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A cooperative world is a better world!

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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

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.

Tara Terrific! A new sector in Bolivia

Tara Terrific! A new sector in Bolivia

17 December 2021

Colombia: Sowing hope, growing peace

Colombia: Sowing hope, growing peace

29 June 2021

“I want to make our plantation a profitable and model family business, in order to show the benefits of working legally to the community and to motivate young people. I think there’s something truly magical about cocoa. That’s why I say cocoa is peace, it is life.”