- Orana Incorporated
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Orana Incorporated 
We don't just build things. We help build lives.Predecessor The Mentally Retarded Children’s Society of SA Inc. Founded 1950 Headquarters Netley, South Australia Key people Bill Filmer, AM, President. Website OranaOnline.com.au Orana Incorporated is a not-for-profit organisation that provides a diverse range of training and support services to over five hundred people with disabilities and their families in South Australia.[1]
The Mentally Retarded Children’s Society of SA Inc. was established in 1950 by a group of parents who wanted education, employment and accommodation opportunities for their children within the local community at a time when institutionalised care in Adelaide was their only alternative.
The society’s aims were to seek education or training facilities for people with intellectual disabilities, to establish sheltered workshops, and to establish residential hostels.[2]
A number of sheltered workshops were established, and in 1980, the name was changed to the Aboriginal word "Orana", which means "Welcome".[3]
Today, Orana provides assisted employment, assisted accommodation and respite services to people with intellectual disabilities.
Orana's current and previous clients include Mitsubishi Motors, Clipsal, RAA, Elders Limited, and Billycart Kids.[4]
Orana was one of the first disability service organisations to achieve Quality Accreditation. The services and products they offer are:[5]
- Packaging
- Assembly
- Sewing
- Collating & Mailing
- Furniture - Retail
- Furniture – Manufacture for Commercial Market
- Worm Farming
- Work Crews
- Pet & Grain – Retail
In March 2009, International Cricket Council Elite Panel Umpire Daryl Harper, was announced as an ambassador for Orana.[6]
References
- ^ "Disability Employment". http://www.sa.gov.au/link/da0f58a7-a0ee-40ae-b13f-1825689b7d01. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ Trevor Goldstone, CEO, Orana (18 March 2008). "History of Disability in South Australia". http://history.dircsa.org.au/2000-beyond/orana/. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ "Arana Hills, Queensland". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arana_Hills,_Queensland. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ "Workshop’s journey from teabags to billycarts". 3 December 2009. http://www.portpirierecorder.com.au/news/local/news/general/workshops-journey-from-teabags-to-billycarts/1695068.aspx. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ "Orana". http://www.oranaonline.com.au. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ "International Cricket Council". http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/match_officials/panel_of_umpires.php. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
External links
Categories:- Disability
- Disability organizations
- South Australia
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