Butterfly Palliative Home is a hospice providing end-of-life care to orphaned & abandoned children.
25/08/2025
✨ The day has finally arrived! ✨
The Thrift, Butterfly Home’s charity shop in collaboration with Cultivate Coffee, is having its grand opening this Saturday, 25 August 2025, at Butterfly Home Empangeni!
Come browse stunning curated pre-loved clothing, hand-crafted goodies, and of course… amazing coffee! ☕🦋👜👚
Expect bargains galore and a warm space to connect, shop, and sip.
Every purchase helps create sustainable income for Butterfly Home, so while you hunt for treasures, you’ll also be helping us care for vulnerable children with life-limiting conditions. 💜
📍 1 Eland Crescent, Nyala Park, Empangeni
🕙 Drop in any time from 10am to 5pm
We can’t wait to see you there!
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25/08/2025
Happy birthday to Queen, the amazing lady who keeps Butterfly Home Empangeni sparkling clean. Thank you for your hard work and joyful presence in the home. We wish you a wonderful day🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
22/08/2025
Even on the hardest days, we find our strength and comfort in God's promise from Romans 8:28: "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
We know that we have been called to this purpose, caring for vulnerable children facing life-limiting conditions. It isn't always easy, but we take comfort in knowing that God is with us and works for good in all circumstances. We pray this verse brings you as much hope and strength as it brings us.
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21/08/2025
Little Ollie deep in sticker book fun! It's the perfect mix of play and learning. 🐞🍄⚽🐯
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20/08/2025
🚗 Urgent Appeal! 🚗
Our new Empangeni children's hospice desperately needs wheels!
Right now, Butterfly Home Empangeni has no dedicated vehicle, and all home visits and supply pick-ups are being done with our staff’s personal cars. With referrals and our patient load growing, we are really feeling the strain.
We’re hoping to raise R100k this August to buy a small pre-owned vehicle. This little car will give us the wings we need to visit children in their homes and in hospital, and to collect urgent supplies.
Can you help give Butterfly Home Empangeni wings by donating towards these much-needed wheels? 🚗🚙🚑
If you feel called to help, donations can be made directly to our bank account using the reference “WHEELS”.
Here are some other ways you can help:
🚗 Host a fundraiser – Organise a fun event and donate the proceeds.
🚗 Donate your birthday – Ask for donations instead of gifts.
🚗 Bake for a cause – Sell treats to friends, family, or colleagues.
🚗 Declutter for good – Sell unused items and give the earnings.
🚗 Step Challenge – Set a step goal for the month and ask friends to sponsor you per step or kilometre.
🚗 Corporate Match – Ask your employer if they will match your donation.
🚗 Spread the word – Share our campaign on your socials and with friends.
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18/08/2025
This past Friday was a big day for our Butterfly Ingwavuma family. The gang had their very first day-outing! 🚌💛
Sunny, Yassie, Ollie and Amy were so excited they could hardly sleep the night before. ✨
Their adventure took them to Jozini Mall, just over an hour away, where the car was buzzing with excitement the whole way. They played to their hearts’ content in the playpark, then tucked into a picnic with snacks and their absolute favourite... KFC! 🍗🥤
Happy, tired little faces at the end of the day told us everything. The outing was a hit! 💕🎉
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17/08/2025
15/08/2025
Our big boy Smangi turned 9 this week! And you know we had to celebrate Butterfly-style — big cake, happy faces, and loads of fun! 💛🎉🎂🍭
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14/08/2025
Nothing beats a sunny winters day in Zululand. Our children were feeling extra lazy and dozed off after spending some downtime listening to the birds chirp in the garden. Joshua seems to be pondering the meaning of life😂
14/08/2025
The Butterfly Palliative Home is appealing for donations to help purchase a pre-loved vehicle for hospital visits and home-based care.
14/08/2025
Little S is the smallest 9-year old that we have ever seen, weighing only 9kgs! This sweet guy has the softest nature and communicates with staff using loving cooing sounds. He has settled in nicely at Butterfly Home Empangeni and has already chosen his favourite spot in front of the tv watching Paw Patrol🫶🏻
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Nestled on top of the picturesque mountain community of Ingwavuma, South Africa, is a very special place called Butterfly Palliative Home. Here we care for orphaned and abandoned babies from all over South Africa who need a family and special medical care due to life-limiting conditions. All of these little ones have a story to share. Their stories are mostly heartbreaking, filled with sad memories and many visits to the hospital. But they all have one thing in common: they are survivors - they are little warriors - and they now call BPH their home...
It all started in January 2018 when our founders, Christoff and Tarryn Bell, received a phone call about an abandoned baby boy from Soweto who needed a home. This tiny person happened to be discovered by a jogger out on his morning run who heard a noise and found a tiny baby discarded in the bushes. At the time baby Si was thought to have Down Syndrome and was estimated to be about six months old. Cold, dehydrated and emaciated, little Si was rushed to a nearby hospital to receive emergency medical treatment.
The Bells adopted their son Joshua, who has Down Syndrome, in 2015 and the hope was that they might be interested in adopting another little guy with the same diagnosis. Christoff Bell, a medical doctor at Mosvold Hospital, and his wife Tarryn, a social worker, were running a Christian non-profit called Izandla ZeAfrika at the time. It soon came to light that baby Si’s condition was much more serious than anticipated and he was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 or “Edwards Syndrome”, a condition which is widely regarded as not being compatible with life. Baby Si was in bad shape and not given long to live.
The Bells could not shake the feeling that they were called to help this little one as well as others like him. After much deliberation and prayer they decided to take Si into Foster Care and opened Butterfly Home for babies with palliative needs. The little home was started as a project under Izandla ZeAfrika and started with four home-based caregivers who were trained to look after children with special needs. A week after Si arrived at Butterfly home the next butterfly was placed, and soon after that another one. The little ones kept coming and the home grew and grew. Si began to flourish and was quickly surrounded by five brothers and sisters.
Today Butterfly Palliative Home is a registered Non-Profit Company and in the process obtaining full Hospice status. We are growing from strength to strength, with the help of amazing sponsors and volunteers and a team of twelve staff members ensure that our children receive only the best care.
