Davao Oriental cites coops' role in dev't
DAVAO ORIENTAL — Recognizing the value of cooperatives in the creation of vibrant local economy, the Provincial Government of Davao Oriental has joined the national celebration of the Cooperative Month 2016.
During the celebration’s opening salvo on October 5 at the Pelaez Activity Center in the City of Mati, members of different cooperatives came together in celebrating their shared success and reflecting on their common principle as cooperatives.
With the theme “Cooperatives: The Catalyst of Change for a New Era by Advancing the People’s Agenda in Poverty Alleviation and Social Transformation”, the celebration highlights the contributions of cooperatives in poverty alleviation and in promoting socio-economic development.
Board Member Anacleto Macatabog, who represented Governor Nelson L. Dayanghirang during the celebration, congratulated the cooperatives and their members for their contribution in uplifting the lives of families and empowering people and small businesses to succeed. He lauded the role of the cooperatives in advancing the peoples agenda of poverty alleviation. He stressed the coops’ significance not only in strengthening trade and services but also in providing aid for their members.
“Since time immemorial, cooperatives have already existed. It has led many families and small business to proposer,” he said. He said cooperatives throughout the years have been empowering people and has done its share in strengthening the province economically and socially.
He encouraged the cooperatives, which are mostly engaged in agriculture-based businesses, to inculcate the idea of working together for their common interest. “Together we succeed but divided we will fall,” he stressed.