Australia’s largest inland community credit union which has retained local decision making and community involvement that sets us apart from our competitors. We aim to provide trusted community banking through our commitment to our member owners, our values of integrity, respect and fairness and the cooperative principles.
The successful case of a small producers organization
The organization Asociacíon Bananos Ecológicos de la Línea Noroeste (BANELINO) was founded in 1996 when small Caribbean producers from Mao and Montecristi in the Dominican Republic decided to join their forces to create an organization that ensures the sale of bananas all over the year and at a fair price, which allows the producers and […]
Asociación de Bananos Ecológicos de la Línea Noroeste – Banelino
Banelino is a cooperative of small banana growers in Western Valley of the Dominican Republic near the border with Haiti.
A footstep in the past with an eye to the future – Ko Ng Tapuwae o namata, He Tirohanga ake m App
Te Kaihanga is the Maori word for builder or creator, physical or otherwise. Between the late 1960s and the 1990s, thousands of Maori teenagers came from New Zealands North Island to study and work in Christchurch (South Island) under a program run by New Zealands now defunct Maori Affairs Department. These teenagers trained for 1-2 […]
Te Kaihanaga Cooperative
is a start-up that aims to mobilise a skilled Maori trade labour force to create better opportunities for tradespeople by working cooperatively. Members currently deliver trade services in the residential building sector and this will be the cooperatives primary market.
Bringing Islamic Microfinance to the Women of Rural Cameroon
Sharia, Islamic law, prohibits usury, the collection and payment of interest, as well as investing in businesses that are considered unlawful. But with some modifications, microfinance can be made Shariah-compliant, opening up access to credit and poverty alleviation services to many Muslims. The department of Noun, in western Cameroon, has a population of 1 million, […]
Islamic Saving and Credit Cooperative of Cameroon (ISCCC)
A microfinance institution in western Cameroon based on the principles of Islamic law.
The cooperative model in microfinance: More current and pertinent than ever
In the microfinance sector, cooperatives reach significantly more individuals and families than other financial institutions making them the actors who are truly responsible for improving access to financial services for all, and thereby increasing local economic growth and reducing poverty. Knowing that 2.5 billion individuals, three quarters of the world’s poor, still do not have […]
A focus on youth in rural Uganda
Established in 2004 and based in Buwenge sub-county in Eastern Uganda, JoyFod Savings and Credit Co-operative (SACCO) has over 1,400 members who have savings accounts with them and are taking loans. People in rural areas find it difficult to access the formal banking sector as most banks are far away in town and there […]
JoyFod Savings and Credit Co-operative (SACCO)
JoyFod SACCO is based in Buwenge sub-county in a small village called Igombe. Differently to other SACCOs, they specialise in opening accounts for young people between 18 30 years old. JoyFod provides training and sensitisation to young people on how to save and why to save and helps them think about which business would […]