The relationship between work, cooperation and solidarity in the “Cooperativa Colonizadora Multiativa Fernheim Ltda” in the Paraguayan Chaco

Authors

  • Luana Jamayna Gellert
  • Paula Cecilia Pérez Reyes
  • Valmor Schiochet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/5286

Abstract

Work, cooperation and solidarity are values that together that enable people to earn a living as an alternative to the exacerbated competition fostered by the capitalist model. The article analyzes the case of the Fernheim Cooperative, located in the Paraguayan Chaco, which is desert-like area with a small population. This analysis demonstrates how an experiment strongly based on these three values: work, cooperation and solidarity, can last over time and change the reality of a region.

Keywords: work, cooperation, solidarity, Mennonites, Paraguayan Chaco.

Published

2021-05-28