When: September 29th 2021 at 10:00am
Where: Zoom
Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of Shared Interest Society will be held from 10am on 29 September 2021.
The Shared Interest Environment Team joined our Volunteer Festival to talk about environmental awareness in our organisation.
Customer Representative for Central America, Karolina Jimenez joined us at our Volunteer Festival from Costa Rica to share the beauty of her home region.
We were delighted to be joined by Fairtrade Campaigner, Joanna Pollard at our Volunteer Festival to hear about what campaigning looks like going forward.
Shared Interest Foundation Development Officer, Harriet Urwin was joined by coffee co-operative Kopakama at our Volunteer Festival, to speak about our Growing Fairer Futures project in Rwanda. Watch the recording of the event here.
Programme Manager, Kodzo Korkortsi spoke at our Volunteer Festival about the method and impact of longitudinal case studies. Watch the recording of the event here.
Shared Interest were delighted to take part in the Fairtrade Connections festival celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight and International Women's Day. Click read more to hear from Shared Interest staff in East and West Africa.
Regional Manager for Africa, Andrew Ridley, has worked with Shared Interest for 15 years and manages our lending portfolio for Africa. Watch this film to hear from Andrew.
Lending Manager for East Africa, Immaculate Ochieno, has worked with Shared Interest for the last year managing our lending portfolio for East Africa. Watch this film to hear from Immaculate.
Lending Manager for West Africa, John, has worked with Shared Interest for eight years and manages our lending portfolio for West Africa.
Regional Manager for Latin America, Paul Sablich, has worked with Shared Interest for 11 years and manages our lending portfolio for Latin America. Watch this film to hear from Paul.
Lending Manager for Central America, Marco Garcia, has worked with Shared Interest for seven years and manages our lending portfolio for Central America. Watch this film to hear from Marco.
Regional Manager for Northern Hemisphere and Pacific Rim (NHPR), France Villeneuve, has worked with Shared Interest for nine years and manages our lending portfolio for NHPR. Watch this film to hear from France.
For almost 20 years, Candela Peru has used Shared Interest finance to sustain a precious relationship in the Peruvian Amazon. We hear from Founder Guadalupe Lanao about how the finance has had an impact on their co-operative.
Coffee Co-operative of Gichoma (COCAGI) is a coffee growers’ co-operative located in the Gishoma District of Western Rwanda. COCAGI have been a Shared Interest customer since 2009, we talk to General Manager, Pastor Japhet Habimana about the impact of the loan on the co-operative.
Programme Manager for Shared Interest Foundation, Kodzo Korkortsi, has worked with Shared Interest for over six years and manages the projects for our charitable arm. Watch this film to hear from Kodzo.