The Muungano Agricultural Cooperative received the 2024 Solidarity Finance Prize, an award recognising companies and cooperatives that combine economic excellence with concrete social impact.
This prize honours a unique model in the DRC: a cooperative of more than 4,300 members in South Kivu that distributes 100% of the Fairtrade premium directly to producers, funds schools, health centres and agroforestry training, and markets specialty coffee recognised on international markets.
The jury particularly appreciated the Women Producers Programme, which allows more than 1,800 women members to independently manage their own community investment fund.