Berry Astrapak MARCOM

Employment Solutions for People with Disabilities forms part of the supply chain of Marcom Plastics (https://www.berryglobal.com/en/) by providing assembled Jeyes Fluid lids. Persons with disabilities assemble lids to the required quality standards whilst meeting target volumes.

Daily delivery and collection
Forklift busy loading pallets
Bases and lids to be assembled
Combining white base and red lid
Assembling lids
Daily target of 40,000 lids assembled per day
Locking parts correctly
Jeyes Fluid caps
Quality control
Weighing assembled lids
Boxes on pallets to be loaded

Southern ENT

Employment Solutions for People with Disabilities manufactures leather bags for Southern ENT (https://www.southernent.co.za/). Persons with disabilities diligently make at least 80 bags monthly. The bags are made from different colours of genuine leather. When purchasing hearing aids, Southern ENT’s customers receive accessories for hearing aids in these leather bags.

Made by persons with disabilities
Mens’ leather bag
Ladies’ leather bag
Quality leather products
Different colour leather bags

Beading the Odds

Employment Solutions for People with Disabilities packs the “Spirit of Africa” bracelets for Beading the Odds (https://beadingtheodds.co.za/) – an NGO that helps women in transition rebuild their lives after fleeing domestic violence. These women earn an income for themselves while living at the shelter. Employment Solutions packages individual bracelets to a specified quality standard before they are distributed to the USA, amongst other countries.

Attaching a bracelet
Attaching a bracelet
Attached bracelet
Packaging a bracelet
Packaged bracelet

Magalieskruin Christmas market

Employment Solutions regularly participates as an exhibitor at the Magalieskruin Christmas market. Genuine leather and other sewing products, handmade by persons with disabilities who are primarily deaf, are available. These individuals excel in producing high-quality items. An array of beauty products is also for sale providing ample opportunities to purchase lovely Christmas gifts.

Genuine leather purses
Handmade leather products
Leather bags made by hand
Various creams, shampoos, etc.

Bosal garage creepers

Employment Solutions is assembling garage creepers for Bosal (https://bosal.co.za/). Both those with six and four wheels are assembled and packed, ready for delivery to various customer outlets. In outsourcing the assembling of the garage creepers, Bosal contributes to job creation for persons with disabilities. Bosal has been actively involved in such job-creating projects for more than four decades.

Assembling a creeper trolley
Assembling process
Fitting stoppers
Fitting the wheels to the creeper
Assembled wheel creeper
Sealing fully assembled creeper

Plumblink

Employment Solutions has been packing items for Plumblink (https://www.plumblink.co.za/)’s retail market since June 2023. Plumbing accessories like aerators, atomizers, clamps, etc. are packed individually. Product-specific information is then attached.

Delivery received
Offloading plumbing components
Pallets ready for packing
More boxes with accessories
Individual items in bags
Product packed and ready
Packed items collected

Soap packaging

The packaging and selling of soap and other beauty products at Christmas markets is an income generating project for Employment Solutions for People with Disabilities. Upcoming markets in which we usually participate are the Unique Market (6 -16 December 2024) and the Magalieskruin Gemeente Kersmark (14 – 30 November 2024).

Molding soap size
Newly cut soap bars
Plastic wrapping
Securing ribbons
Pasting stickers
Stickers secured
Soaps ready for markets

Heunis Steel (Pty) Ltd

In partnership with Heunis Steel (https://www.heunis.co.za/), Employment Solutions empowers persons with disabilities in a disability-friendly environment. These persons have assembled and packed holderbats and other rainwater goods for over 25 Years. People with disabilities execute these labor-intensive operations to the required quality standards.

Assembling a holderbat
Assembled holderbats
Assembled holderbats
Bundling holderbats

Alco-Safe (Pty) Ltd

Employment Solutions has been sealing and packing mouthpieces for Alco-Safe (https://www.alcosafe.co.za/) since 1997. In addition to delivering quality services, this mutually beneficial relationship enables persons with disabilities to perform various activities and provides opportunities for constructive participation in the world of work.

Delivery to be sealed
Thousands of mouthpieces
Packing process before sealing
Packaged mouthpieces for sealing
Package mouthpieces
Seal individual mouthpieces
Individually sealed mouthpiece
Packed and weighed mouthpieces