INTERVIEW WITH MR. GHEORGHE CHIOARU, PRESIDENT OF OMENIA PENSIONERS MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION Cover Image

INTERVIEW WITH MR. GHEORGHE CHIOARU, PRESIDENT OF OMENIA PENSIONERS MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION
INTERVIEW WITH MR. GHEORGHE CHIOARU, PRESIDENT OF OMENIA PENSIONERS MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION

Author(s): Mihaela Pitea
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Asociatia Alternative Sociale
Keywords: Pensioners Mutual Aid Association; social economy; elderly/older people

Summary/Abstract: The present paper addresses issues such as reducing the risk of social exclusion and poverty of older people, creating a mutual aid community, increasing the trust of beneficiaries, exploring a social enterprise’s capacity to expand. The paper intro¬duces the activity of „Omenia” Pensioners Mutual Aid Association which provides its members with financial aid based on the mutual aid principle and conducts a wide range of social economy-type activities. In this interview, Mr. Gheorghe Chioaru, the association’s president, talks about the challenges faced by the enter¬prise he’s currently managing and offers relevant stakeholders a few suggestions for promoting social economy.

  • Issue Year: II/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 173-178
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English