“Alone I am weak, but with others I am strong.”
The reason a cooperative exists at all. No member here is asked to carry their hardest season by themselves.
Cooperative Pledge
The pledge every Filipino cooperator makes.
Say it out loud
The Cooperative Pledge
As a Filipino, I am and I believe in the cooperative.Alone I am weak, but with others I am strong.So I commit myself to work, to cooperate, for all to be prosperous.Harmony, industry, I will value.Cooperative affairs, I will attend.Responsibilities, I will assume.The cooperative philosophy, I will live.One vision, one belief, one feeling in cooperativism,my life I pledge, so help me God.
Recited at cooperative assemblies nationwide, including events led by the Cooperative Development Authority.
Sa Filipino
Panunumpa sa Kooperatiba
Ang parehong panunumpa, sa ating sariling wika.
Bilang isang Pilipino, ako'y lubusang naniniwala sa kooperatiba.Kung ako'y nag-iisa, ako ay mahina, ngunit matatag kapag may mga kasama.Kaya, ipinapangako kong gumawa, makipagtulungan, upang ang lahat ay maging maginhawa.Pagkakasundo, pagsisikap, aking pahahalagahan.Kapakanan ng kooperatiba, aking pangangalagaan.Mga katungkulan, aking pananagutan.Pilosopiya ng kooperatiba, aking isasabuhay.Iisang pananaw, iisang paniniwala, iisang damdamin sa diwa ng kooperatiba.Buhay ko'y itinalaga. Kasihan nawa ako ng Poong Maykapal.
What it asks of you
Four lines that decide whether a cooperative actually works.
The pledge is short. Keeping it is the whole job of a member.
“Cooperative affairs, I will attend.”
Membership is not a subscription. Show up to the General Assembly, read the reports, and cast your one vote.
“Responsibilities, I will assume.”
Pay your share capital and obligations honestly and on time, and accept a post when the members entrust one to you.
“The cooperative philosophy, I will live.”
For us this is Pay It Forward — give without expecting anything in return, and keep every blessing moving to the next neighbor.
Why we say it
A cooperative is not held together by paperwork. It is held together by a promise.
Anyone can sign a membership form. The pledge is what turns that signature into a relationship — a member speaking, in front of other members, about the kind of neighbor they intend to be.
It costs nothing to say. It costs everything to keep. And it is the reason a member in one barangay can trust a member they have never met in another.
Let your 'Yes' be yes, and your 'No,' no.
Ready to make the pledge your own?
Join the cooperative, then say it with us at your first assembly.