This year ORFL decided to support GRASP. GRASP is a peer-run gang rescue and support project for youth ages 14 to 24. GRASP has an intervention program that works with youth who are at-risk of gang involvement or active in gangs and youth with substance abuse issues. It also helps Read more…
ORFL with the help of our Hong Kong office decided to donate to the Hong Kong Society of Rehabilitation (HKSR). We decided support HKSR with general funding. HKSR opened the first-ever rehabilitation hospital in Hong Kong in 1962. It was the first accessible building in Hong Kong. Since then they have 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…
On July 30th 2021 our China team supported 80 families in Kun Lun Village. They worked with the government to identify the poor and vulnerable who needed help. They donated 10kg of rice, 5litres of oil and some monetary support to each of these 80 families. Below are some photos Read more…
In 2021 ORFL decided to supported Mercy Corps Community Investment Trust (CIT). This is a new initiative that has only been piloted in Portland OR but worked well. The project aims to invest in loss-protected commercial real estate at an accessible price point and put the control of the estate 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 2020 ORFL decided to support Homeboy Industries. Homeboy Industries is the largest and most successful program in the country helping formerly gang-involved and incarcerated youth and adults to rehabilitate and re-enter society as contributing citizens. Founded in the 1980s, by Father Greg Boyle, Homeboy has turned around the lives 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…
In August 2018 ORFL decided to support Needslist. Needslist is a humanitarian aid tech start up. It is a platform that connects donors to NGOs working on site, locally and directly with people in need. On the Needslist platform NGOs who are serving people in crisis find out their Read more…
Mercy Corps started a Social Venture Fund (SVF). It aims to accelerate the growth of innovative, financially sustainable companies that are socially responsible and positively impact people in developing countries. SVF hopes to de-risk the companies it takes on and make them more attractive to later-stage investors. Since we started Read more…