For the first time in 2022 ORFL met Instituto Terra and decided to support their cause. Founded in 1998, Instituto Terra was the idea of the Salgados to try to restore farmland to Atlantic rainforest. They turned their 608.69 hectares over to the state to be labelled as part of Read more…
We went to visit the Inclusive Community Economies Program. We wanted to see how they were strengthening the Acai Berry bio-economy, forest conservation and promoting health and education within the communities and increase local family incomes. Location: Amapa, Macapa, Bailique and Beira Amazon Districts Partners: Instituto InterElos, Amazonbai, State University of Amapa, Read more…
ORFL is responsible for transferring gains from our businesses back into society. Our businesses retan and finish leather into an up-cycled product for branded footwear. Our accountability to the environment means our businesses prioritize innovating processes to reduce our waste, carbon footprint, energy usage, water usage and chemistry usage. Our Read more…
This year has been horrible for schools all across the world. For many years we have been supporting the school Instituição Evangélica de Novo Hamburgo. They are a private school that educate children from kindergarten to high school. We have supported them for many years because they run projects to Read more…
In 2019 ORFL supported IENH. IENH runs a program called Arte em Movimento. It provides music and dance classes to girls living in shelters who are victims of violence or abandonment. Currently they serve the shelters and centres, Casa Joao Bosco, Cecrife e Querubim, Escola Municipal Affonso Pena, Escola Municipal Read more…
Location: AEVAS Head Office Website http://www.aevas.org.br Association Evangelica of social action (AEVAS) is a local non-profit that’s aims to educate and support the less fortunate. I saw their headquarters, computer room, offices. Behind their front office they have a shop where they sell all kinds of things from clothes to Read more…
Fundação SEMEAR serves the poor in Brazil. It offers children and young adults a range of programmes to help them build self-esteem, learn new skills and deter them from falling victim to violence, drug trafficking or child labour. Fundação SEMEAR built Centro de Vivência Redentora (CVR) to give it a Read more…
Project Centro De Vivencia Redentora Last year ORFL supported Fundacao Semear in Brazil to enhance their current program the Centro de Vivencia Redentora (Centre of Experience Redentora). Fundacao Semear aim is to promote social inclusion, exercise of citizenship and respect for the rights and dignity of human beings. Read more…
Programa Cultural Arte em Movimento In 2014 the Overseas Resources Foundation Limited (ORFL) started to support the Cultural Program for Art in Movement organized by Instituicao Evangelica de Novo Hamburgo (IENH) in Brazil. IENH is a private educational institution that started Arte em Movimento which promotes social inclusion by offering Read more…
Favela Vila Palmeira in Novo Hambergo In 2012 the Overseas Resources foundation limited (ORFL) supported the Regina Comunidade project which was started by Sisters from the Hospital Regina (which belongs to Sister of Santa Catarina). This project aims to promote healthcare in all areas in Vila Palmeira, Brazil. Half of Read more…