The Cape Wine Auction

Making a difference right here and right now.

This is the simplicity that gives the Trust its focus.

The work happens in the Cape Winelands, through partner organisations that understand the needs of their communities and work directly with the children, families, educators, and support systems around them.

Right here means staying close to the communities the Trust exists to serve.

Right now means directing support into the work children depend on today, while remaining committed to the long-term path education requires.

Simple means clear, responsible, and rooted in action.

Education is never shaped by the classroom alone.

It's supported by meals that help children focus, care that helps them feel safe, educators who remain present, and programmes that help build confidence over time.

Through its partner network, the Trust helps strengthen the conditions children need to learn, grow, and move forward with possibility.

Holistic nurturing is not separate from education.

It's part of what makes education possible.

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Cape Wine Auction Trust and WPDI Partner to Expand Youth Peace Leadership Program in South Africa - WPDI “Beyond equipping learners with mediation and dialogue skills, the program strengthens social cohesion, prevents violence, and creates lasting foundations for resilient communities. Its impact extends far beyond the classroom, fostering active citizenship, inclusive participation, and a culture of...

Women’s empowerment is not separate from education.

It's part of how education is carried.

Across the Cape Wine Auction Trust’s partner network, women are present in the systems children rely on every day: in early learning centres, rural education programmes, nutrition support, skills development, and the governance of the Trust itself.

Through partner organisations, women are trained, employed, upskilled, and supported to strengthen the environments where children learn.

That is what the Cape Wine Auction Trust stands for.

Not only funding programmes, but backing the people who make those programmes possible.

When women are equipped to lead, teach, care, and build, education is strengthened with them.

Learn more about our work today: https://tinyurl.com/explore-cwa-trust

The next funding cycle is underway.

The Cape Wine Auction Trust is proud to confirm its 2026/27 funding partners: 23 organisations working across early childhood development, nutrition, digital literacy, psychosocial care, and long-term skills development in the Cape Winelands.

Letters have been sent. Funding is in process. The work continues.

Every partner in this network was reviewed against the Trust’s mandate: that every rand raised must strengthen a child’s ability to learn, grow, and access opportunity.

Explore The Impact

In the South African wine world, patience is not a virtue...

It's a practice.

A vine planted today is not judged by what it produces tomorrow. It is nurtured over time, through the right conditions, careful attention, and long-term belief in what it can become.

The same is true of education.

The Cape Wine Auction Trust is built on the understanding that meaningful change does not happen in a single season. It requires continuity, partnership, and the discipline to stay with the work long after the first investment is made.

Education investment is cultivation, not an event.

We are in it for the long haul.