HORTGRO CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTMENT

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HORTGRO CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTMENT

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HORTGRO SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

1. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
2. OTHER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
3. BURSARY/INTERNSHIPS AND CAREER AWARENESS
   PROGRAMMES

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1. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

• Nyanisa HIV TB Programmes
• Farm Worker Wellness Programmes
• Support Care Worker Programme (SWP)
• ODEY (Overcome Dependency Empower Yourself)
• Agris Got Talent Programme
• Help a South African School Book Project

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Nyanisa HIV TB Programmes

56,000 farm workers / dependants in production
areas were reached and more than 60,000 DVDs
and best practice booklets were distributed via
AgriSA AgriSeta
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Farm Worker Wellness Programme

• Empower employees with the necessary life and
  communication skills in order to minimise the
  impact of social problems.
• The programme is running for its 5th season.
• Reached 10 437 employees on 181 Farms.

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Support Care Worker Programme

• The Support Care Worker Programme (SCW) is a
  follow-up to the Nyanisa Lets Talk Status and
  Farm Worker Wellness Programmes.
• The SCW programme entails the establishing of a
  sustanable support netword of peer educators
  within the agricultural sector.
• A total of 200 peer educators were trained and
  60 farms reached of which 80 active is.

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ODEY(Overcome Dependency Empower Yourself)

• The O.D.E.Y., a farm substance abuse treatment
  and integration programme is a holistic approach
  to substance dependency treatment and after care,
  as the programme was formulated taking cognisance
  of the fact that treatment should not bring to a
  standstill everyday activities and daily living.
• 972 individuals on 25 farms were reached (Total
  of 355 group members)

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Agris Got Talent Programme
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Agris Got Talent Programme

• Training week
• Media / Communication skills
• Stage Intelligence
• Skills Development
• Training in song choice, music singing

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Agris Got Talent Programme
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HELP A SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOL

• UK Junior schools aim to educate British children
  about South Africa whilst encouraging mums and
  children to buy South African fruit.
• There are two elements to the competition
• a class project that will be judged and awarded
  according to specific criteria, and
• book donation where parents, teachers and pupils
  will be asked to donate books to be shipped out
  to ill-equipped schools in South African
  townships and farms of the Western Cape

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2. OTHER TRAINING INITIATIVES

• Skills and Learnership Programmes
• Technical DVDs
• Visits to Expos
• Overseas study trips to international markets and
  ports (Fruit Logistica)

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Skills Training by Service Providers

• Philani Training Development Solutions
• Koue Bokkeveld Training Centre
• ELI / CSA
• Elgin College
• AgriSeta
• Training in Life Values
• Crèches and Aftercare Centers
• NorSA Community Care and Youth Centre

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Technical Training DVDs

• A website that shows movies featuring deciduous
  farming .
• www.saorchard.co.za.
• DVDs are designed to provide specialist
  information to new and existing deciduous fruit
  farmers and farm workers.
• 30 movies in three different languages
  Afrikaans, English and Xhosa.
• movies covering Irrigation, Harvesting,
  Controlling Insects and Pests, Pruning, Soil
  Preparation, Diseases, Hand Thinning etc.
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Visits to Expos (Agri Mega Bien Donne

• Subsidised Entry Tickets
• Assistance with workshops
• Expose farm workers to new Technology

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Overseas study trips

• Competition winners visits International markets
  and ports (Fruit Logistica)

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3. BURSARY AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME (CAREERS)

• Bursaries
• Internships
• School tours
• School visits talks
• Career fairs Exhibitions

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Bursaries

• Bursary programme is 10 years old
• R 883 000 funded by HORTGRO augmented with money
  from AgriSeta
• 32 students at various Universities Colleges
• R 1 429 000 funding allocated to bursaries within
  projects funded by SAAPPA / SASPA
• 34 post graduate students (3 honnours 14 M.Sc
  14 PhD 3 Post Doc)

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Bursary and Internship selection process

•  HORTGRO follows a very strict and controlled
  selection process
• study areas classified as scarce skills
• Preference to PDI students
• Stability of their results
• Shortlist of candidates
• Presented to a selection committee
• Personal interviews with each candidate
• Follow up on the references supplied
• Bursary agreement contracts for further
  employment in the agricultural industry after
  completion of their studies
• Suretyship forms to motivate and protect the
  interest of HORTGRO.

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Mentors to students

• We also select a mentor for each student who
  motivate and direct the student throughout
  his/her studies.
• HORTGRO is in contact with each student
  throughout the academic year.

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Meet Greet Evening

• Bursary students get the chance to network,
  communicate and liaise with industry
• Meet with possible employees
• Chance to find holiday work
• Development of skills
• To be in the company of people who are already in
  a work environment

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School Tours Visits

• Started in 2005
• Introduce learners to a number of career
  opportunities in the fruit industry
• Field trip visits
• Encourage them to choose a career in agriculture
  to ensure well trained and skilled employees in
  the industry
• Visits schools during June/July
• Encourage scholars to choose
• agriculture as a career path.

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Career Fairs Exhibitions

• PMA Agri-Food Career Bursary Fair
• University of Pretoria
• University of Stellenbosch

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Bursary and Internship vacancies adverts and news

• Website www.hortgro.co.za
• Facebook hortgronews_at_hortgro.co.za
• Twitter
• University of Stellenbosch Bursary Book

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