In a bold step beyond textbooks and exams, a secondary school in Perak, Malaysia, has cultivated more than just academic success. Spearheaded by the school’s MRSM Parit cooperative, an innovative agricultural project has transformed unused land into a thriving farm, setting a benchmark for how educational institutions can drive community impact and sustainability. The cooperative […]
Our Power is More Than Just a Traditional Energy Supplier
Our Power located in Austria, offer their renewable green electricity from sun, wind, water and biomass for sale. We believe that we can achieve the energy transition and climate protection f we take responsibility together. Participate personally in the energy market and become an active shaper of the energy transition. Our vision is a world […]
MAKT Creative
At MAKT, we want to do business, but not business as usual. We love marketing. We love the creative process. We love business and economic strategy. But we do not love how the majority of businesses in the American economy operate. We don’t love how it affects consumers or how it affects workers. We don’t […]
Bringing Power to India’s Poorest Women Workers
Bringing Power to India’s Poorest Women Workers How many times do we need to prove that poor women are bankable? asks Jayshree Vyas, managing director of the SEWA bank. In the case of this cooperative bank it has proven that about 97 per cent of its lenders meet their repayments a better rate than […]
Empowering Women Through Their Own SACCOS
Rural women in developing countries are at a serious disadvantage when trying to access credit. ORUDE, the Organization for Rural Development, is a grassroots NGO in south-eastern Uganda. Formed in 1997, the organization had been mobilizing and training rural womens economic groups and preparing them to absorb credit. It then helped the groups to open […]
Federación de Cooperativas Federadas Ltda.
FECOFE IS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE AGRI-FOOD COOPERATIVES. We are a cooperative of cooperatives. We represent traditional agricultural livestock cooperatives and processed food cooperatives. Today we have 38 associated cooperatives in 8 provinces, and many others in the process of association, covering a wide spectrum of socio-economic and productive realities. Our reason for being is cooperatives and […]
Building Synergy in the Community the Cooperative Way
“In a world where the rich continually get richer, we hear millions of people suffering from malnutrition, oppression and massive exploitation. We have our own share of the powerless, the unemployed, the hungry and the disadvantaged. It is within such a world that Simbayanan called to serve.” In 1992, SMMPC was transformed into a community […]
Simbayanan ni Maria Multi-Purpose Cooperative
SMMPC: Building Synergy in the Community the Cooperative Way “In a world where the rich continually get richer, we hear millions of people suffering from malnutrition, oppression and massive exploitation. We have our own share of the powerless, the unemployed, the hungry and the disadvantaged. It is within such a world that Simbayanan called to […]
Poverty alleviation through strengthening of farmers’ economy
Siem Reap economy is rapidly growing dominated by tourism sector creating many jobs for people in Siem Reap municipality who enjoy a bit better lives compared to people living at rural communities. Farmers still face food insecurity and malnutrition mainly for women and children due to low agricultural yield which farmers solely depend on. Malnutrition […]