November 26, 2021. A Back-to-back MOA Signing of Koop Kapatid Program in two (2) Provinces were launched in just one day.

The first-ever in Sarangani Province where two Cooperatives from the municipality of Alabel have participated in and became partners in the Koop Kapatid (Big Brother Small Brother) Program of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). These are Alabel Public School Teachers and Employees Multipurpose (APSTEMCO), Big Brother and Sitio Cebuano Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative (SCARBCO) Small Brother.

Also in Tupi, South Cotabato, the Koop Kapatid Program MOA Signing was entered into by Cebuano Small Coconut Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative (CSCFMPC)(Big Brother) of Barangay Cebuano and Linan Integrated Farmers Cooperative (LIFCO) (Small Brother) It is the first Koop Kapatid in the municipality.

Both activities were graced with the presence of the CDA Region 12 Director Elma R. Oguis. Also present were CRITS Chief Ruth N. Alendajao, Jeane Mary B. Fulleros, Field CDS of Sarangani Province and South Cotabato, Board of Directors and Managers of the involved cooperatives. Mr. Noel Del Monte the Municipal Cooperative Officer of Tupi and the same time the Chairperson of CSCFMPC was also present in Tupi MOA signing.