Who we are

Ruah Cooperative was born in January 2009. It is a type A and B mixed cooperative, which continued the activities of the “Associazione Immigrati Ruah Onlus”, founded in 1991, in collaboration with “Caritas Diocesana Bergamasca” to respond to the migratory emergency in the Bergamo area,

The Cooperative supports the human advancement of the community and the social integration of Italian and foreign citizens. It offers hospitality services, job placement of underprivileged people, educational interventions on issues of intercultural dialogue and encounter that aim at respect and recognition of every human being.

Area B of the Cooperative offers concrete and awareness-raising services on the issues of reuse, recycling, resource optimization and critical consumption. It realizes social inclusion in the Bergamo area and promotes collaboration between public, private and third sector entities. It works to support a free social environment in which people can live their rights and promote personal skills and resources.

All members share the values that guide our work: respect, hospitality, sharing, transparency and human advancement.

The Cooperative is registered in the National Register of Cooperative Societies, in the Lombardy Regional Register of Cooperative Societies, sections A and B, in the first section of the Register of Associations operating in the migration field, as per art. 42 Legislative Decree 289/98, to the UNAR Register of associations that carry out activities in the field of the fight against discrimination and of entities entitled to take legal action to protect the victims of racial discrimination, established on the basis of articles 5 and 6 of the Legislative Decree . 215/2003 at number 1142