Little Angels is a co-operative venture based in Dundalk. It was established in 2009 as a crèche and day-care facility for children aged 6 months to 14 years. It is an initiative of the over 72 members of Nwannedinamba, the Dundalk chapter of the Igbo Union Ireland. This ethnic association of immigrants from Eastern Nigeria […]
Co-operative Support Services ( CSS Ireland)
Co-operative Support Services (CSS) is a social enterprise development agency serving the diverse communities of island of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Its work is focused on development and support for democratically managed models of enterprise to meet the needs of local communities. The key function of CSS is the promotion, development and support of co-operative/social […]
Koperativ Lojman Sidès
Haitians are working to provide access to good sturdy housing for everyone two years after the country was hit by a devastating earthquake. I was one of the lucky ones, says Joël Jean-Baptiste, a development expert and a leader of a savings and housing co-op in southeastern Haiti. I didn’t lose any family, just a […]
A Health Cooperative Federation
In 1999, at a time in which 50% of Argentina’s population was without access to health care, the Argentine Federation of Solidarity Health Entities (FAESS) was formed to bring users and providers together to develop a cooperative Health Service model. The mission of FAESS is to provide cooperatives, mutuals, and other sectors with adequate health […]
FAESS – Federacion Argentina de Entidades Solidarias de Salud
The Argentine Federation of Solidarity Health Entities (Federación Argentina de Entidades de Salud Solidaria, FAESS) was created from a collaborative agreement between the Mobilized Institute of Cooperative Funds (Instituto Movilizador de Fondos Cooperativos, IMFC) and the Cooperative Confederation of the Republic of Argentina (La Confederación Cooperativa de la Republica Argentina, COOPERAR) to formulate an integrative […]
Amazing (Ore Ofe) Co-operative Society Limited Dublin, Ireland
This co-operative group was established in 2008 by six immigrants from Africa. The venture engages in promoting and supplying Afro-European clothing. It is a fashion design business that mixes African and European fabrics to create beautiful clothing. In the summer of last year, the venture organized a fashion fair in which they exhibited a rich […]
Celebrating the success of the co-operative cuppa
Tea is enjoyed by many people many times a day. So it’s refreshing to know that thanks to Essential Trading you can choose a cuppa that will make a real difference to the livelihoods of thousands of people involved in co-operative, biodynamic tea production. Egypt is not the first country that springs to mind when […]
How a Cooperative Saved a Home
You’ve lived for 25 years in a wonderful house in the Welsh countryside. Your grown children want to come back to live with you and raise their own children there. But your ex-husband wants a payout of his share of the value of your family home, which you can’t afford. What do you do? If […]
Free Software is cooperative
A cooperative resolves the need to work in a democratic way, to reclaim work as a creative enterprise, to build with others. Thus, work is not simply done for profit maximization, but also for the growth of the people who do it, taking into account the social and environmental impact thereby generated, writes Pablo A. […]
Kigayaza Youth Co-operative, Kayunga District, Uganda
Kigayaza members not only sell products together, but they also have shared projects including pigs and growing trees. They concentrate on sharing information with each other, including through training and meetings which they see as a way to build each others knowledge. They have received a series of sensitisation and training meetings provided by Uganda […]