Source of income / Financial Support
The Koka OVC project has several sources of income:
Three horticultural companies near Koka village: Florensis, DümmenOrange and Syngenta, support the overhead costs of the Koka OVC project and maintain the building from their Corporate Social Responsibility budget. Also other companies in the region contribute to the OVC project, in various ways.
The Desta Foundation manages the funds from private donors in Europe to invest in the project in a sustainable way. This involves close collaboration with the local organisation "Koka-Ejersa Flower Farms' community support Project (KEFF-CoSP)", formerly SAEDO. We are in contact with the manger and project coordinators on site and the OVC Center can be visited regularly via the link with Florensis.
In addition, there are local sponsors who contribute; both financially and in kind.