Hi Mark,

Thank you for putting all this up. It is a lot of information on coops in general and I am sure will be helpful in the organization.

My questions though are not about coops in general but about NeD coops.

What requirements must be met to be a NedCoop

What resources will a NedCoop have access to

How is being a NedCoop better than just being a coop

What leadership or guidance will be available to the coop

What type of reporting will be required if any

What is the advantage to Ned in organizing these coops

Our communities have been operating on the premise of doing income generation that benefit anyone who wants to participate. How does your plan of forming small groups to start businesses promote that?

If say Gulu has 200 members, how does the coop include all the members or benefit them? Perhaps I am missing something but if we are only going to sponsor groups of 3-5 to start businesses, I just don't see where the coop fits in. Seems to me we will just have a lot of individual businesses that only benefit the small groups.

It would also seem to me that a lot of the community will be left out in the cold because of numeracy and literacy challenges. What is the benefit to them to be in a such a coop if they will not be able to compete for a business?

These are just some of my questions and concerns. I am not disagreeing with the coop at all, I just need some clarification on how this will all work in Africa. Hope you understand.