We started 33 years ago with a simple belief: that poverty and injustice are not inevitable. That with the right support, every community has the strength to change its own story. COOPERA is an independent organisation - no political affiliation, no religious agenda. Just a deep, stubborn commitment to the people we work with. We work in three ways that reinforce each other. In Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, we support communities through development projects focused on food sovereignty, agricultural training, and economic empowerment - with women always at the centre. Because we know that when a woman gains independence, her whole community moves forward with her. In humanita... read more We started 33 years ago with a simple belief: that poverty and injustice are not inevitable. That with the right support, every community has the strength to change its own story. COOPERA is an independent organisation - no political affiliation, no religious agenda. Just a deep, stubborn commitment to the people we work with. We work in three ways that reinforce each other. In Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, we support communities through development projects focused on food sovereignty, agricultural training, and economic empowerment - with women always at the centre. Because we know that when a woman gains independence, her whole community moves forward with her. In humanitarian emergencies - wars, earthquakes, crises - we deploy rapid response teams and stay long after the emergency ends, supporting the slow, invisible work of rebuilding lives. And in Spain and Europe, we work with young people and educators to build a generation that understands the world it lives in - and wants to change it. We do not believe in charity. We believe in justice. And we believe that education, in all its forms, is the most powerful tool we have to get there.
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By rafael moreno | director de programas
Vlad was walking home from school when he saw it. A drone, lying on the ground. It had not exploded. Think about what a child feels at that moment. Fear, yes. But also something else, something very... Read the full report ›By Rafael Moreno | director pais
Five years of sirens. Of basements that became bedrooms. Of children who learned to count seconds between the flash and the sound of an explosion before they learned to ride a bike. Of parents who... Read the full report ›By Lorena Aguirre | CHIEF PICOLOGIST
There are things that happen in South Kivu that should not happen anywhere on earth. Women raped in front of their families. Men mutilated and left to die. Children who have seen things that no child... Read the full report ›
