NOT A “HAND-OUT”, BUT A “HAND-UP”

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:

CREATING SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY

Oribi Oils (Pty) Ltd. is on a journey to create jobs by developing a sustainable essential oils industry in South Africa. But it is not just about jobs, it is about entrepreneurship. We are equipping previously-disadvantaged farmers with the skills required to start their own essential oils agri-business.

 

We are doing so by:

  • Providing training, mentoring, and farming assistance for emerging farmers
  • Raising finance for emerging farmers through fund-raising initiatives
  • Providing access to seedling to emerging farmers
  • Providing access to markets in which to sell product
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    How Do We help?



    OVER-COMING THE CHALLENGES

    CREATING FUTURE FARMERS

    Approximately 22 million people in South Africa live on land that falls under tribal authority – otherwise known as tribal land. This land is communally-owned; small allotments are allocated to individuals or families, and larger tracts (or Amasimi) are allocated to those who wish to farm. These ‘emerging farmers’ face many challenges: raising finance in the absence of a title deed, generating income from their tract within their lifetime at the risk of land reallocation, acquiring the skills required to farm anything other than commodities (e.g. maize), gaining access to markets in which to sell produce at fair rates.

    We are looking to expand essential oil production on unused tribal land, in order to (1) create employment for the previously-disadvantaged grower, and (2) to help them to establish their own essential oils agri-businesses.

    By purchasing our products, you are helping to create jobs in rural areas of South Africa – something that South Africa desperately needs.

     

    CREATING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH SKILLS DEVELOPMENT:

    MENTORING PROGRAMME

    Our Skills Development and Mentoring programme is a skills development initiative, which has been designed to provide previously-disadvantaged, small-scale farmers with:

    1. Training
    2. Technical advice/mentoring
    3. Access to seedling
    4. Access to markets in which to sell products

     

     

    become part of the initiative

    sponsor-a-farmer

    If you would like to sponsor the training, fertilizer, or seedlings of emerging farmers, or would like to know more about the syllabus that trainees go through, please enquire below.

     
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