COOVIPORFAC ES UNA COOPERATIVA DE TRABAJO ASOCIADO QUE NACIÓ EN FACATATIVA CON RECURSOS Y EL GRAN ESFUERZO DE SUS SOCIOS FUNDADORES EL DÍA 12 DE DICIEMBRE AÑO 1983. LA SEDE PRINCIPAL DE LA COOPERATIVA INICIALMENTE FUE INSTALADA EN LA CASA DE UNO DE LOS FUNDADORES Y POSTERIORMENTE TRASLADADA A LA CARRERA 3 CON CALLE 11 […]
Codelcauca
CODELCAUCA, entidad del Sector Solidario del Departamento del Cauca (Colombia) cuyo domicilio principal está en la ciudad de Popayán, cuenta con 2.700 asociados distribuidos en todo el departamento, presta sus servicios Financieros a empleados de empresas Públicas, Privadas y Comerciantes Independientes. Nuestro portafolio de servicios es amplio y disponemos de líneas como: Credisalud, Credieducación, Crediprogreso, […]
FUCAC
FUCAC, Federacion Uruguaya de Cooperativas de Ahorro y Credito, is a credit cooperative in Uruguay. Founded in 1972, with the order to articulate and promote the emerging credit cooperative sector. for Uruguay administered it projects funds and foreign entities, which spent thousands of beneficiaries across the country in their productive purposes working. Currently, FUCAC is […]
Weaving a future
When Pablo Neruda visited the ancient Peruvian city of Machu Picchu, the ruins inspired an entire book of poetry. In The Heights of Machu Picchu Neruda called to the indigenous people who once lived there: Look at me from deep in the earth,/tiller of fields, weaver, quiet shepherd /Show me your blood and your furrow /And give […]
Ccaccaccollo Community Association of Artisans and Agricultural Producers
Since 2005, Planeterra has been working with the Ccaccaccollo community to develop a womens weaving cooperative based there in the community. Most G Adventures (adventure travel company) groups are able to visit this community as part of the Sacred Valley Tour and Day Tour. Here they meet the women and learn about all the stages […]
Dinosaur tracks bringing tourists to Lesotho
They started their activities in 2007 and now have around twelve members mainly young people but also some older people most of whom are from the local community of Hasimone in Leribe District, North East Lesotho. They focus on tourism, in particular on encouraging people to visit the dinosaur footprints they have found […]
Subeng Dinosaur Youth Co-operative
Sebeng Dinosaur Co-operative is a youth co-operative in North East Lesotho focused on tourism and hadicraft sales.
Transparent and sustainable: Cooperative Coffees
Coffee is the most important export of the tropical nations of the world, and the primary export of a number of developing countries. When Bill Harris walked through the door of a coffee farmers co-operative in the highlands Chiapas region of Mexico, he met Monika Firl who was working there. Later, following many conversations about […]
Cooperative Coffees
Coop Coffees exists to import high-quality, organic green coffee from small-scale farmer organizations to build long-term relationships and foster fair and equitable trading practices. Our goal is to make coffee-growing a sustainable and beneficial endeavor for farmer families and their communities.
Radio Chéticamp: Carving out a place for French music on the Nova Scotia airwaves
Back in 1989, the only radio and television stations available to the people of Chéticamp were in English, and young francophones had nothing but English language music and artists to listen to. At that time the community was torn by the Acadian school crisis, with over 60% of residents voting against the idea of starting […]