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Spier Wellness Programme
MARTS 25, 2013 | Spier launched its Wellness Programme eight years ago with a specific focus on HIV/Aids due to this epidemic being inextricably linked to social, environmental and economic issues that exist in our communities. Ida Nomathasanqa, an experienced social worker, trainer and health promoter was appointed as Wellness Co-ordinator to oversee and encourage the overall wellness and healthy living of employees.
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A collaborated effort produces great results
JANUAR 15, 2013 | On Friday, 4 January 2013, San Diego based organization Do-Something-Now handed over 25 bicycles to St. John home-based caregivers. Do-Something-Now wanted to assist a South African establishment that supported patients with cancer or HIV Aids, and visiting board members Michael and Carol Horvitz attended the handover at St. John.
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Making biodynamic compost
DECEMBER 03, 2012 | Last month during a workshop for the Secret Festival, our vegetable garden expert, Neil, shared some of his personal biodynamic composting secrets. Spier is currently in the process of converting its vineyards to organic and has a vegetable garden that is run not only according to organic principles and practices, but also according to biodynamic ones.
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Klein Begin Laundry
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 | One of Spier farm’s challenges has been finding ways of not only transforming its supply chain and use small black-owned businesses, but also to create sustainable jobs at Spier and encourage a spirit of enterprise development that would in turn create wealth and jobs for the local community.Instead of outsourcing laundry, we set up a laundry onsite using two containers. The infrastructure was built and machines bought before asking for tenders to run it. When the project was launched in 2004, the laundry had three staff. It now has a total of six staff members.
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