Three decades of grassroots activism. One integrated response.
A community-driven NPO built on lived experience of the Cape Flats — where hunger, poverty and gender-based violence share a doorstep.
A safe, equitable and empowered community — free from the cycles of violence and structural inequality.
To champion gender justice by supporting women, children and men through grassroots outreach, trauma-informed care and legal empowerment — while systematically disrupting the institutions that uphold inequality.
Callas addresses gender-based violence not in isolation, but by tackling its intersections with deep-seated poverty, systemic patriarchy and food insecurity.
What we stand for.
Champion Human Rights
Advocate fiercely for the rights of women, children and marginalised groups.
Advance Access to Justice
Provide survivors with court support, legal advocacy and rights awareness.
Healing & Empowerment
Holistic psychosocial support that restores agency and emotional resilience.
Challenge Patriarchy
Dismantle patriarchal norms in homes, schools and systems.
Build Resilient Communities
Strengthen localised responses to GBV and poverty through grassroots leadership.
Rooted in the Cape Flats.
Founder Caroline Peters begins on the frontlines as a rape crisis volunteer.
Grassroots expertise informs national legislation — the Domestic Violence Act and the Sexual Offences Bill.
Callas Foundation formally registers with the Department of Social Development (NPO 217-433).
The Community Kitchen opens in Bridgetown, serving hot meals daily.
First Responder training crosses 200 graduates across the Cape Flats.
Twelve active Human Rights Clubs; kitchen consistently above 500 meals per day.
The people behind the work.
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