Cooperatives & Communities
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ICO and ILO join forces to celebrate 2023 International Coffee Day
KAMPALA – Respect for workers and compliance with labour standards are the foundations of decent work and an integral part of ensuring universal human rights. Promoting respect for such international labour standards…
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Farmers excited as Lira coop acquires maize mill
LIRA – Farmers in Ogur Sub-county in Lira district are excited after receiving a maize mill now under installation. The farmers in the subcounty have been travelling over five miles to get…
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Implementing PDM: MP Acuti asks govt to facilitate parish chiefs
KOLE – The Kole North Member of Parliament in Kole district, Dr. Samuel Opio Acuti has appealed to government to facilitate parish chiefs and SACCO leaders for effective implementation of the Parish…
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Fishermen in Alaska urged to form coops to help manage Pacific cod stocks
NEW YORK – US federal agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries [NOAA] has asked Alaskan fishermen to form cooperatives to improve the management of Pacific cod stocks. NOAA says cod is…
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Danish coop wins international energy award
LONDON – Danish cooperative, Coop Denmark days ago scooped top honour at the Energy Management Leadership Awards hosted by the Clean Energy Ministerial [CEM], an international clean energy platform. The coop won…
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SACCOs in Kwania, Apac gain ground as they pull civil servants
APAC – Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies [SACCOs] in Kwania and Apac districts have gained momentum, and attracted a number of civil servants such as teachers, leaving the large microfinance institutions drained…
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Kwania SACCO struggling to recover over Shs 70mln from borrowers
KWANIA – Abany Community Development Savings and Credit Co-operative [ SACCO ] is struggling to recover about Shs 72.6 million loaned out to its members in the 2022/2023 financial year. The SACCO…
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Christian coops transform lives in Bangladesh
DHAKA – Aporna Das was a medical nurse for 19 years before she launched a hospital herself at Chankarpool, in the southern Dhaka, Bangladesh. The 55-year-old woman built her 30-bed Royal Care…
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Coffee and cocoa coops to benefit from Shs 32.8bln project
KAMPALA– Cooperatives, associations, communal groups, and community business organisations engaged in coffee or cocoa business stand to benefit from a project Shs 32.8 billion [EUR 8mln]. Dubbed Coffee and Cocoa Value Chain…
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MP Auma donates Shs 40mln to gospel artists’ SACCO, women VSLAs
KWANIA – Kwania district Woman Member of Parliament, Kenny Auma Lapat has donated Shs 10 million to God is Good Gospel Singers’ Savings and Credit Cooperatives Society [SACCO]. The money was delivered…
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