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

INTERVIU CU DOMNUL GHEORGHE CHIOARU, PRESEDINTELE CASEI DE AJUTOR RECIPROC A PENSIONARILOR OMENIA
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: 167-172
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian