Sicredi Pioneira RS is the one arm of the Sicredi credit union group founded by Padre Theodor Amstad. He founded it on the principles of Germany’s Raiffeisen system of credit unions.
People Helping Pets!
COMSTAR Federal Credit union in Frederick, MD, loves pets-and it shows! On Friday, June 24, 2011, COMSTAR celebrated Take Your Dog To Work day. We planned a special series of fun events to celebrate the day and our new health insurance for pets (VPI). Our celebration included: -Coolest pet on the black contest -Dog adoption […]
Meru Herbs Rural Sacco Ltd. Kenya
Though the soil of Tharaka-Nithi County, in eastern-central Kenya, is quite fertile, inadequate and unpredictable rainfall makes farming a risky business. Shifts in rainfall patterns caused by climate change are only exacerbating the problem. But an irrigation project started in 1987 brings a regular water supply to 2,000 families (approximately 20,000 people) and has developed […]
Meru Herbs Rural Sacco Ltd.
Linked to an irrigation project in in eastern-central Kenya and a company producing fair-trade, organic herbal teas and jams, it provides members with banking services like savings and loans.
Costa Rican Farmers’ Cooperative Diversify and Succeed
Salt, shrimp and tropical fruit: it’s not a typical product range. But after 35 years of business, Costa Rican farmer’s cooperative Coonaprosal has grown to encompass all three products. The successful cooperative is one of 288 cooperatives funded by Oikocredit, an international social investment cooperative. It was 1974 when Carlos Bonilla took the first steps […]
Coop Oikocredit CHAJUL – Guatemala
Oikocredit is a worldwide cooperative society. It promotes global justice by challenging people, churches and others to share their resources through socially responsible investments and by empowering disadvantaged people with credit. The Guatemalan fair trade, organic coffee cooperative Chajul is a partner of Oikocredit. Since 1990 Chajul has been financed by Oikocredit to add working […]
COMSTAR Federal Credit Union
COMSTAR Federal Credit Union is a cooperative, not-for-profit financial institution dedicated to promoting each member’s financial well-being.
Traditional Credit Union
In the wet you need a light plane to reach Darwin from many parts of Arnhem land. Even in the dry you have to watch for the tides and crocodiles. For the staff of the Traditional Credit Union – the only business offering banking services to 11 Indigenous communities in this remote region of northern […]
Traditional Credit Union
Traditional Credit Union has branches in traditional Indigenous communities in the far north of Australia. It provides banking services to these communities, as well as job and training opportunities.
Of fish and happiness
Without access to credit, my life would have been very different and that of my children also. These are the words of Assan Diarra, a member of the KAFO JIGINEW network of financial cooperatives, one of Développement international Desjardins (DID)’s partner institutions. The mother of six children and grandmother of eleven is known as the […]