Process Documentation of Barangay Alapang Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BALMUCO) in Alapang, La Trinidad Benguet

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify the services of the cooperative since it started to present, to document what happened to the services and management of the cooperative, to determine the current situation of the coop in terms of service, assets, liabilities, membership and net surplus, to identify the problems encountered by the cooperative and coping mechanisms employed to solve the problems. The cooperative was organized in 1990 through the initiative of their barangay captain Mr. Marcelo Abela. The first PMES of the cooperative was held on September 15 and 22 1990. In the afternoon of September 22, 1990 the cooperative was formally organized, and was registered with the CDA (Cooperative Development Authority) on February 6, 1991. In the same year the Plan international sponsored the cooperative in implementing the project on the cooperative such as irrigation system in the barangay, establishment of the Alapang Camp Dangwa Elementary School. Because of the crisis the cooperative had undergone, an election was held in June 5, 1994 and a new set of officers were elected, the CDA gave a rehabilitation period to revive the operation of the cooperative. The rehab period was October 2007 to December 2010. During the rehabilitation period the cooperative was re-registered to CDA on October 26, 2009. The rehabilitation period ended in December 2010 and the cooperative in moving up. It is therefore recommended that the cooperative should develop strategy to win back the trust and cooperation of members, PMES should be conducted to those who have not attended and for those who have attended could also attend as a refresher/reminder for them and the cooperative should conduct moral values orientation both to members, officers and staff to inculcate to them cooperation and including Christian ways of living.