought fruit and biscuits for rehoused children (2023).
* Disadvantaged School Children at local NPO: Papillon crowdfunded money for the feeding of children (2021, 2022, 2023).
* Feed-A-Family Campaign: Papillon donated 545 bales of nutritional porridge. Each bale having 80 servings, amounting to 43 636 meals in three towns, at 21 schools in two of the towns, and 5 schools in the third town (2020).
* Local Soup Kitchen: Papillon provided money for the purchase of food (May to Aug 2020).
* Food and bottled water: Papillon handed out food and water to homeless people on the streets (Dec 2018 to April 2020).
* Mercy Flight: Papillon handed out 50 food parcels to homeless people (30 Dec 2019).
* Annual Tea Parties at Old-Age Homes: Papillon held annual tea parties at different Old-Age Homes. Papillon and its members organised the cake and eats for each home (2002 to 2017).
* Masterchef: Papillon was appointed as the food distributor for Masterchef (MNet TV programme) for all food utilized in the making of the programme in 2012 and 2013. MasterChef reality MNet show donated all left over unopened dry-goods, dairy, and fresh produce to Papillon who distributed this food to N.P.O’s and Community Projects in the Gauteng and Western Cape Provinces. This food amounted to over a Million Rand’s worth of goods, with thousands being fed.
2012: 15 truckloads to 22 NPO’s (14 Projects in the Cape & 8 Projects in Gauteng)
2013: 27 truckloads to 62 NPO’s (41 Projects in the Cape & 21 Projects in Gauteng)
* Soup Kitchen: 144 618 persons fed (hot meals and bread) (24 103 per year x 6 years)(2002 to 2007).
* Bread distribution: 37 500 loaves to schools & feedings schemes & for Papillon’s feeding (2002 to 2006).
Current and previous stats: 2002 to 2024 (information in Annual Reports)
Distribution Project (2002 to 2025)
426 tons of goods (blankets, food, clothing, equipment, toys, sweets, end-of-year gifts, Easter eggs, furniture, bedding, adult diapers, and other goods) have been distributed to needy communities across SA through community centres, NPO’s/NGO’s, churches, clinics, schools; and directly to needy families and individuals.
Current and previous stats: 2002 to 2024 (information in Annual Reports)
Children Project (2002-2025)
* Children with disabilities: Papillon has donated money for feeding and food parcels to NPO for children with disabilities (2024 and 2025).
* Papillon gave goods and money to local children’s NPO (2024).
* Papillon gave fruit and sweets for children at creche on local farm (2024).
* Papillon gave biscuits and goodie bags for staff of two children NPO’s (2024).
* Papillon gave fruit (received from local farmer) to local children’s charity (2024).
* Annual Mandela day outreach for children (2002 to 2023).
* Papillon donated gift vouchers to a local NPO working with disabled special needs children (2020).
* Papillon hosted annual end-of-year presents [9098 presents in total for 17 years] (2002 to 2018).
* Papillon organized annual children outings (2002 to 2016).
* Papillon had Special needs youth trained & receive University of JHB Waiter Training (2008).
* Papillon organized Anger Management workshops for high school students (2005).
* Papillon trained youth in English (2004).
Current and previous stats: 2002 to 2024 (information in Annual Reports)
Victim Support Project (2002 to 2024)
Mentorship (2023 and 2024)
There are not many positive role models and mentors in the areas that the young girls come from, so some community leaders have taken it up to bring change in the lives of these girls, and to be the positive role models and mentors that these youngsters so desperately need. Through this intervention, the girls are really motivated to become better citizens and to help eradicate poverty in their communities by staying in school and working hard. Papillon provided monetary gift vouchers and goods to this programme (2023 and 2024).
Community Programmes and Events (2020 to 2024)
* Papillon donated gift vouchers and goods to local community projects (2020 to 2024).
* Papillon donated money and goods to a local NPO who counsels victims of rape, abuse, and crime (2019 to 2023).
* Papillon donated gift vouchers & goods to the Victim Support Unit (2020-2022).
* Papillon donated gifts, chocolates, goodies and biscuits to the staff and volunteers of the Victim Support Unit and to the staff of two other NPO’s in local community (2020-2022).
