Event
A look back at our 39th Annual Conference
26 June 2024
United for intercooperation. These words were central to SOCODEVI’s 39th Annual Assembly, held on June 13 at Quebec City Cruise Terminal.
Natur’ELLES project launched in Senegal
SOCODEVI launched the Natur’ELLES project on May 2, in Toubacouda, at a ceremony attended by authorities from the Fatick region, the Department of Marine Protected Areas, the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, other partners and the Canadian ambassador to Senegal.
A cooperative world is a better world!
22 February 2024
To celebrate International Development Week (February 4–10), our team hit the road to visit several of our network’s member institutions.
We are continuing to make history in Honduras
The year closed off with a bang in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with the launch of the SABORES project!
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence yield a promising dialogue
In December 2023, SOCODEVI launched a new awareness campaign in the western Côte d’Ivoire village of Krikoréa to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
Colombia’s cocoa power!
16 November 2023
In September, our Colombia team pulled off quite the feat, organizing the Festival del Cacao with the help of one of its financial partners! The Festival del Cacao brought together cocoa producers that SOCODEVI supports in the Putumayo region, one of four regions where the AGROEMPRENDE CACAO project operates in Colombia.
Continuing to support rural Bolivian families
Set course for Bolivia, where SOCODEVI officially launched a tara development project in September called SAYARYI. Suzanne Mailhot, SOCODEVI’s chair and Promutuel Insurance representative, and Louis Marcotte, Ambassador of Canada to Bolivia and Peru, attended the project launch in person.
New initiative on Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan
11 September 2023
SOCODEVI officially launched PRODISOL, its new project in Guatemala. This initiative will focus on improving the living conditions of women and young people working in the tourism sector.
Together for the women of Ghana!
The TohetHER project in Ghana is off and running! The launch event took place on March 29, in the presence of representatives of Global Affairs Canada and several players in the cocoa industry.
An international event for gender equality
SOCODEVI was present at the 6th edition of Women Deliver, one of the world's leading conferences on gender equality, held in Kigali from July 17 to 20, 2023.