Are you making a difference?

International Development Week is Feb 1 - 7, 2015 and we want to hear from our wonderful volunteers how they are making a difference.

Stories will be submitted to DFATD's "How are you making a difference?" site.

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Co-op Connections

On Co-op launches the Winter 2015 Co-op Connections Conference Series in six regions across the province.

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Myrna Bentley Memorial Fund

CDF has created a tribute fund in memory of Myrna Bentley. The fund will provide support for leadership development for women around the world including the Women's Mentorship Program.

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CCA is on YouTube

We have so many great videos on co-ops, international development and our work around the world. Stop in for a look.

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Volume 8 Number 13, December 18, 2014

Thanks for your time and talent

2014 has been a big year for the Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA). A year of progress, learning and change.
One of the biggest changes of course being our focus becoming solely on international development, a change we have embraced and we continue to thrive and grow in our efforts to use the co-operative model to alleviate poverty around the world.

Just a few of the many highlights from CCA this year include:

New projects in Colombia and Ghana
Working with women's co-operatives in Turkey for the first time
An echo Women's Mentorship Program in Mongolia,
CDF's Typhoon Haiyan Rebuilding Project and
The study tour to Peru with both CCA and CDF boards.

In 2015 we look forward to more new activities and also to continue to support and be supported by our valuable partners around the world.

All of the projects and achievements mentioned in this issue of Dispatch plus all the other work we do relies on our many wonderful volunteers. So click on the link below to see profiles of some of the people who are living the
co-operative values and sharing their time and talents overseas for CCA.

Click here to read more about our wonderful volunteers.

Thank you to everyone who has supported CCA and CDF this past year and we wish everyone a very happy holiday season and New Year.

CCA is a not-for-profit co-operative with a mission to establish and grow co-operatives internationally that build a better world.

To achieve this mission, CCA works closely with Canadian co-operatives and credit unions to channel their knowledge and experience to partner organizations and co-operatives in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Eastern Europe and Caribbean.

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