'RAINMAKERS' TEAM BUILDING PROGRAM

Corporate teams across the country are taking up the challenge…

What can be done to assist our farmers who would not normally reach out and would prefer to battle it alone than ask for charity?

Hosted by professional facilitators, the Drought Angels Rainmakers Challenge includes interactive fast-paced simulation exercises and thought-provoking discussions that promote teamwork, increased empathy and more open minds. The results? 

• Strengthened teams with greater appreciation of their colleagues.
• Heightened awareness about the amazing work the Drought Angels team does to deliver hope and respect to Australian farmers and their families to ease the strain caused by natural disasters such as drought, fires and floods.
• Increased social impact by supporting a grass roots charity that is run by big hearts and offer a listening ear, a warm hug and personalised support to farming families.

Our Australian farming families endure so much hardship for the rest of the country to put food on our tables. Their farms are at the mercy of a multitude of natural disasters such as droughts, floods, bush fires, crop and herd diseases, unpredictable market demand, pricing fluctuations and labour shortages. All of these cause financial hardship and have a huge impact on their mental health and well being, which is compounded when the rains don’t come, year after year, or when they do, they come all at once. This is why people in rural populations are 2 times more likely to die by suicide.

Drought Angels has been working so hard since 2014 to provide personalised support to thousands of farming families across Australia:

• The charity provides personalised direct financial support which enables farmers immediate access to all-important funds. This is a critical lifeblood for the entire local area as every dollar spent circulates 6-7 times within the community.
• They personally deliver special hampers and care packs, which are packed with love and all items have been carefully selected to ensure they are meaningful and useful to help sustain a farming family.
• They run special RDOs (Rural Day Off) events in the community to treat the farming families a  much needed and well deserved break. Providing morning tea, lunch, dinner, dancing and entertainment for all ages. These events are much more than an opportunity just to socialise and relax. They serve to remind the community that they are valued and are not alone.

Drought Angels believes that the people who put the food on our tables should not be going without food on their’s.