In the mid-1960s, Brazil had a mercantile-based medical system that limited free choice and, for many doctors, stood in the way of their dreams of professional excellence and justice. Some medical professionals began to envision an alternative structure for health care: the cooperative. This was an unprecedented idea for the medical field in Brazil and […]
Watthan Artisans work by hand
The members of the Watthan Artisans Cooperative like to say they focus on their abilities, not their disabilities. The treacherous period under the control of the Communist Khmer Rouge regime of Pol Pot in the late 1970s left the countrys economy teetering. Pol Pots infamous killing fields were mass graves. The number of Cambodians who […]
Watthan Artisans Cooperative
Watthan Artisans – Cambodia (WAC) is a worker-run cooperative of Cambodian artisans with disabilities. It is a training and production based cooperative that trains new students with disabilities in handicraft production and fine woodcarving. Our goal is to improve the living standard of people with disabilities in Cambodia through training and employment.
Co-Cycle Tours the U.S. to Build Support for Cooperatives
Tomorrow is the big kick-off for Co-cycle 2012’s youth-led bike tour across the United States to learn about and promote co-operatives. Read more in the attached press release (pressreleaseco-cycle.doc) and stay tuned for tomorrow’s story of the day from To The Moon, a documentary following their journey.
Clean Water, Cooperative Principles
Rapid urbanization around the world is greatly increasing pressure on public water utilities, meaning that getting clean drinking water and safely disposing of waste can be some of the biggest problems facing city-dwellers in developing countries. One Bolivian success story has shown how cooperatives might provide an alternative way for urban communities to get clean […]
SAGUAPAC – Cooperativa de Servicios Públicos Santa Cruz Ltda
SAGUAPAC is the largest urban water cooperative in the world, with 183,000 water connections serving the equivalent of 1.2 million people, out of a total population of 1.6 million in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
Power of cooperative communication
Proyecto Coopar was created in 2009 by a group of students from different professional backgrounds. In the beginning it was a graphic design and communication initiative that worked in the co-operative sector on different projects. Since its creation the graphic design area has worked in the areas of image development, electronic programming and editorial work. […]
Associated Work Co-operative Proyecto Coopar Ltd.
We are a group of young people that know the importance of developing integrated communication products and services in the co-operative world. We have the strong sense that we are capable of shaping our own future, one step at a time.
Co-op insurance thrives in Uruguay
Professionalism, attention, cordiality, responsibility, advice, commitment, autonomy, transparency, innovation these are weighty words, but it is a heavy task that the Compañía Cooperativa de Seguros has taken on. According to its president, Sergio Fuentes, it is building a co-operative insurance business, designed to serve generations of members for years to come. Above all, when […]
COMPAÑÍA COOPERATIVA DE SEGUROS SURCO
SURCO was established as a joint effort between important Uruguayan cooperatives, supported and advised by prestigious insurance cooperatives in America and Europe. It had its beginnings in life insurance and officially began operating on 9 September 1992. SURCO inherited from its founders a commitment to the national market, shaped by more than 50 years of […]