A little more than a month after
being recognized at the Nonino Prize 2024, where together with
Angelo Floramo, they won the Risit d'Aur Award, the women's
'Insieme' Co-op of Bratunac and Srebrenica has now a vital role
in the international cooperation project "Fruits of Solidarity,"
funded by the Fvg Region, with Legacoop Fvg as lead partner.
Legacoop announced today that the initiative aims to
"promote local development and enhance good practices in social
inclusion" in Bosnia. After the terrible Balkan conflict, the
president of Insieme, Radmila Zarkovic (Rada) 2023, founded the
agricultural cooperative where more than 500 families of
different ethnicities and religions work and produce jams and
juices called "Fruits of Peace." These products are marketed by
Coop Alleanza 3.0, which in November decided to honor Rada
during the "Donna Coop 2023" award.
"A project that allows us to support an important
initiative," explains Legacoop Fvg President Michela Vogrig,
"with the Insieme cooperative and Rada, a brave and visionary
woman who has managed to overcome ethnic and religious divisions
with her project. And it is also thanks to stories like hers
that we nourish hope for the future."
The year-long project will cost nearly 50,000 euros, of which
about 30,000 will be covered by regional funding. It will
involve the Consorzio COSM Consortium based in Udine, the
Brignoli Einaudi Marconi High School of Gradisca d'Isonzo, and
the Insieme cooperative as partners. The aim is to expand the
opportunities for social integration and work placement of
people in vulnerable situations, particularly women, bolster the
ability of social enterprises to enhance and innovate their
productions, and encourage the exchange of good practices and
the spread of the social enterprise model in Fvg, Bosnia and
other Balkan territories.
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