We celebrate this month the 50th anniversary of DCCCO with the theme DCCCO: 50 years of synergy, compassion, and empowerment.
It feels like it was just yesterday when a few well-intentioned individuals driven by compassion for the generation to come, decided to group in synergy and empowered themselves to act and become the catalysts for change.
But that was actually a long time ago. In 1968. And the rest is history.
Today, it cannot be denied that DCCCO has played a huge role in ensuring the financial security of the Negrenses and the Siquijorians, giving them material assistance essential to their survival.
In this era of resurgence, when the collective goal is to achieve inclusive growth, DCCCO has made residents of Dumaguete City and of the provinces of Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, and Siquijor thrive and pursue their greatest aspirations. While we have remained resilient in times of natural disasters, DCCCO’s support ensures that our spirit never wavers.
The cooperative’s current leadership has committed to carry out well-crafted projects to alleviate poverty and become more self-sufficient in securing our future. With the steadfast support of the cooperative’s members and partners, we have begun to reap the rewards of the seeds of change that those few individuals have sown in 1968.
At present, DCCCO also played a significant part in the province’s economic and political development. It did not only provide us with the means to improve our financial standing, it also exposed us to concepts such as good governance, collective responsibility, and shared decision-making, which are all vital to democracy. That is why I can proudly say that the current local government leadership for both the city and the province delight in the success of DCCCO, for its accomplishments signify that thousands of our people are being lifted out of economic and social impoverishment.
The efforts and initiatives that DCCCO has set in play have harnessed the potential inherent in us as citizens, making us rise as nation-builders and avail of the promise of our revitalization. With DCCCO’s assistance, all of us have become potent drivers of countryside development, instruments of wide capital distribution, and true allies of our political leaders in achieving greater resiliency and stability. More than that, DCCCO has helped shape our communities to become formidable blocs that have forged dreams to become tangible realities.
As it enters its 50th year, may we uphold the vitality, dedication, and transparency that have been the hallmarks of the DCCCO ethos. With DCCCO beside us, let us all be catalysts of change, as we strengthen the foundations of our society. Together, let us perform our duties as proactive citizens, that we may enjoy the benefits of a more equitably progressive city, municipality, and province.
May this 50th anniversary inspire us to empower all our members further, create opportunities for development, and help everyone achieve his/her dreams. May our solidarity galvanize our people and help usher in the era of lasting stability and prosperity for all of us.
Let us make this anniversary the start of a golden age of our cooperative and may it continue to extend its reach and make a difference in the lives of our citizens not just in the city and in the province, but also nationwide.
With DCCCO, let us all collaborate, cooperate, thrive in group effort, partner, and ally with one another.
With DCCCO, let us all follow God’s wisdom of ‘helping those who are willing to help themselves.’
With DCCCO’s assistance, let us pave the way for people to take charge of their lives, give them power to reach for whatever dream they are trying to achieve, make possible the things that have been previously seen by them as “very impossible” to happen.
With this anniversary, let us all help DCCCO continue its mission of fulfilling the dream of its innovators as we recollect the past with gratitude, live the present with truthfulness, and shape the future with discernment, good judgment, and faith.
Together and by God’s grace, let us all within DCCCO, continue to soar and achieve more. To God be the glory.
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