Nigatua fikadu, a mother of three, lives in Sama community of Minjar Shenkora district, Ethiopia. She has been engaged in a small trading business besides her family’s farming work for a long time now. However, she has been struggling to get her trading business successful. Limited financial literacy, lack of market information, the formal mechanism […]
There has been significant improvement in the role of women in Ukraine. Despite the challenges of patriarchal culture with a limited say in education work, women are rising to challenges and navigating towards success. Today, Ukraine ranks 12th in scientists among 41 countries, and a significant number of women entrepreneurs are growing in society. Currently, […]
The situation in Ukraine is becoming increasingly dire! As the conflict escalates, so does the impact on millions of innocent people as they helplessly watch their country rapidly deteriorate. CDF Canada is actively raising much-needed funds for the people of Ukraine and calling on the cooperative community across Canada to help. The money raised will be disbursed through CDF Canada and its main partner and there will be no CDF Canada fundraising cost. The first funds received will be sent to our partner Vyhoda Credit Union who opened a refugee support group in its own branch to support families in need.
Both organizations recently appointed women CEOs who are graduates of CDF Canada’s Women’s Mentorship Program (WMP). Both Mercy Tumukunde, STEADFIN Uganda, Evelyn Olunja, KUDS Kenya participated in CDF Canada’s WMP in 2018 and 2019. This meaningful program contains a segment where a Canadian credit union hosts participants. They benefit from mentorship and information sharing and […]
Every year since 1988, we celebrate this week as our contribution to building a sustainable and inclusive world. Feb 6-12 gives us an opportunity to celebrate Canadian contributions to eradicating poverty and building a more peaceful, inclusive, more prosperous world. Despite the progress made, the impact of COVID-19 has pushed the progress in building inclusive, […]
Despite the progress made, many women face the challenge of limited access to finance, savings, insurance, digital payments, and a lack of education on many financial services. As per World Bank, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) led by women stand around 30% to 37% of all the emerging markets with financial needs between US$260 billion […]
Oyoun Enela is a mother of 7 children in the Mbawupe community of East Gonja in the Savannah Region of Ghana manages a household of 9. Women in this community do not express their thoughts and opinions due to their beliefs and cultural norms. During community engagements, women maintain silence and keep their ideas to […]
We are pleased to announce our partnership with the Ethio-Canadian Network for Advocacy and Support (ECNAS) to support co-op communities in Ethiopia to address the challenge of instability, insecurity due to political unrest, climate change, and natural disaster. We both share a mission to build self-reliant and sustainable communities. CDF Canada has in the past worked and built coop communities for […]
CDF Canada and META Foundation, Ghana, are pleased to announce their partnership to mutually support co-op communities in Ghana to promote sustainable agricultural practices and resilience, create awareness and support marginalized communities on natural resource management. CDF Canada and META Foundation share a mission to build sustainable and prosper co-op communities. We will collectively work on projects that will help accelerate agriculture, support sustainable livelihoods, and rural […]