“Unity is strength…when there is cooperation and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved” – Matti J.T. Stepanek I

n these unprecedented and trying times, amidst the Enhanced Community Quarantine crisis, the government is implementing urgent measures to alleviate the adverse impacts posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. Along with other sectors in our economy, cooperatives also play a relevant role in accelerating economic recovery caused by this pandemic. Despite the fact that business operations of cooperatives are affected by this pandemic, they still find ways to continue delivering services for their members, employees and the community even in just a simple way.