* Party for orphan child (Papillon opened in prayer and message) (2022).
* Ministering and counselling for grieving family (Papillon prayer, goods and ministering) (2022).
* Spiritual Crime Prevention launch (Papillon opened in prayer) (2022).
* Spiritual Crime Prevention meetings and committee work (2022).
* Workshop against gender violence (Papillon opened in prayer) (2021).
* Community team building day (Papillon opened in prayer) (2020).
Trauma Training Project (2015 to 2022)
Papillon crowd-funded for these internationally accredited workshops (CPD points) from 2015 to 2022, where participants applied for CPD points upon completion of the training. 1593 participants have completed the workshops during these 8 years, with workshops offered in South Africa, Africa and Ecuador.
Freshstart (2021)
A Freshstart initiative was held, from June to November 2021, for local NPO workers and the Victim support unit volunteers. They were given skills and tools to help themselves to experience mental and spiritual healing from trauma and stress, and to help others to experience this same freedom. These workshops ran for 2 hours once a week. Papillon organised the venues, invited the participants, had the booklets printed, provided the stationery and refreshments, and paid for the transport of the trainers.
Human Rights Project (2002 to 2008)
3146 persons were assisted by Papillon’s Human Rights Project & 1426 people attended the Human Rights Workshops organised by Papillon.
Current and previous stats: 2002 to 2024 (information in Annual Reports)
Education & Training Project (2002 to 2024)
Computer NPO Training (2023 to 2024)
Phambano Technology has an interesting history, as it was started nearly a decade ago at The Papillon Foundation premises in Rosettenville, Johannesburg, when Papillon provided an office space for the CEO. Phambano moved in 2017 when Papillon relocated to the Western Cape. Phambano provides highly discounted products and services to NPO’s across South Africa.
Papillon attended Phambano’s NPO computer training in the Western Cape (March 2023 and May 2024).
School Library Project (2023 to 2024)
Papillon support for local primary school library (2023 to 2024).
Papillon donated funds to a local needy primary school, in a crime-ridden area, for their library project. The funds were used to purchase books (2023).
Coding Training Project (2021 to 2024)
Papillon partnered with a local NPO to give free coding training to poor and disadvantaged youth and children. This is to offer the children a chance for their future. In 2020, Papillon placed new laptops for the pilot project which ran in 2021, and the pilot project was a great success. Other role players have now come on board and donated desktop and tablet computers so that more children and youth are being assisted. A weekly computer literacy and coding programme is now given, alongside a computer-based Mathematics programme. This training has now moved on to Robotics training.
Computer Refurbishment Project (2007 to 2020)
1706 computers were refurbished and placed by Papillon at 94 centres – including NPO’s, clinics, schools, community projects, churches, prisons, and special needs schools in South Africa & Africa.
Previous Skills Training Projects (2002 to 2024)
Coding Project (NPO/School curriculum) (2021 to 2024)
Trauma Training Project (CPD points) (2015 to 2022)
Freshstart (at Victim Support centre & local NPO) (2021)
ICDL E-Learner (MICT SETA Accreditation) (July 2009 to Sep 2018)
ICDL Intermediate (Core) (MICT SETA Accreditation) (2006 to 2017)
ICDL Advanced (Profile) (MICT SETA Accreditation) (2015 to 2017)
ICDL Project Planning (ICDL Accredited) (2013 to 2014)
Wits University English language training (levels 1-3) (2002 to 2014)
English language basics (2002)
SETA Project Management Advanced level 4 (SETA) (2012)
SETA Project Management Fundamentals level 4 (SETA) (2011 to 2012)
SAGE Pastel Training (Pastel Accreditation) (2008 to 2010)
PC & Web basic (Laragh Skills Training certificate) (2007 to June 2009)
University of JHB Waiter Training (UJ certificate) (2008)
Papillon typing (2006)
Wits University P & DM basic computers (Wits certificate) (2004 to 2006)
Papillon Anger Management (2005)
Wits University Project Management (Wits certificate) (2004)
Papillon Youth English (2004)
Harrison Development Tennis (2004)
Papillon sewing and knitting (2002 and 2003)
Human Rights training (2002 to 2008)
Current and previous stats: 2002-2024 (information in Annual Reports)