build things . we help build lives . predecessor the mentally retarded children s society of sa inc. founded 1950 headquarters netley south australia website oranaonline.com.au orana incorporated is a not for profit organisation that provides a diverse range of training and support services to over 650 people with disabilities and their families in south australia . 1 history edit 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 . 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 . 3 orana was one of the first disability service organisations to achieve quality accreditation . the services and products they offer are 4 packaging assembly sewing collating & mailing furniture retail furniture manufacture for commercial market worm farming work crews pet & grain retail references edit disability employment . retrieved 17 june 2010 . trevor goldstone ceo orana 18 march 2008 . history of disability in south australia . retrieved 17 june 2010 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link workshop s journey from teabags to billycarts . 3 december 2009 . retrieved 17 june 2010 . orana . retrieved 17 june 2010 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title orana incorporated & oldid 697013786 categories australian disability organisationsorganisations based in south australiahidden categories cs1 maint multiple names authors list navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 december 2015 at 16 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view