COOPERATIVES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO SERVE THEIR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES AMIDST COVID-19 PANDEMIC: REPORTS FROM REGION 10 #CoopsAgainstCOVID19

COOPERATIVISM: IN THE LIGHT OF HOPE AND COMPASSION DURING COVID 19 CRISIS

After two (2) months of ECQ due to the CoViD-19 pandemic, people are still fearful and continue to pray for deliverance from danger and harm. While we are hopeful that one day, we will go through life living without the pandemic, cooperatives in the area continued to look after their members. The City Government Employees Multipurpose Cooperative continued to support its members by giving out rice and grocery items. The coop spent Php100,000.00. Same thing for the Napocor Elementary School Teachers Multipurpose Cooperative that gave 5 kilos of rice and grocery items to their members, security guards, janitor of the school, and to the frontliners in Brgy. Ma. Cristina, Iligan City. The Iligan City Cooperative Development Council (ICCDC) also gave relief packs to 32 families of Rogongon, Iligan City on May 13, 2020. In , the Tudela Public School Teachers Multi-Purpose Cooperative gave their members dressed chickens. Meanwhile, in the neighboring city of , the Northern Medical Center Multi-Purpose Cooperative has donated to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) Php 100,000.00 for their fight against COVID-19. They also distributed grocery items not only to their members but also to the hospital's canteen employees, security guards, and janitors. Also in Cagayan de Oro, the Integrated Livestock & Poultry Raisers Multipurpose Cooperative (ILIPCO) has provided daily meals & snacks to its employees for 44 days, distributed goods & commodities to their members and surrounding communities. Finally, in the Province of , the Mediatrix Multi-Purpose Cooperative has extended assistance to the Local Government Unit of Don Carlos, Bukidnon by donating washable face masks for their frontliners. As we face the new normal of life, let us continue to have a nurturing attitude to allow the cooperative spirit live on.

The Napocor Elementary School Teachers MPC gave 5 kilos rice and grocery items to their members,guards, janitors, and to frontliners in Brgy. Ma. Cristina, Iligan City.

Mediatrix Multi- Purpose Cooperative extended assistance to the LGU of Don Carlos, Bukidnon.

Northern Mindanao Medical Center Multipurpose Cooperative in Cagayan de Oro City donated Php 100,000.00 to the NMMC for its COVID-19 operations and gave grocery packs to its members, canteen employees, and to all NMMC Security Guards and Janitors from the VISA agency.

Tudela Public School Teachers MPC distributed dressed chicken to their members, as part of their covid-19 pandemic assistance last May 18.

Integrated Livestock & Poultry Raisers Multipurpose Cooperative (ILIPCO) in Cagayan de Oro City provided daily meals & snacks to employees for 44 days (March 18 – May 1, 2020), distributed goods & commodities to surrounding communities (April 29-30, 2020) and also to its employees (May 5- 8, 2020).

The Iligan City Govt. Employees MPC gave rice and grocery items to members.

The Iligan City Cooperative Development Council (ICCDC) extended assistance to 32 families of Barangay Rogongon, Iligan City last May 13.