Ukraine's cooperative businesses and members are at risk as Russia's invasion of the country continues. Under incredibly challenging conditions, the country's consumer cooperatives are working to maintain operations so member-owners can continue to rely on co-op goods and services.
The National Co+op Grocers (NCG), an organization of 148 food co-ops across the U.S., has partnered with the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) and the National Cooperative Business Administration (NCBA CLUSA) to launch a fundraising drive through the CDF's Disaster Recovery Fund to support Ukrainian cooperatives with immediate ongoing aid. NCG has pledged a 100% match for all donations up to $100,000 made by the food co-op retail system.