I was born in the Year of Chicken, so I’m said to be very hard-working, kind-hearted, easy-going and honest. I totally believe in the horoscope. Cao Thi The, 43, is one of the 25 members of the Kim Thanh Handicraft Cooperative in Hai Duong province, in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. She married […]
The Sweet Scent of Community Empowerment
Get close to a tourist in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and you might catch the light fragrance of lavender. Ask them about it and they will describe the finely packaged bars of soap in their hotel room and the delicate aroma that lingers with them throughout the day. Drive a short distance up the […]
Parish sees that village pub lives on
Early in 2011 a group of about 100 residents of the Cumbrian village of Crosby Ravensworth, in the Lakes Districts Lyvennet Valley, gathered in the village hall. At issue was the impending closure of the parish’s only remaining pub, the Butcher’s Arms. In the hall that night a vote was taken to save the pub. […]
Increasing sustainability through training
“Education is not nearly as costly as the conflicts and failures incurred because of lack of understanding of the co-op business model. High-performing leaders know the importance of equipping directors, employees and management with the knowledge to understand their respective roles and therefore, develop and lead their cooperative with a unified approach.” These words from […]
From nothing to the fastest growing medical clinic in the province
December 2001, Argentina. The Argentine economy is in ruins, the peso-denominated bank accounts of its middles classes have been frozen in the corralito as it is colloquially referred to, while the foreign-denominated bank accounts of its wealthy elite are protected. Downtown in Argentinas second largest city, Córdoba, a private medical clinic is on its last […]
Cooperativa de Trabajo de la Salud Junín Limitada
Salud Junín, located in the industrial city of Córdoba, Argentina, is a medium-sized neighbourhood health clinic cooperative founded as a worker-recuperated enterprise by its nurses and maintenance staff in 2002. What distinguishes Salud Junín is that most of its members are female nurses. The clinic has developed a unique revenue generating stream: The cooperative works […]
The ‘Wobbera’, ‘Senbete’ and ‘Ekub’ live on in Ethiopian town
The blood-stained years of the Mengistu regime from 1974 to 1991, combined with Ethiopias drought-stricken 1980s has been a painful mix for the East African nations diverse, multicultural people. Food security and poverty are daily problems overlaid on a land of vast natural beauty. One town of such demonstrable disparity, Africa’s Camelot as it is […]
ASPROUNION
We would like to introduce you to ASPROUNION, an agricultural and social co-operative whose goal is to support the welfare of its community of growers. Established in 2001, ASPROUNION has since worked on improving the quality of life of the 273 associated families. All are small-scale coffee producers located in the locality of La Union, […]
Our Coffee Co-operative
Our Coffee Co-operative at Reddish Vale Technology College, a co-operative school near Stockport, North West England, sells Oromo coffee in school and to the local community, helping both Ethiopian refugees in the UK and the Oromo community in Ethiopia. It is a member of Young Co-operatives, a free scheme offered by the Co-operative College in […]
From cohabitation to services across a territory
It started with ten disabled and non-disabled people living together in a small flat. Now the Gruppo 78 cooperative has grown into a regional network of residential and day centres, protected housing, employment projects and workshops, providing assistance to hundreds of people with mental health and social problems. The current director, Santo Boglioni, was also […]