A Swiss doctor at Elim Hospital named Dr. Erwin Sutter started this organisation in 1976. Rivoni Society for the blind is a non-governmental organisation located at Elim Village in the Limpopo Province. The society provides rehabilitation, mainstream education and business development services to people who are blind. The institution has a hall, office, classes, two houses and workshop and other facilities at its disposal.
The items that are for sale are mats, candles, clothing hangers, fences of various sizes and shapes. The institution is always busy with product development activities to find new products for manufacturing by visually impaired people and to develop existing products for better quality.