Our Angling Club is an invaluable facet of the Du Toitskloof Fairtrade Initiative. Through participation in the Angling Club’s activities, we are offering our community members an opportunity to grow, learn, and build strong bonds.

Wednesday, 25 January, the teachers at Lorraine NGK Primary School hosted a special event to thank PSA (Public Servants Association of South Africa) for their generous donation of school equipment and gear.

The DTK Fairtrade Angling Club hosts children to retirees. People from all ages of the community get to connect and grow together, uplifting the Rawsonville community as a whole.

On 25 November Janneke Rutten, from 2Blossom Foundation, and Stan Beurskens, owner of St Martinus, visited our 2Blossom After School Arts & Crafts Centre.

The Young Shooters were established on Tierstel farm, but are made up of players from surrounding farms as well: Lorraine, Houmoed, and Florence. Most of which are also Fairtrade-accredited farms.

Our Du Toitskloof Fairtrade Initiative office attended the Thetha Nathi Session in July. An invitation was sent to all NPOs Breede Valley Municipality.

Once a month the Visarende organises a Jukskei day. These days are family-orientated, shifting the focus away from competition, but rather focusing on building good relationships and quality time with family.

Learners from the 2Blossom Arts & Crafts Centre, at Du Toitskloof Fairtrade Initiative, created beautiful and creative bus designs.

Our 2Blossom Dance Workshop with learners from the community is a fun opportunity for children to develop new skills and learn self-discipline.

If you have driven through the Breedekloof Valley in the past few weeks, you might have noticed our beautiful mobile library on the road.

Members from Fairtrade Africa’s head office, based in Kenya, paid us a lovely visit, overseeing our projects and sharing ideas.

Muscle Up Kinetics is a kinderkinetics practice currently running at all three of our daycare centres. They mainly focus on the motor development of children between the ages of 0 and 7 years of age.

February was an exciting month for the children and staff of the Fairhills daycare centres. All three centres in Rawsonville (Cabriere, Onderplaas and Tierstel) received brand new educational toys and activities.

In August of 2021, the 2Blossom Foundation, in collaboration with Du Toitskloof Fairtrade Initiative, introduced an after-school arts and crafts project to our farming community.

By joining the Fairtrade initiative, Du Toitskloof Wines is acknowledging the social and economic impact a company can have on its community. For this company, it is not only about the destination, but about the impact they make on the world, during their journey.